Entertainment 31-10-2003 who: Meg Ryan what: Stars in "obnoxious erotic thriller" In The Cut when: This weekend snippet: Film critic Sukhdev Sandhu of The Telegraph says Jane Campion`s serial killer thriller, which "features the tousle-haired, girl-next-door star of When Harry Met Sally taking off all her clothes", is "as witless and pompous a film as I have seen in 2003". He`s not alone. You probably don`t need to read The Mirror`s review to find out their verdict after seeing the title: "Meg`s snore bore is a real chore". Elsewhere, the ITV news website says Ryan is ticked off after Michael Parkinson gave her a hard time over her role on telly last week. Also released in UK cinemas this weekend is the director`s cut of Alien, which has received predictably favourable reviews, and the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which has received predictably bad ones. And in other movie news, The Mirror reports that 175.9 million cinema tickets were sold last year - the highest cinemagoing figures in three decades. [... more]

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