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A Seasonal Movie Talk Card from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Posted on 24 December 2012 by Beth Williams

Many of the chocolate ‘sculptures’ featured in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory were made by a tiny bespoke chocolaterie in Brighton called Choccywoccydoodah who went on to display the edible props in the shop after filming finished. Discuss this film … Continue reading →

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – Acting Crazy

Posted on 19 May 2010 by Adele Craciun

Some actors are just really good at going all out and channeling their inner crazy. The latest one to be brilliantly screen insane is Nicolas Cage as corrupt-cop-with-a-habit Terence McDonagh in Werner Herzog‘s NOT remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Transsiberian, and some other snow-set movies

Posted on 15 January 2010 by Beth Williams

No, these are not some personal snaps of mine from the past few weeks. These are images from the gripping thriller Transsiberian. It’s the tale of an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) who are travelling on the Trans-Siberian … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Inkheart, and other movies based on children’s books

Posted on 12 December 2009 by Beth Williams

Meggie (Eliza Bennett) is a 12-year-old girl who plunges into a world of storybook adventure after discovering that her father (Brendan Fraser) can literally read the characters out of novels. When a rare title called Inkheart enters their hands, a … Continue reading →

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