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Film review | Cloud Atlas – Tykwer & the Wachowskis bring epic sweep and giddy pace to time-leaping tale
A trio of directors bring David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas to the screen – and their film is sure to arouse strong passions for and against, just as Mitchell’s bestselling book has been doing since its publication in 2004. Mitchell’s … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Cloud Atlas, david mitchell, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Lana Wachowski, Tom Hanks, Tom Tykwer
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DVD review | The Iron Lady – Meryl Streep perfects Thatcher’s bark in biopic lacking political bite
Ruffling feathers all along the political spectrum, the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady is neither a hagiography nor a hatchet job but deserves to be seen for Meryl Streep’s magnificent Oscar-winning performance in the lead role. Reuniting with her … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases, DVD Reviews
Tagged Jim Broadbent, Meryl Streep, Olivia Colman, Phyllida Lloyd, The Iron Lady
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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
Posted in 2012 Awards
Tagged Adam Deacon, BAFTA, Bridesmaids, Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Christopher Plummer, drive, Eddie Redmayne, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Hugo, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Kidulthood, Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, octavia spencer, Shame, The Artist, the descendants, The Help, Thor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hiddleston, Tomas Alfredson, War Horse, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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Film review | The Iron Lady – Mettle fatigue: Meryl Streep shows Maggie in her prime and decline
Revered and reviled with equal fervour, Margaret Thatcher is easily the most divisive figure in recent British history – which makes it a certainty that this controversial biopic starring the incomparable Meryl Streep will ruffle feathers all along the political … Continue reading
Name That Chest: Some 1980s summer job style
Between her work on a very popular franchise in the late noughties, this mystery actress also had a role in the 1980s-set romantic comedy drama pictured. And she has two films coming out at the cinema this week… So, what … Continue reading
Film review | Arthur Christmas – A new gift from Aardman that will keep on giving!
How does Santa deliver all those presents in a single night? The enormously entertaining computer-animated comedy Arthur Christmas answers this question – and many more besides – with wit, charm and ingenuity. It turns out that the annual festive mission … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings: Another Year – Do you have a Mary in your life?
Someone who: …often outstays her welcome …never invites you to her place and rarely asks you about yourself and your life. …often drinks a little too much, and possibly smokes too. …becomes overly tactile when drunk. …is overly critical of … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Another Year, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Mike Leigh, Ruth Sheen
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Tron: Legacy Cyber space… This sci-fi sequel follows 27-year-old Sam Flynn as he’s pulled into the dangerous digital world in which his father, Kevin (Jeff Bridges), has been trapped for 25 years. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged Animals United, Burlesque, C S Lewis, Chris Pine, Dawn French, Due Date, Fred: The Movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Jeff Bridges, Jim Broadbent, Johnny Depp, Megamind, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Tourist, Tron: Legacy, Unstoppable
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Couch Potato on Another Year – are Mike Leigh’s films full of caricatures?
There’s a scene in Mike Leigh‘s latest film Another Year where the main character Mary (Lesley Manville) sits between her friends Gerri (Ruth Sheen) and Tom (Jim Broadbent). She’s drunk a little too much wine, she’s slurring slightly and repeating … Continue reading
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Tagged Another Year, David Bradley, Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Mike Leigh, Peter Wight, Ruth Sheen
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Couch Potato rounds off a week of Mike Leigh with Another Year, another movie and ‘another cheesy pineapple one?’
Mike Leigh‘s new movie Another Year came out at cinemas yesterday. And, breaking all the rules of Couch Potatodom, I’m abandoning the sofa later to go and see it. Well I had to really – I’ve been plunging myself into … Continue reading
