Tag Archives: Charlize Theron

News Muse Special – The Oscars Experience

Posted on 6 March 2010 by Adele Craciun

News Muse is wishing she belonged to the Hollywood glitterati and could get a seat next to some hottie at the Oscars ceremony. Instead, the reality is that she got rejected off the bleachers and doesn’t have access to the … Continue reading →

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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules

Posted on 5 March 2010 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Changeling – are true crime movies more powerful than fictional ones?

Posted on 27 January 2010 by Beth Williams

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. It is of course difficult to say whether true crime movies are … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Burning Plain

Posted on 23 August 2009 by Jason Best

Best known for his screenplays for his compatriot Alejandro González Iñárritu. Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga makes his directorial debut with this characteristically elliptical mystery drama. If you’ve seen Amores Perros, 21 Grams or Babel, the films he wrote for Iñárritu, … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Burning Plain – Is Guillermo Arriaga’s fragmented drama less than the sum of its parts?

Posted on 13 March 2009 by Jason Best

“A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end… but not necessarily in that order.” Jean-Luc Godard’s famous, teasing pronouncement doesn’t go far enough when you’re dealing with Guillermo Arriaga. The Mexican screenwriter appears to throw the building … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Salma Hayek on breast behaviour

Posted on 13 February 2009 by Adele Craciun

Haven’t we all at least once been stuck on a long-haul flight listening to the nerve wrecking oral symphony of someone else’s (very) unhappy baby? It makes me nervous just reminiscing. That sense of devastating powerlessness against the noise…that strong … Continue reading →

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Hancock DVD competition winners

Posted on 5 December 2008 by Jason Best

Our competition to win a copy of of the 2-disc DVD special edition of the Will Smith superhero movie Hancock is now closed. Well done to all our entrants – everyone answered correctly that Charlize Theron is the only one … Continue reading →

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Competition | Win the Will Smith action comedy Hancock on DVD

Posted on 21 November 2008 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed.  Will Smith stars as a very different kind of superhero in the action comedy fantasy Hancock, which comes out on DVD on 1st December. He may have super strength and the ability to fly, but … Continue reading →

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