Herbert Ponting's restored, first-hand account of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole, a century ago, is wondrous. But while the sprightly 81-year-old is an engaging presence, the endless hagiography (one disciple compares him to Einstein) leaves the film itself in dire need of a snip. The tale of the Cockney pauper who became the world's first superstar hairdresser is worth telling: Sassoon's determination to turn scissoring into art played a key role in the Sixties fashion revolution. As in The Orphanage, Belé* Rueda proves a feisty and indomitable heroine, determined to find her tormentor while she can still follow the clues. In the deliciously creepy tradition of Spanish gothic horror that includes The Others and The Orphanage, this concerns a woman who is slowly losing her sight through a degenerative disease, while a psychopath lurks in the shadows that descend around her. He's jowly, bug-eyed and balding (Mike is described, from his own wrestling days, as "an angry little ferret") and I could watch him all day.
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