Tag Archives: Barbara Windsor

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

Posted on 8 June 2010 by Jason Best

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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The Best view |Comrades: A Lanternist’s Account of the Tolpuddle Martyrs

Posted on 29 July 2009 by Jason Best

Scottish director Bill Douglas was one of the most gifted and original filmmakers British cinema has produced, yet nearly two decades after his tragically premature death at the age of 57 in 1991, his work still does not have the … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Carry On Camping

Posted on 24 August 2008 by Beth Williams

On UKTV Gold this afternoon at 2.10pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video How many people do you think there are, this weekend, suffering the misery of an itchy sleeping bag, creepy crawlies, badly … Continue reading →

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