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Win Kathryn Bigelow’s acclaimed thriller Zero Dark Thirty on Blu-ray

For a decade, an elite team of intelligence and military operatives worked in secret across the globe, devoting themselves to a single goal: to find and eliminate Osama bin Laden.  The critically acclaimed action thriller Zero Dark Thirty reunites director … Continue reading

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

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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Big Screen – this week’s top 10 at the cinema…

Wreck-It Ralph Out of the game… Disney’s latest animation, which follows the misadventures of an arcade game villain as he bids to become a hero, features the voices of John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman and Jane Lynch. If you can … Continue reading

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Oscars 2013 – Who won what

So Daniel Day-Lewis made Oscar history by picking up his third Oscar for Best Actor, hot favourite Argo scooped Best Film and Ang Li pipped Steven Spielberg to win Best Director. We didn’t see that one coming, but had put … Continue reading

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Oscars 2013 Who will win? Who should win?

Who’s going to be showered in Oscar glory in 2013? Will Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln scrabble together enough votes to make history? Will romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook defy Academy Award tradition? Or will Ben Affleck’s Argo pull off victory? With … Continue reading

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Oscars 2013: Heavy hitters, dark horses and underdogs… Which one will you choose?

So we’re gearing up for Oscars fever here at Movie Talk and getting very excited about the variety of films up for this year’s Best Picture award on Sunday night. But we’ve discovered they fall rather nicely into three distinct … Continue reading

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Who will win the 2013 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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Film review | Zero Dark Thirty – Kathryn Bigelow’s brilliant account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden

Scripted, shot and in the can within 18 months of the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow’s compelling account of the decade-long quest to track down and kill the al-Qaida … Continue reading

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Film review | Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted – On the run with the madcap menagerie

Those New York zoo castaways are back for a third computer-animated escapade, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted, and their latest misadventures are their zaniest yet. Stranded in Africa last time around, the old gang – narcissistic lion Alex (voiced by … Continue reading

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DVD review | The Help – Southern-fried crowdpleaser that gets heart and soul from its stellar cast

Set in the US Deep South at the dawn of the Civil Rights era, The Help is a rousing Hollywood melodrama that takes a highly sensitive, emotionally charged subject – the relationship between black maids and their white employers – … Continue reading

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