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

Posted on 5 April 2013 by Dean & Ellen

The Croods Caving in… It’s back to prehistoric times for this animated comedy, in which a cave-dwelling stone-age family journey through a dangerous land in search of a new home. 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…

Posted on 15 March 2013 by Dean & Ellen

Oz the Great and Powerful Not in Kansas anymore… Sam Raimi takes James Franco on a trip along the Yellow Brick Road in this prequel to 1939’s classic fantasy adventure The Wizard of Oz, exploring the origins of the eponymous … Continue reading →

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Film review | Oz The Great and Powerful – More wizardry than magic, but Raimi’s Oz still delights

Posted on 9 March 2013 by Jason Best

When a movie is as beloved as The Wizard of Oz, making a prequel would seem a foolhardy enterprise. Put one foot on the Yellow Brick Road and you risk stepping on your viewers’ memories and dreams. Yet Sam Raimi … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Franco and Serkis get down to serious monkey business

Posted on 8 December 2011 by Jason Best

A decade after Tim Burton‘s disappointing ‘re-imagining’ of the 1967 classic, Hollywood revisits the Planet of the Apes mythology – and this time gets it right! Both an exciting sci-fi adventure and powerful cautionary tale about human arrogance and folly, … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 18 August 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Limitless Full potential… Bradley Cooper knows no bounds in this fantasy thriller about a struggling writer who discovers a revolutionary new drug that gives him superhuman abilities. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 17 June 2011 by Ellen

Gnomeo & Juliet Pulling under the daisies… Two garden ornaments take a rocky road to true love with Elton John accompaniment in this animated spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 21 April 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Scream 4 Killer thriller… Wes Craven’s slasher franchise continues as Sidney Prescott’s return to Woodsboro sees Ghostface once again killing local students – but who’s behind the mask this time? If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading →

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Your Highness – We Are Not Amused

Posted on 12 April 2011 by Jason Best

Sword-and-sorcery spoof Your Highness tries to do for the fantasy genre what stoner comedy Pineapple Express did for buddy movies. It’s got the same director (David Gordon Green) and two of the same stars (Danny McBride and James Franco), but … Continue reading →

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Oscars 2011 – Movie Talk’s live report on the 83rd Academy Awards

Posted on 27 February 2011 by Movie Talk

Here we are, Movie Talk’s Jason & Adele, ready to begin our live report on the Oscars. Sadly we’re not at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Boulevard but in an office in Southwark. By day, Movie Talk tower (aka the … Continue reading →

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Oscars Muse – A bunch of good actors but who’s the best?

Posted on 4 February 2011 by Adele Craciun

This year’s Best Actor nominees are a formidable group and very much in the news right now. Here’s the latest goss: Congratulations to Javier Bardem, whose missus – Penelope Cruz – gave birth to a baby boy just the other … Continue reading →

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