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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

War Horse Emotional hurdles… Steven Spielberg holds the reins of this war epic, based on the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name, which charts the bond between a man and the horse he tamed and trained. If you can … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Secret service… Tom Cruise scales dizzying heights in the latest instalment of his action franchise, this time directed by The Incredibles helmer Brad Bird. 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…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Page to screen… Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling crime thriller gets a second adaptation, with central characters Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander this time played by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. If you can … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Creature comfort… This family comedy sees the chirpy Chipmunks and The Chipettes stranded on a tropical island – which may not be as deserted as it first seems. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Dazzling dénouement… The blockbusting fantasy franchise comes to an end as Harry has a final face-off with his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, as the forces of good at Hogwarts battle against the sinister … Continue reading

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

Rise of the Planet of the Apes Monkey see, monkey do… This reboot of the classic movie franchise sees super-smart simian Caesar leading his fellow brutalised primates in an urban uprising. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Dazzling dénouement… The blockbusting fantasy franchise comes to an end as Harry has a final face-off with his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, as the forces of good at Hogwarts battle against the sinister … Continue reading

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Dazzling dénouement… The blockbusting fantasy franchise comes to an end as Harry has a final face-off with his nemesis, Lord Voldemort, as the forces of good at Hogwarts battle against the sinister … Continue reading

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Film review | Captain America: The First Avenger – Marvel’s red-white-and-blue hero socks it to the Nazis

A special serum turns a 90lb weakling into a brawny hunk in this pumped-up action movie featuring Marvel Comics’s red-white-and-blue superhero Captain America. Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers is a plucky but puny youngster from Brooklyn who’s desperate to enlist in … Continue reading

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