Review: VW Golf Cabriolet

Chop the roof off a car and it will probably wobble on rough roads: add a fabric top and it will let in more noise than keeping the tin-top in place, writes Ian Donaldson.


A knockout debut for Tommy Ghent

An impromptu Black Country derby saw Coseley’s Tommy Ghent arrive into pro boxing with a stunning second round knockout of Walsall’s Danny Clews.


Adam Corbett is aiming to stand tall

West Bromwich’s Adam Corbett is aiming to be standing tall when he takes in his second fight as a professional at Walsall Town Hall next month.


Crazy, Stupid, Love

Intelligent and sophisticated adult-oriented romantic comedies that don't resort to gross-out humour are almost as scarce as Ryan Reynolds films in which the Canadian actor keeps his clothes on.


Killer Elite

There's a moment, about 90 minutes into Jason Statham's latest vehicle, Killer Elite, when his character's blonde Australian girlfriend, standing in a Parisian hotel room clad in only a bed sheet, sighs, 'When will this be over?' Her words may elicit a wry smile from the audience, having to endure what is little more than another boy's own vanity project for Statham, with Clive Owen and Robert De Niro mistakenly along for the ride.


Warrior

Two brothers go to war against each other in Gavin O'Connor's brutal story of redemption and self-loathing.


Drive

Silence is golden. For the opening 10 minutes of Nicolas Winding Refn's nail-biting thriller, the lead character - a Hollywood stunt man who moonlights as a getaway driver - says nothing.


Soul Surfer

Like the Kauai Coast, which provides Sean McNamara's film with its stunning backdrop, life ebbs and flows, transforming from dead calm to raging storm at frightening speed.


Iconic music venue to live on says boss

Landmark music venue JB’s will keep on rocking after new owners today took control of the iconic Black Country nightspot.


Top names on the way to West Bromwich development

More top retailers have signed up to West Bromwich’s £200 million Tesco development creating scores of new jobs, the Express & Star can reveal today.

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