Monthly Archives: February 2010

Office gals in the movies – who’s your favourite?

Posted on 27 February 2010 by Beth Williams

If you could share your office with any of the above beauties, who would it be, and why? Nine to Five is showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats on Saturday 27th February at 6.10pm Working Girl is showing on Film … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Leap Year – Control freak & scruff on the romcom road to love

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

  Mismatched travelling companions Amy Adams and Matthew Goode go on a meandering, mishap-strewn journey across Ireland in new romantic comedy Leap Year. And at every step of the way – from strained set-up to predictable conclusion – you can … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | From Paris With Love – John Travolta & Jonathan Rhys Meyers shoot up the French capital

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

Luc Besson protégé Pierre Morel, maker of District 13 and Taken, has teamed up again with his mentor to make slam-bam action movie From Paris With Love. The filmmakers are French and the story takes place in Paris, but the … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Micmacs – Amélie director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s zany caper movie

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s distinctive brand of zany and whimsical humour has won him a dedicated following, and fans of Delicatessen and Amélie should adore his new comedy thriller Micmacs. Jeunet’s new movie boasts another cast of oddball characters (like … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Everybody’s Fine – Robert De Niro’s bittersweet journey of discovery

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Jason Best

Robert De Niro steps into Marcello Mastroianni’s shoes in Everybody’s Fine, an Americanised remake of the 1990 Italian movie Stanno tutti bene, Giuseppe Tornatore’s follow-up film after the international success of Cinema Paradiso. In the original, Mastroianni played an elderly … Continue reading →

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The Class: is the language of the classroom a universal one?

Posted on 26 February 2010 by Beth Williams

There’s something very familiar about 2009 Oscar nominee The Class. Set in an inner city Parisian school, it’s a documentary-style depiction of an ethnically and culturally diverse class of 15 to 16 year olds over the course of about a … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 25 February 2010 by admin

The Time Traveler’s Wife Endless love… Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this sci-fi romance about a man with a genetic condition that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage. If you … Continue reading →

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News Hound | Nigella Lawson inspires Tim Burton and Bruce Willis wants to Die Hard a fifth time

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Adele Craciun

Tim Burton says that his inspiration for the White Queen in Alice in Wonderland comes from UK’s very own Nigella Lawson. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Giovanni Ribisi has only great things to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 24 February 2010 by admin

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.


 The Princess and the … Continue reading →

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Exit Through the Gift Shop – Banksy’s “street art disaster movie”: Exposé or wind-up?

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Jason Best

What do you make of Banksy? Artist or vandal? A genius with a spray can or an over-hyped sell-out? The creator of witty and subversive art or someone whose work only “looks dazzlingly clever to idiots”?  Whatever your view of … Continue reading →

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