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

Terminator Salvation Robot wars… Christian Bale attempts to save humanity from being wiped out by intelligent machines – and woe betide any cinematographers who get in his way. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | The Tale of Despereaux

Based on the bestselling children’s book by US author Kate DiCamillo, CGI animated adventure The Tale of Despereaux is the story of a plucky little mouse with unfeasibly large ears and a sense of chivalry to match. Big-eared Despereaux (voiced … Continue reading

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The Tale of Despereaux Competition – Nintendo DS, DS game and Goodie Bag up for grabs

A brand, spanking new CGI animated adventure starring a plucky little mouse with unfeasibly large ears and a sense of chivalry to match, The Tale of Despereaux benefits from a to-die-for voice cast. Sigourney Weaver supplies some delightfully wry narration, Matthew Broderick … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Michael Crichton Tribute

The blockbuster movies Jurassic Park, Disclosure or The Andromeda Strain would never have hit our screens if hadn’t been for bestselling author Michael Crichton who sadly died last week. To pay tribute to this great novelist and filmmaker, Sky have … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Straw Dogs

On Channel 4 tonight at 11.05pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This controversial film from 1971 was famously banned by the BBFC for two decades because of its graphic portrayal of violence and … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Mrs Doubtfire

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Personally, I think this is Robin Williams’s best film. It’s certainly his most memorable role. To be an actor surely it’s essential to drag up at least once? … Continue reading

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The Best view – Tropic Thunder

This no-holds-barred send-up of Hollywood pomposity and folly, directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, flaunts its tastelessness and flouts taboos with a brazen recklessness that has already provoked appalled denunciations from the PC police. Stiller himself stars as one of … Continue reading

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Five things smart people know about The Graduate

1. In Charles Webb’s book, the character of Benjamin Braddock is a six-foot tall, blue-eyed WASP and the film’s producers originally considered Robert Redford for the role. On the documentary that accompanies the newly reissued DVD of The Graduate, producer … Continue reading

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