Tag Archives: Alan Rickman

Blu-ray review | Die Hard Quadrilogy – Two decades, four films & one cocky hero

With a fifth Die Hard movie, A Good Day to Die Hard, currently in pre-production, the first four films in the series featuring Bruce Willis’s maverick New York cop John McClane now make their debut on Blu-ray. Die Hard (1988), … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Wedges – Dipping into some lesser-known Love Actually trivia

Teaser: Love Actually features the lead actors from another well-known movie. I’ll leave you pondering that thought. More on that later… Cameos Can you name all of the Love Actually cameos? No doubt you can reel off Claudia Schiffer, Rowan … Continue reading

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Bad Lieutenants – Top 10 Most Corrupt Screen Cops of All Time

Today is your last chance to enter our competition to win Bad Lieutenant on DVD so get going! Please note that this competition is not fixed and bribes will not be accepted (unless they’re, like, reeeally good). And just to … Continue reading

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Curiouser and Curiouser: Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland doesn’t really lose much when seen at home in 2D. The film’s hallucinatory visuals look just as good and the quirky characters are equally striking. On the downside, the plot … Continue reading

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More movies to look forward to in 2010

Movie Talk regulars Heidi and Adele have already shared some of the movies they’re looking forward to over the coming months (here and here). Here guest poster Gina gives us a brace of must-sees and one potential disaster. HITTERS Alice … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer – would you like to smell this movie?

Apparently, 50 years ago a new cinema phenomenon was launched – Smell-O-Vision. Cinemagoers were able to experience the smells as well as the sights and sounds of a movie thanks to a series of odours released into the auditorium at … Continue reading

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The Best view | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – JK Rowling’s wizard tale: drained of colour but still full of magic

When Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince got pulled from last autumn’s cinema schedule, fans of the teenage wizard feared it portended the loss of his screen magic. Fear not! The new movie casts a potent spell. However, given that … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet St

Was Sweeney Todd a fictional character? I always thought so but apparently he may have been real. Now that’s a stomach-churning thought isn’t it if you ‘re familiar with his story. So what do you think? Was Todd real or … Continue reading

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News Muse – Anne Hathaway* is getting married

Ha! I bet that headline made you read on. And wouldn’t it be a scoop, especially after poor Annie’s split from her money laundering fraudster boyfriend Raffaello Follieri (never trust a guy with that many consonants in his name), which … Continue reading

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Love Actually

Couch Potato Pickings Now this is a real Christmas cracker of a film packed with comedy, romance, pathos, and of course celebs. There’s something in it for everyone. I’m sure everyone has their favourite and least favourite scenarios from this … Continue reading

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