The Devil Wears Prada 2 and other new movies everyone will be talking about this week

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 ★★★★

By Sandra Hall

M (109 minutes)

I’m resisting the temptation to begin this sentence with the words “gird your loins”. The phrase has already been used by too many other people hailing the return of Miranda Priestly.

In preparation for the release of the long-awaited Prada sequel the teasers and trailers were thoroughly inspected and dissected and even Anna Wintour joined the promotional push, being a good sport about her real-life role as the model for the glacial Miranda, editor of the fictional fashion magazine Runway.

Two decades have passed since the first film and the media industry has seen some momentous power shifts. These days digital rules, print journalism is enduring tough times and Anne Hathaway’s Andy Sachs, former Runway assistant, has spent the intervening years becoming an award-winning news reporter. But when her paper goes under, she accepts an offer to return to the magazine as its features editor.

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