Monthly Archives: November 2009

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

Posted on 25 November 2009 by admin

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Long in the tooth… When vampire Edward turns his back on Bella, the heartbroken teenager finds comfort in her deepening friendship with werewolf Jacob. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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Nicolas Cage is certainly a bad lieutenant but is Mariah Carey really a good actress?

Posted on 25 November 2009 by Adele Craciun

News Hound sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because there’s nothing like a juicy bone to get you through the day… Nicolas Cage’s black comedy Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call … Continue reading →

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Trailer Trash – Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Posted on 24 November 2009 by Dean

Known for his subtle, introspective, low-budget films, such as Armageddon and Pirates of the Caribbean, producer Jerry Bruckheimer appears to have adopted his trademark gentle touch on the forthcoming period drama, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Here’s the … Continue reading →

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Year One Competition Winners

Posted on 24 November 2009 by Jason Best

Our competition to win a Blu-ray disc of prehistoric comedy  Year One starring Jack Black and Michael Cera as misfit cavemen Zen and Oh is now closed. Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for supplying the prizes. And well done … Continue reading →

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A Hit in the Ear: The Sound of Fight Club

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Jason Best

Fight Club is now a decade old, but David Fincher’s darkly comic satire still packs a fierce punch, especially on the new 10th anniversary Blu-ray edition. The new disc bulges with extras, including a raft of commentary tracks from its … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Coco Before Chanel

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Jason Best

“Chanel invented the 20th century for women.” That was the grand claim made about legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel by Diana Vreeland, editor in chief of Vogue in the 1960s. Coco Before Chanel, French director Anne Fontaine’s lavish biopic, however, … Continue reading →

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Win a copy of Terminator Salvation on DVD

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.  Christian Bale’s resistance hero John Connor leads the fight back against the killer robots in Terminator Salvation, but can he trust Sam Worthington’s enigmatic Marcus Wright, a death-row prisoner from the past who has somehow … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD: Terminator Salvation

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Jason Best

An unstoppable juggernaut at the box-office over the summer, Terminator Salvation finds Charlie’s Angels director McG at the helm for the fourth instalment of the sci-fi action thriller franchise. The series has now reached the year 2018, where Christian Bale’s … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Will Ferrell’s Land of the Lost on DVD

Posted on 23 November 2009 by peter

Anyone familiar with the cult TV shows HR Pufnstuf, Lidsville and Sigmund & the Sea Monsters will probably remember they were born out of the fantastically fertile minds of Sid & Marty Krofft, the US TV producers who entertained kids … Continue reading →

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The Railway Children, and great lines from movies

Posted on 22 November 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings Whenever I see that a screen adaptation of E Nesbit’s Railway Children is showing on TV (and let’s face it, today’s film and the 2000 TV remake are on a lot), I just can’t resist screaming out … Continue reading →

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