Monthly Archives: April 2011

Couch Potato Pickings: 4.3.2.1. reasons I enjoyed this Noel Clarke movie

4 Weddings and a Funeral this is not. If, like me, you’re completely weddinged out following the relentless media build-up to yesterday’s royal nuptials, you’ll be relieved to know that there isn’t sight or sound of a wedding in 4.3.2.1. … Continue reading

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Royal Wedding Special II – more movie wedding moments

Yesterday, we went wedding mad, frolicking in various movie nuptials to get in the mood for today’s mega Royal Wedding. Here are some more of our favourite celluloid weddings to keep you entertained while you wait for the more interesting … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids – Ed Helms’ small-town naif loses his innocence in the big(gish) city

Best known for his supporting roles as pussy-whipped dentist Stu in The Hangover and pompous salesman Andy in the US version of The Office, American comedian Ed Helms takes the lead as an incredibly naïve Midwesterner in Cedar Rapids, a … Continue reading

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

Fast Five Engine trouble… The high-octane Fast & Furious franchise continues as Dominic and his crew try to outsmart a drug baron and a ruthless federal agent. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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Royal Wedding Special – Movie Talk’s favourite celluloid wedding moments

London has been getting dolled up – I’ve never seen so many Union Jacks flapping about – for the right royal knees up that has been keeping people busy from here to China (all those commemorative plates ya know). Prince … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 It’s a kind of magic… In the first part of the last instalment in the blockbusting franchise, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their arduous mission to find and destroy Voldemort’s … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: His co-stars are a copper and a maypole

This week’s chest has a chilling connection to this time of year… Last week’s mystery chest was a star who has played a queen and a king (note the Royal references there – it is Royal Wedding week after all!) … Continue reading

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Movie Talk’s Easter Egg Hunt – The winners… AND a new competition

Movie Talk hopes you enjoyed our egg hunt and would like to remind everyone that it’s not the winning that is important but the taking part… Yeah, whatever. Show me the money, right?! Ok, big congratulations go to Martha Gemini … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Parenthood – this Steve Martin comedy spawned two TV shows

You probably know that the TV series Parenthood starring Craig T Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia is based on this 1989 comedy drama about American family angst. Parenthood the movie focuses on three sets of parents who grapple with the trials … Continue reading

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Thor – Kenneth Branagh turns from Shakespeare to Marvel for a hero with real clout

Forget Hamlet and Henry V, Kenneth Branagh puts Shakespeare behind him and gives us a hero with real clout – Marvel Comics‘ hammer-heaving Norse deity Thor. Taking the role of the brawny thunder god is former Home and Away hunk … Continue reading

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