Tag Archives: Javier Bardem

DVD review | Skyfall – 50 years after 007′s screen debut, Daniel Craig proves Bond is in rude health

Posted on 18 February 2013 by Jason Best

Fifty years after his film debut in Dr No, James Bond is in rude health in Skyfall, his 23rd (official) screen adventure, shrugging off bullets, bombs and even a komodo dragon. Director Sam Mendes puts his foot to the floor … Continue reading →

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Film review | Skyfall – A James Bond film that thrills and moves: You’ll be shaken and stirred

Posted on 25 October 2012 by Jason Best

You can always rely on James Bond to get out of a jam, can’t you?  No matter how tight the spot, deep the hole or sticky the situation, Ian Fleming’s resourceful spy can be guaranteed to wriggle free. Yet it … 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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Win Eat Pray Love on Blu-ray

Posted on 3 February 2011 by Adele Craciun

This competition has now closed We’ve got Blu-ray copies of romantic travelogue Eat Pray Love for you to win! Julia Roberts plays a disillusioned American divorcee who heads for Italy and finds the joy of eating and drinking, abandons that … Continue reading →

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Eat Pray Love – Snooze (But Don’t Forget To Buy the Merchandise)

Posted on 22 September 2010 by Jason Best

  You’ve read the book, you’ve booked the holiday, you’ve bought the themed sarong, perfume and prayer beads; now, for devotees still hungry for spin-offs associated with Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir, here’s Eat Pray Love the movie, a seemingly interminable … Continue reading →

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News Muse – From fairy to very very scary

Posted on 5 June 2009 by Adele Craciun

The 2009 MTV Movie Awards last Sunday was a special event for Twilight fans as the movie scooped up almost all the popcorn buckets, including the one for Best Movie, and it was the first chance to watch the trailer … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Spanish sun warms up Woody’s career

Posted on 13 February 2009 by Jason Best

The Spanish sun has clearly rejuvenated Woody Allen’s career. After making three films in London with diminishing returns – the commercially successful but critically reviled Match Point and box-office duds Scoop and Cassandra’s Dream – he’s noticeably benefited from a … Continue reading →

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BFI 52nd London Film Festival – Highlights so far

Posted on 23 October 2008 by Jason Best

This year’s London Film Festival has reached the halfway stage, so I thought I would pause from my moviegoing to take stock of what I’ve seen to date and select some of my personal highlights. Genova Boris Johnson was in … Continue reading →

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52nd Times BFI London Film Festival – first look at this year’s lineup

Posted on 10 September 2008 by Jason Best

I’ve just returned hotfoot from the press launch of this year’s Times BFI London Film Festival, clutching a copy of the hefty programme. It’s over a hundred pages, so it will take me a while to get to grips with … Continue reading →

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