Tag Archives: Guy Pearce

Film review | Iron Man 3 – Third time’s a charm as Downey Jr’s Tony Stark turns up the superhero snark

Robert Downey Jr is back for his third solo outing as billionaire inventor Tony Stark, aka metal-suit wearing superhero Iron Man, and he’s in splendidly sardonic, wisecracking form. Joss Whedon gave Downey plenty of knockout zingers in last summer’s Avengers … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Looper Race against time… Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis star in this time-bending thriller about an assassin tasked with killing his future self. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to … Continue reading

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

The Sweeney Law and disorder… Ray Winstone and Ben Drew (better known as musician Plan B) play tough-nut law enforcers in this feature-length reworking of the 1970s TV crime drama. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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

Dredd Judgment Day… 2000 AD comic strip character Judge Dredd is brought to life by actor Karl Urban in this sci-fi thriller, which sees the titular law enforcer tasked with bringing order to a high-rise slum. If you can see … Continue reading

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Battleship Naval gazing… Hasbro’s classic naval combat game inspires this big-screen action fantasy, in which Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and Rude Boy singer Rihanna play Navy personnel battling an armada of alien invaders. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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

Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or … Continue reading

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

Battleship Naval gazing… Hasbro’s classic naval combat game inspires this big-screen action fantasy, in which Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and Rude Boy singer Rihanna play Navy personnel battling an armada of alien invaders. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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Film review | Lockout – Quick with his quips & his fists: Guy Pearce’s Snow is as cool as his name

Guy Pearce’s cynical anti-hero Snow doesn’t sport a black eye-patch in sci-fi action thriller Lockout but otherwise he’s a dead ringer for Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken. The resemblance isn’t a surprise: producer Luc Besson has pretty much taken the plot … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Get ready to hide under the duvet as Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark comes home

Don’t Be Afraid Of the Dark, from the pen of fantasy favourite Guillermo del Toro, should have been called Don’t Look Under the Duvet or The Girl Who Cried ‘Bedbugs!’ as it’s about some nasty miniature menaces chasing a withdrawn … Continue reading

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Christmas Cracker #10 | Today: A Silly Hat

Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce are having a Big-Bad Hair Day in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Today’s Silly Hat Cracker was brought to you by the letter:  R NB: The letters in our Crackers … Continue reading

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