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Win Johnny Depp comedy Dark Shadows on DVD!

Posted on 12 October 2012 by Adele Craciun

Tim Burton’s campy horror comedy DARK SHADOWS is released on Blu-ray and DVD on Monday 15 October. Johnny Depp plays a dandyish vampire who emerges from two centuries of entombment to find himself in the strange new world of 1972 … Continue reading →

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Film review | Dark Shadows – Johnny Depp camps it up again in Tim Burton’s chaotic vampire romp

Posted on 11 May 2012 by Jason Best

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are back for their eighth screen collaboration with campy horror comedy Dark Shadows and the result is very much what you’d expect from their previous outings: good on look and atmosphere, poor on plot and … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Hugo – Martin Scorsese enchants with his boy’s own tribute to a cinema pioneer

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Jason Best

Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading →

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Film review | Jack and the Beanstalk – A less-than-enchanting fairy-tale flop

Posted on 24 February 2012 by Jason Best

Set in a fairy-tale world where the golden goose is played by a stand-up comedian, lame fantasy adventure Jack and the Beanstalk seeks to emulate the playful wit of the wondrous The Princess Bride but falls woefully short. Bland moppet … Continue reading →

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Film review | Hugo – Scorsese turns children’s storyteller with a dash of Parisian panache

Posted on 2 December 2011 by Jason Best

Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children, Hugo is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Getting my ass kicked by Kick-Ass

Posted on 19 March 2011 by Beth Williams

When this film  came out at cinemas, a colleague of mine – having just seen it – made a declaration: ‘Kick-Ass is now one of my favourite films.” Now had this comment been made by a bloke, it would have … Continue reading →

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Let Me In – Vampire thriller remake has more bloody action but equal heart

Posted on 5 November 2010 by Jason Best

Fans of brilliant Swedish vampire thriller Let the Right One In understandably shuddered when news broke that Hollywood planned to do a remake. It would be shocking, wouldn’t it? And not in a good way. Well, contrary to expectation, Let … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Did Hammer Horror take the dread out of Dracula?

Posted on 18 October 2010 by Beth Williams

When I was a kid I had this well-thumbed book about mysteries and the unexplained. From UFOs to the Bermuda Triangle, Nessy to the Yeti, and werewolves to vampires, it showcased an exciting range of spooky myths and legends. At … Continue reading →

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Kick-Ass – Brits take on Hollywood at Comic-Book action

Posted on 6 September 2010 by Jason Best

“Kick-Arse”. That’s how director Matthew Vaughn, comic-book writer Mark Millar and co all say the title of their movie Kick-Ass on the engaging making-of-the-movie extra features on the film’s Blu-ray and DVD release. The unapologetically Anglo-Saxon pronunciation tells you just … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Kick-Ass – Comic-book hero gets a kicking from the tabloids

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Jason Best

  Forcing my way through the post-screening throng after London’s first Kick-Ass preview, I bumped into a journalist friend who was fizzing with excitement over Matthew Vaughn’s new comic-book movie. A few paces more and I came upon two other … Continue reading →

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