Monthly Archives: March 2009

News Muse – London Premiere of 17 Again

Last night, I went to the premiere of Zac Efron‘s latest movie 17 Again, co-starring Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann. Remember when I got caught up in the Twilight premiere? Add more, many many more, shrieking pre-teen and teenage girls … Continue reading

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Stonewall and Judy at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival

It was 40 years ago this year that the legendary Judy Garland died, and her death on 22nd June 1969 coincided with, and some say influenced, another big historical event. Back in the 1960s in New York the gay community … Continue reading

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The Best view | The Damned United

What is it with Michael Sheen and famous people? His uncanny, chameleon-like ability to play celebs on screen has already seen him get inside the skin of Tony Blair (in The Deal and The Queen), Kenneth Williams (in Fantabulosa! and … Continue reading

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Win a copy of Changeling on DVD

This competition has now closed. Angelina Jolie stars as a woman fighting for justice in 1920s California in Clint Eastwood’s gripping period crime drama based on true events. When working single mother Christine Collins’s nine-year-old son goes missing one day … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Coal Miner’s Daughter: Who is the Queen of Country Music?

Who is the queen of country music? It’s a question that has been widely debated for years, but who would you award such a crown? Would it be Tammy ‘Stand By Your Man’ Wynette? Kitty ‘It Wasn’t God Who Made … Continue reading

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Marley & Me Canine catastrophe… Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson play a married couple whose lives are turned around by a havoc-wreaking dog, Marley. Paul Blart: Mall Cop Checkout it out… A rotund security guard has to employ all of … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Derek: a film by Isaac Julien

Fans of avant-garde art, queer cinema and gay politics know the name Derek Jarman – one of the UK’s most original artists who left a legacy of paintings, poetry, film work and one of Britain’s best garden’s when he died … Continue reading

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News Hound | 25 March 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because we like to stick our noses into it… Tom Selleck has joined the cast of action comedy Five Killers as the … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Duchess Keep your wig on… This story of the scandalous 18th-century aristocrat Georgina Cavendish features Keira Knightley and some sizeable hairpieces. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | [Rec]: is this film overrated?

Showing on Sky Movies Premiere tonight at 10pm People raved about this Spanish film (remade in the US as Quarantine last year) so I had high hopes when I finally came to watching it, but I have to admit that … Continue reading

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