Tag Archives: Frances McDormand

DVD review | Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Eye-popping robot action rescues an eye-watering plot

Transformers: Dark of the Moon,  third in the blockbuster series inspired by the shape-changing toys, is everything you’d expect – and more. The explosions are bigger, the special effects more spectacular – and Shia LaBeouf even more irritating as a … Continue reading

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Film review | Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Whiny Shia drowned out by awesome robot smackdowns

Transformer: Dark of the Moon, the third sci-fi blockbuster inspired by the shape-changing toys, is here and it’s everything you’d expect – and more. The explosions are bigger, the special effects more spectacular – and Shia LaBeouf is even more … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Transsiberian, and some other snow-set movies

No, these are not some personal snaps of mine from the past few weeks. These are images from the gripping thriller Transsiberian. It’s the tale of an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) who are travelling on the Trans-Siberian … Continue reading

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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day – if you could too, what day would you choose to live in?

Couch Potato Pickings This movie tells the entertaining tale of an unemployed governess who plunges into the dizzying world of 1939 London high society after bluffing her way into a job as social secretary to a giddy American singer and … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Burn After Reading

  When a computer disc containing the memoirs of a disgruntled CIA analyst falls into the hands of a pair of dim gym workers, the pair reckon they can take advantage of this unexpected windfall, but their half-baked scheme quickly … Continue reading

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Win Burn After Reading on DVD

This competition has now closed. The latest wickedly dark comedy from the Coen Brothers, Burn After Reading comes out on DVD on Monday February 9th. To celebrate the film’s release we’re giving you the chance to win one of 3 … Continue reading

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The Best view | Burn After Reading

With their latest movie, Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers have disappointingly retreated from the chilly heights of their brilliant Oscar-winning No Country for Old Men and taken refuge in the glib, smartass cynicism that’s been a feature of so … Continue reading

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