Monthly Archives: March 2012

Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Sex Lies and Videotape’s suggestive title

Posted on 27 March 2012 by Beth Williams

There’s no denying that Sex, Lies and Videotape is a genius film title. Suggestive, intriguing, catchy – it’s been referenced in popular culture countless times from CSI to The Simpsons, from Dexter to Dawson’s Creek. Nevertheless, this 1989 movie about … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Dean & Ellen

The Twilight Saga: Break Dawn – Part 1 Labour pains… The first part of the final instalment in Stephenie Meyer’s romantic fantasy franchise sees the worlds of Bella, Edward and Jacob rocked by Bella’s pregnancy! If you can see this, … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day from The Shawshank Redemption

Posted on 25 March 2012 by Adele Craciun

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Share this thought for the day on our Movie Talk Facebook page or Movie Talk Twitter stream.

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Pete’s Peek | Kill Keith – It’s not Keith Chegwin that needs eliminating…

Posted on 23 March 2012 by peter

Now here’s some horror hokum that will be lost on anyone not familiar with the names Keith Chegwin, Joe Pasquale, Russell Grant and Tony Blackburn, who all star in this horror comedy about a group of morning TV personalities being … Continue reading →

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Win swashbuckling animated adventure Puss in Boots on DVD!

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Adele Craciun

You loved him in Shrek…now see where the one-and-only swashbuckling feline found his fame – and a very big pair of boots – in the hilariously funny animated epic! Lover, fighter and outlaw Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) is off … Continue reading →

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Win Oscar-awarded children’s adventure Hugo 3D on Blu-ray

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Adele Craciun

Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children, Hugo is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading →

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Film review | Wild Bill – London’s East End goes Western in Dexter Fletcher’s quality crime drama

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Jason Best

A gang-ridden East End council estate, thuggish drug-dealers, a hooker with a heart of gold and an ex-con trying to go straight – yes, with Wild Bill we’re certainly in familiar territory, yet former child actor Dexter Fletcher’s directorial debut … Continue reading →

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Who won Trespass on DVD?

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Adele Craciun

Thanks for entering the Trespass competition. Here are the three winners who will each get a DVD in the post: Tim F I deserve to win because I have that debilitating disease known as man flu and need something good … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Hunger Games – Smile! You’re on TV in a bloodcurdling fight to the death

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Jason Best

Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy has been seized upon by Hollywood as the next, big, teen-friendly franchise – and it’s terrific: smarter and tougher than Twilight – and with a heroine who couldn’t be further removed from drooping, love-struck … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 22 March 2012 by Dean & Ellen

The Devil Inside Spirit levels… This found-footage supernatural shocker follows a young woman who encounters creepy nuns and unfeasible levels of flexibility as she becomes involved in a series of unauthorised exorcisms. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading →

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