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Times
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Chicken Town review — a charming British crime caper with one flaw
Charm can get you so far. And indeed this no-budget British crime comedy from Richard Bracewell, director of the Shakespearean romp Bill, possesses buckets of the stuff. The characters — all outsiders, eccentrics and wannabe rogues — are charming. The flat, green and sun-kissed East Anglian setting (the Fenlands) is charming. And Bracewell's seeming refusal to embrace traditional dramatic coherence is, in its way, charming. It means that the central tale of an ex-con called Jayce (Ethaniel Davy), who is seduced into drug dealing by a kindly neighbourhood grandad, Kev (Graham Fellows, aka John Shuttleworth), is secondary to the film's larkier, diversionary instincts. The charm offensive nonetheless falters badly somewhere around the midway mark, specifically during a tedious sequence with the local kingpin (Alistair Green) when Kev insists upon being called Clint, after Clint Eastwood. • Read more film reviews, guides about what to watch and interviews Kev has inherited a freezer full of weed and has thus recruited Jayce and the video-game enthusiast Paula (Amelie Davies) because … well, that's clearly not important. And nor is the 'villain' Lee's initially intense desire to erect a 5G phone mast (referenced, then abandoned). Or the investigation that Jayce is apparently conducting into his case (repeatedly referenced, then swiftly dropped). Or a strange non sequitur scene, outside a caravan, featuring a visit from Lee's stepmother. The entire film is like this. Random and unfocused. Bit of this. Bit of that. Lots of charm. See how you go. There are great lines hidden in the mulch, mostly delivered by Fellows. Betraying Kev's digital illiteracy, he says of one of his co-workers, 'His wife ran off with some lad from Senegal that she met on eBay.' But the film inevitably degenerates and too much of it is tiresome, flabby and overindulgent.★★☆☆☆ 15, 90min In cinemas Times+ members can enjoy two-for-one cinema tickets at Everyman each Wednesday. Visit to find out more. Which films have you enjoyed at the cinema recently? Let us know in the comments and follow @timesculture to read the latest reviews
CTV News
13-06-2025
- CTV News
Banff entrance sign temporarily taken down for G7 summit
The iconic sign that welcomes visitors from all over the world to Banff will briefly be removed due to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis. The Town of Banff announced on Friday that the $350,000 entrance sign, a hotspot for tourists, will be removed before returning next week once the G7 has concluded. The Banff town sign sits in the 100 block of Mount Norquay Road, across the street from the Fenlands Banff Recreation Centre. Many visitors park at the rec centre to walk over, but on Monday and Tuesday the facility will be closed to the public and the parking lot will serve as a designated demonstration zone. 'With the parking lot closed on Monday and Tuesday, visitors will be unable to park at the Fenlands and walk across Norquay Road to the Banff entrance sign for photographs,' officials said in a Facebook post. 'In order to avoid illegal parking on Norquay Road, which adds to traffic congestion and safety risks, the Town of Banff is temporarily removing the Banff sign. The Banff sign has been removed The Banff sign has been temporarily removed amid G7 summit. The sign, installed back in 2017, is set to move permanently this fall to land near the entrance to the Banff Train Station parking lot. The 2025 G7 summit runs from Sunday, June 15 to Tuesday, June 17.
