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DVD review | The Dark Knight Rises – Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy comes to an epic conclusion

Christopher Nolan brings his epic Batman trilogy to an awesome conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, giving Christian Bale’s brooding vigilante superhero one last hurrah against the forces of anarchy and chaos that invariably beset Gotham City. Eight years have … Continue reading

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Film review | The Dark Knight Rises – Class war comes to Gotham as Nolan sends Batman out with a bang

Christopher Nolan brings his epic Batman trilogy to an awesome conclusion with The Dark Knight Rises, giving Christian Bale’s brooding vigilante superhero one last hurrah against the forces of anarchy and chaos that invariably beset Gotham City. To begin with, … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Yogi Bear Bear necessities… Combining live action with computer animation, this big screen outing for the Hanna-Barbera character features the voices of Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Paul Space race… Simon Pegg and Nick Frost head the cast of this sci-fi comedy about two British comic book nerds who encounter a wise-cracking alien as they journey across the U.S. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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DVD Review | The Fighter

The latest boxing movie to slug it out in the cinematic ring, The Fighter is a based-on-truth tale of a scrappy underdog who triumphs against the odds. Played by Mark Wahlberg, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward is a journeyman boxer in early-1990s … Continue reading

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Oscars 2011 – Movie Talk’s live report on the 83rd Academy Awards

Here we are, Movie Talk’s Jason & Adele, ready to begin our live report on the Oscars. Sadly we’re not at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Boulevard but in an office in Southwark. By day, Movie Talk tower (aka the … Continue reading

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The Oscars 2011 – Who will win? Who should win?

Who’s going to win big at this year’s Oscars? Will The King’s Speech be getting all the applause? Or will The Social Network be the Academy’s friend? With the clock ticking down to Sunday night’s ceremony, we’re going to predict … Continue reading

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

Gnomeo & Juliet Wrong side of the fence… James McAvoy and Emily Blunt voice two garden gnomes in this animated spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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The Fighter – Knockout performances make David O Russell’s boxing drama an Oscar contender with class

Do true stories make the best boxing movies? In the red corner, Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull, based on the life of middleweight champ Jake La Motta, comes out swinging in the cause of realism. But over in the … Continue reading

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Awards Season 2011 | Colin Firth crowned but The Social Network rules the Golden Globes

Colin Firth was crowned Best Actor last night at the Golden Globes for his role as stammering George VI in The King’s Speech, but The Social Network was the night’s big winner, carrying away the awards for best film, best … Continue reading

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