Tag Archives: Emily Blunt

Film review | The Muppets – The green frog and his old pals show off some new tricks

Posted on 10 February 2012 by Jason Best

For the first time since 1999’s Muppets from Space, the madcap Muppets are back on the big screen with their trademark blend of innocent wonder, gleeful musical spoofs and knowingly cheesy jokes in their new movie The Muppets. But the … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 14 July 2011 by Dean & Ellen

The Adjustment Bureau Dangerous liaison… Matt Damon and Emily Blunt play lovers on the run from mysterious forces in this fast-paced thriller. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading →

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DVD Review | Gulliver’s Travels – Blundering Jack Black stomps on Jonathan Swift’s classic tale

Posted on 16 May 2011 by Jason Best

Jonathan Swift‘s caustic satire on human folly has been re-imagined by Hollywood as a knockabout vehicle for Jack Black – and the result is a film so witless that that you wish the 18th-century author were still alive to use … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 18 March 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Battle: Los Angeles Space invaders… This explosive sci-fi action thriller follows a marine platoon as they mount a final stand against an alien invasion. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 4 March 2011 by Dean & Ellen

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. Paul Out of this world… Simon Pegg and Nick Frost head the … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 25 February 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Paul Out of this world… 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 … Continue reading →

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen – on set at the Blue Fin Building on London’s South Bank

Posted on 2 September 2010 by Adele Craciun

We Movie Talkers are used to having film crews taking over our headquarters from time to time – almost exactly a year ago, Woody Allen came to the Blue Fin Building to film some of You Will Meet a Tall … Continue reading →

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Wild Target – French comedy hits the mark, but stars’ deaths make it poignant too

Posted on 18 June 2010 by Jason Best

Pierre Salvadori’s droll 1993 black comedy Wild Target (Cible émouvante) gets a timely DVD issue this month to coincide with the arrival in cinemas of its British remake. Bill Nighy stars in the new movie, playing a fastidious 55-year-old hitman … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Sunshine Cleaning is weirdly feelgood, bearing in mind the subject matter.

Posted on 16 June 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. To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the … Continue reading →

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The Young Victoria – the movie and the monarch

Posted on 12 March 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings I think it’s common knowledge, isn’t it, that Queen Victoria and her hubby Albert were very much in love. Here in London that 19th-century love affair is still very much in the public eye, in the guise … Continue reading →

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