Monthly Archives: October 2010

Couch Potato Pickings | The Witches, apathetic trick or treating, and the glory of older women

Happy Halloween! Back when I was a kid, my sister and I teamed up with our friend next door just before Halloween to post notes into every letterbox in our road. On these little letters we’d written a silly little … Continue reading

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Trick or Treat | What’s on DVD this Halloween – Part II

From sapphic vampires to psycho killers, here are some more of this season of fear’s latest releases… GET ME TO THE BLOOD BANK… It’s just not Halloween without a few bloodsucking vampires flying about, and while I much prefer my … Continue reading

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The Kids Are All Right – Family ties get a new twist in a comedy for today

A happily married couple’s relationship comes under threat from a sexy interloper. You’ve seen this film before, haven’t you? The set-up has been a mainstay of the erotic thriller genre from Fatal Attraction to last year’s Obsessed. Refreshingly, the thought-provoking … Continue reading

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Michael Caine Competition Winners

Our competition to win a DVD of Michael Caine’s autobiography, The Elephant to Hollywood, is now closed. Thanks to Hodder & Stoughton for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly that the ‘Elephant’ to … Continue reading

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Trick or treat | What’s on DVD this Halloween – Part I

Considering the sacks of DVD’s arriving lately, I’d gladly swap Christmas for Halloween any year. From the good to the bad to the worst, here’s my take on some of this season of fear’s latest releases… THE ZOMBIES ARE COMING… … Continue reading

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

Paranormal Activity 2 Fright night… The supernatural prequel to Oren Peli’s wildly successful 2009 chiller sees a family terrorised by sinister goings-on in their home. It’s like the first, only with some more people. If you can see this, then … Continue reading

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London Film Festival Awards… and some alternatives

The London Film Festival reaches its climax tonight with the gala screening of Danny Boyle’s true-ordeal movie 127 Hours. Last night, however, was the festival’s occasion to hand out its gongs. Sue Perkins was the host at the awards ceremony … Continue reading

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Alien Anthology – Classic Sci-fi series makes its Blu-ray debut

A face hugger or chest burster may not pop out when you open the Alien Anthology, but the contents of this new Blu-ray box set will still send you reeling. The six-disc collection is so mind-bogglingly comprehensive that it will … Continue reading

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Trailer Trash – Tron: Legacy

Have you ever wondered what, exactly, goes on inside your computer? Why it always seems to crash when you most need it to work? Why running too many programs at once causes pages to hang? Me neither. I recently re-watched … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Love Letter, and other letter-driven movies

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I can’t remember the last time I received a letter. I’m not counting the pointless duplicate letters I regularly receive from my energy supplier (very green eh!), or … Continue reading

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