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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Page to screen… Swedish author Stieg Larsson’s bestselling crime thriller gets a second adaptation, with central characters Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander this time played by Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara. If you can … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Creature comfort… This family comedy sees the chirpy Chipmunks and The Chipettes stranded on a tropical island – which may not be as deserted as it first seems. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Creature comfort… This family comedy sees the chirpy Chipmunks and The Chipettes stranded on a tropical island – which may not be as deserted as it first seems. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading

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DVD review | Hugo – Martin Scorsese enchants with his boy’s own tribute to a cinema pioneer

Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading

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Win Oscar-awarded children’s adventure Hugo 3D on Blu-ray

Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children, Hugo is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading

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Oscars! Schmoscars! Triumph, travesty and throwbacks galore

Silence was golden again at the Oscars this year, with The Artist, already hotly tipped, tap-dancing off with the three big awards of the night: Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Dujardin made … Continue reading

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Countdown to the Oscars – Best Director and Best Picture Nominees

Let Movie Talk take you by the arm and lead you down the red carpet, familiarising you with the nominees along the way… Best Director Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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The Oscars 2012 – Who will win? Who should win? Who’s missing?

Who’s going to make the biggest noise at this year’s Oscars? Will silence prove golden for hot favourite The Artist? Will The Help clean up?  Or will The Descendants inherit all the glory? With the clock ticking down to Sunday … Continue reading

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Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?

Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on  Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading

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Oscars 2012 – Nominations announced!

The 2012 Oscars nominations have just been announced and, as usual, following the Golden Globes and plenty of speculation, there aren’t that many surprises. Here are the main category nominees: Best Picture The Artist War Horse The Descendants Midnight in … Continue reading

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