Monthly Archives: April 2009

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

Marley & Me Canine chaos… Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson play a married couple whose lives are turned upside down by a havoc-wreaking dog, Marley. Watchmen Power struggle… Based on the iconic comic book series of the same name, this … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | Hannah Montana: The Movie

  So now that the High School Musical crew have graduated, young Miley Cyrus steps up to the plate as Disney’s latest tween heavy hitter. Sell-out concert tours, platinum albums, a hit TV show and a controversial photo-spread in Vanity Fair not being enough for her, Miley is now … Continue reading

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News Hound | 29 April 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… Gavin Hood, director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has revealed that the blockbuster movie … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Twilight Pain in the neck… Teenager Bella Swann moves to a small town in Washington and falls for her mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who turns out to be a 108-year-old vampire. Typical. Transporter 3 Special delivery… Jason Statham reprises his … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Full Monty

A British setting, a great use of Yorkshire slang, a cast of great Brit actors including Robert Carlyle and Tom Wilkinson, a serious message delivered with lots of wit, a soundtrack that includes Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff, Hot Chocolate’s You … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Crossing Delancey

Gosh this is a busy week. I’m worn out and it’s only Tuesday. I must be getting old, adn I havae to say I feel old, because I’ve just learnt that TCM turned 15 this month. For a channel that … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Australia

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia which hits the DVD shelves today was dubbed ‘The Antipodean Gone With the Wind’ by the critics (when they weren’t busy panning it) probably because it’s both a larger-than-life romantic fantasy and a lush OTT homage to … Continue reading

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Out On DVD | Dean Spanley

Does cross-species reincarnation exist? That’s the idea entertained by the period comedy drama Dean Spanley, which comes out on DVD today. Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill and Peter O’Toole star in this sweetly charming tale about an Edwardian cleric who believes he … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | I’m Not There

On Sky Movies Premiere tonight at 11.45pm Have you ever felt left out because you don’t understand? I’m sure we all experience this from time to time, don’t we? A memorable example of this for me was a few years … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Vertigo

A feeling of dizziness… A swimming in the head… Wooooaaaaaayyheeheheyyyy! Yes, sounds like the Sunday morning hangover. Perhaps it might be best to stay in bed to watch this Hitchock thriller this morning (9.50am on ITV3). You need to a … Continue reading

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