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The Dictator

The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest has moments of solid satire but still feels stale

(3 stars)11 May 2012

From the naked scrotum-in-the-face wrestling of Borat to the manifold outrages of Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen is not a man overly acquainted with subtlety. His latest, The Dictator, drops the improvisational feel of those earlier films, but doesn’t lower…

Sacha Baron Cohen as General Aladeen

Sacha Baron Cohen banned from BBC?

TV Gossip

3 May 2012

Sacha Baron Cohen will not be allowed on the BBC as his 'Dictator' character General Aladeen. The British comic was in negotiations to appear on shows including 'Newsnight' and 'The One Show' but the channel has decided it does not want him in…

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Sacha Baron Cohen's family's fears

Celebrity Gossip

11 Jul 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen's brother is terrified the actor is going to die when filming one of his stunts. Erran Baron Cohen - who has produced the music for his younger sibling's films - admits the funnyman can sometimes get carried away when shooting as…

Brüno

Brüno

(4 stars)9 Jul 2009

Poor Brüno! The 19-year-old presenter with the really hot body from Austrian TV fashion show Funkyzeitung has been ‘schwarzlisted’ following an unfortunate incident involving his all-Velcro suit at a Milan catwalk event. Leaving behind his pygmy Asian…

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Sacha Baron Cohen's exposed escape

Celebrity Gossip

15 Jun 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen was threatened by gun-wielding American hunters while filming 'Bruno'. The British comic was shooting a scene on location in America's Deep South with the three men when things took a turn for the worse. Sacha, who was in…

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The Dictator
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(3 stars) Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) is the titular dictator: a sexist, racist, fascist pig with a penchant for execution, who during a trip to the UN is betrayed by his right-hand man (Kingsley). The jokes come thick, fast and obvious but despite moments of solid satire it feels a bit stale.
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Hugo
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Scorsese films Brian Selznick’s book for youngsters, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, with Butterfield as the young orphan thief who becomes embroiled in a mystery involving a stolen key, a cryptic drawing and a mechanical man, courtesy of accomplices Isabelle (Moretz) and shopkeeper Georges (Kingsley).
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