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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading

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Guilty Pleasures | Valentine’s Day

Okay, so Ashton Kutcher’s a very cute LA florist who proposes to his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day then whips off to work in his beaten-up pink truck in a haze of euphoria when she says a rather surprised Yes! Actually, … Continue reading

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Big Screen – This week’s top ten at the cinema

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.If you can see this, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Dreamgirls, and reality TV show contestants who’ve actually made it

This movie version of the popular stage musical, very loosely based on the story of Diana Ross and The Supremes, stars music industry darling Beyoncé. However, the real star of this film is Jennifer Hudson. She totally outshines her co-stars  … Continue reading

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

Paranormal Activity Things that go bump in the night… A couple are terrorised by a supernatural presence in this U.S. chiller. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash … Continue reading

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

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Long in the tooth… When vampire Edward turns his back on Bella, the heartbroken teenager finds comfort in her deeping friendship with werewolf Jacob.  If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading

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

Fame On song… A reinvention of the original 1980 hit film, this musical movie follows a group of talented students at a performing arts school. The Invention of Lying Liar, liar… This comedy, set in a world where everyone can … Continue reading

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

Fame On song… A reinvention of the original 1980 hit film, this musical movie follows a group of talented students at a performing arts school. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading

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29th Cambridge Film Festival

 Movie Talk is happy to invite our correspondent in Cambridge, Jan Gilbert, to give us the low-down on this year’s Cambridge Film Festival. A veritable feast of Independent Cinema, the CFF may be smaller than the sprawling London Film Festival, … Continue reading

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News Hound | 22 April 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… Vanessa Hudgens is playing the female lead in Beastly, a modern version of … Continue reading

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