Monthly Archives: March 2012

Film review | Mirror Mirror – Julia Roberts & Lily Collins find out who’s fairest in snazzy fairytale flick

‘Who’s the fairest of them all,’ is a cruel question to pose to a Hollywood beauty in her forties facing competition from ever-younger starlets, but Julia Roberts gamely takes it on the chin in Mirror Mirror, a snazzy tongue-in-cheek reinvention … Continue reading

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DVD review | Machine Gun Preacher – Onward Christian Soldier

Long before Kony 2012 went viral, a born-again ex-con turned gun-toting missionary called Sam Childers was beseeching the world to wake up to the evils of African warlord Joseph Kony and the plight of the orphans left in the wake … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | It’s all doom, gloom and heavy on mood in the indie thriller A Horrible Way to Die

Now here’s an odd one – a horror movie that focuses more on a woman’s damned relationship with a serial killer than on the atrocities he committed. Sarah (Amy Seimetz) was once in love with a man who turned out … Continue reading

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Film review | Wrath of the Titans – Clashing swords and accents in an epically crass adventure

Back in action as strapping demigod Perseus in Wrath of the Titans, the inevitable sequel to 2010’s inane Clash of the Titans remake, Sam Worthington again struggles to convince us that he’s a bona fide star. He wields his hero’s … Continue reading

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Film review | Streetdance 2 – The dance moves get spicy when Hip-hop meets Salsa in a sizzling sequel

Take a boy-girl pair of cute dancers from wildly different disciplines, hook them up for an imminent, all-important competition and watch their romantic chemistry ignite. Yes, the formula is very much the same in Streetdance 2, the sequel to 2010’s … Continue reading

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

The Hunger Games Novel approach… This action-adventure fantasy adaptation of Suzanne Collins bestselling novel sees Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) pitted against other youngsters in a televised battle to the death. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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Film review | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – Unwieldy title, very wieldy everything else!

Ahoy there, me hearties! Those old salts at Aardman Studios have come up with a rollicking comedy adventure that more than lives up to the company’s tradition of teeming visual invention and quirky fun. Directed by Aardman co-founder Peter Lord … Continue reading

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Who won the Australian serial killer thriller Snowtown?

Courtesy of Revolver Entertainment, we had three copies of Snowtown, the harrowing thriller about John Bunting, Australia’s most notorious serial killer, on DVD for you to win. Thanks for all your interesting comments about which real-life serial killer disturbed you … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: It’s dead dark this one

In fact dark’s not the word, this chest is so absent of colour it’s invisible. At least this fella’s not like the mystery star pictured last week with his violently clashing jackets. There’s definitely nothing clashing here (well, not in … Continue reading

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Who won the Moneyball book and Blu-ray?

© 2011 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The inspirational story based on Michael Lewis’ best-selling book, Moneyball is now on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and to celebrate had 3 copies of the … Continue reading

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