The girl who became an action figure
In 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' any edgy vulnerability or awkward indecisiveness the character once possessed has been sanded down to better fit the contours of a big-bang superhero blockbuster
Cinema
The Girl in the Spider’s Web: Directed by Fede Alvarez, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:**
Shoplifters: Directed by Koreeda Hirokazu, Nationwide, 15A IFI,Rating:****
Campaigning journalist and novelist Stieg Larsson died before the three books he wrote about hacker and abuse survivor Lisbeth Salander became a global publishing sensation. He never saw the original Swedish-language adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, where Noomi Rapace delivered a compelling performance as his troubled heroine in an ...
