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Couch Potato’s three steps to predicting this year’s Oscar winners

First, check out ‘How to win an Oscar – some simple rules‘. Second, remind yourself of the winning films of yesteryear. Sky Movies Showcase is showing all of these Oscar-winning movies – and more – over the next few days: … Continue reading

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

Gnomeo & Juliet Wrong side of the fence… James McAvoy and Emily Blunt voice two garden gnomes in this animated spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Toy Story 3 Child’s play… Woody and co. find they have a new home in the third instalment of the animated franchise – a local daycare centre, where the children run riot and a strawberry-scented bear isn’t all he seems. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | My 10 movie-themed cocktails

The last time I ‘wrote about’ Cocktail, I used it as an excuse to list my favourite classic cocktails along with the films in which they star. Actually I didn’t say much about the Tom Cruise film at all. Check … Continue reading

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

Grown Ups Arrested development… Dire reunion comedy sees Adam Sandler and a bunch of his Saturday Night Live chums as old friends hooking up for a wake for their high-school basketball coach. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Centurion Bloody battle… Neil Marshall (The Descent) directs this historical action thriller about a group of Roman soldiers fighting for their lives after their legion is wiped out in a brutal ambush. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Blind Side Back on track… This American drama features an Oscar-winning performance from Sandra Bullock as a woman who helps to nurture a homeless teenager to sporting glory. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Shutter Island Mind games… Leo DiCaprio plays a US marshal sent to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a remote psychiatric hospital in Martin Scorsese’s dark thriller. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Clash of the Titans Greek tragedy… This big-budget remake of the 1981 fantasy classic stars Avatar’s Sam Worthington as Perseus, the demi-god charged with rescuing Argos (the Greek city, not the catalogue-based retail chain) from vengeful Hades and the monstrous … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Princess and the Frog Wet kiss… Set in the lively French Quarter of New Orleans in the Twenties, this traditional 2D Disney animation charts the fortunes – and misfortunes – of hardworking young waitress Tiana after her fateful kiss … Continue reading

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