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

Paranormal Activity 3 Is there anybody there..? The supernatural horror franchise continues with this prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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

Johnny English Reborn Secret service… Rowan Atkinson’s hapless spy gets a second big screen outing in this action comedy, which sees the titular secret agent tasked with preventing the assassination of the Chinese premier. The Lion King Circle of life… … Continue reading

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Name That Chest… and those muscles

It was this star’s birthday yesterday. Who is he? And what’s the film? The star of which 80s movie had his chest and vest on show last week? The film in question was on TV at the weekend, and a … Continue reading

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Film review | Footloose – Let’s hear it for the new boy

Slipping comfortably into Kevin Bacon’s dancing shoes, newcomer Kenny Wormald is the big-city boy who moves to a small town where dancing has been outlawed in this exuberant remake of 1980s teen musical Footloose. Just like his predecessor, Wormald’s Ren … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Footloose – why remake this 1984 film?

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video How long have they been banging on about remaking this 1984 film? Far too long, if you ask me. Why bother? It wasn’t the greatest film in the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Flashdance and other great title songs

How can you not love 1980s dance drama Flashdance? It not only stars the lovely Jennifer Beals, but it has one of the best original title songs from the world of movies – Flashdance (What a Feeling). Do you agree? … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Save the Last Dance, and other dancing movies

Pirouetting, toe-tapping, hoofing, gliding, stepping, strutting. Dance moves in the movies are certainly not in short supply. Ballet meets hip hop in tonight’s dancing drama where Julia Stiles plays a bereaved middle class teen who has her love for dance … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Sweet Home Alabama, and other films based on song titles

The classic 1974 song Sweet Home Alabama was a controversial response by the band Lynyrd Skynyrd to Southern Man and Alabama – two songs from the 1970s by Neil Young that express anti-southern sentiments. Read more about that here. Don’t expect any … Continue reading

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News Hound | 20 May 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… The trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is out, looking promising: You need … Continue reading

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News Muse – London Premiere of 17 Again

Last night, I went to the premiere of Zac Efron‘s latest movie 17 Again, co-starring Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann. Remember when I got caught up in the Twilight premiere? Add more, many many more, shrieking pre-teen and teenage girls … Continue reading

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