Tag Archives: Audrey Tautou

Avatar, The Hurt Locker and An Education get loved up by BAFTA

Posted on 21 January 2010 by heidi

The luvies at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts have just announced their nominations for this year’s BAFTAs and surprises are in fairly short supply. James Cameron’s eco-friendly sci-fi blockbuster Avatar looks set to be one of the … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 3 December 2009 by admin

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Robots in disguise… This big-budget sequel sees Sam Witwicky again joining forces with the Autobots in their battle against the Decepticons; a battle, it seems, that may have started on Earth many years before… If … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 26 November 2009 by admin

Terminator Salvation Robot wars… Christian Bale attempts to save humanity from being wiped out by intelligent machines – and woe betide any cinematographers who get in his way. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Coco Before Chanel

Posted on 23 November 2009 by Jason Best

“Chanel invented the 20th century for women.” That was the grand claim made about legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel by Diana Vreeland, editor in chief of Vogue in the 1960s. Coco Before Chanel, French director Anne Fontaine’s lavish biopic, however, … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s London Staycation Diary: A Morning of Movies, Magic, Murder and Madness

Posted on 5 September 2009 by Beth Williams

“Excuse me?” The sales assistant raised an eyebrow. “Could we look at the small A-Z please.” The clerk blinked acknowledgement of the request and continued to arrange packets of cigarettes on the shelf behind her. A long ten seconds followed … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 6 August 2009 by admin

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchraft and … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Coco Before Chanel

Posted on 31 July 2009 by Jason Best

Coco Before Chanel, a sumptuous period drama about the early career of legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel, owes a big debt to another recent film about an iconic Frenchwoman who rose to fame in the first half of the 20th … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Amelie

Posted on 2 May 2009 by Beth Williams

I often laugh at Americans for believing that Britain is the country of Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Holiday and Bridget Jones (hell, they must get a shock when they visit), but I have no right to mock, because when I … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Glossy French tales of love and war – Female Agents & Priceless on DVD

Posted on 13 October 2008 by Jason Best

‘Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once…’ No! Banish all memories of ‘Allo ‘Allo. In the stirring French wartime action film about derring-do in occupied France, Female Agents, Sophie Marceau looks nothing like Michelle of the Resistance, even … Continue reading →

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