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Cannes Lifts Off – but the world’s most glamorous film festival tones down the glitz

The 62nd Cannes Film Festival lifts off today with the world premiere of Pixar’s Up, but as the red carpets are rolled out, reports are circulating that the Festival’s trademark glitz has been toned down from blinding to merely squint-worthy thanks to the … Continue reading

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News Muse – dreaming of film festivals

Bah! It’s that time of the year when I am dragging my tired winter feet over spring’s threshold and humming June is bustin’ out all over just to keep me going. And I start dreaming of festivals. No, not the … Continue reading

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News Hound | 3 April 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint talk about the upcoming Harry Potter … Continue reading

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The Best view | Harrowing film portrait of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands – Hunger

Artist Steve McQueen (no relation to the screen legend) ventures out of the art gallery and into the cinema with Hunger, a controversial movie about IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands that’s been praised to the heights and damned to the … Continue reading

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