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DVD review | The Master – Da doo Ron Ron: Paul Thomas Anderson exposes a charismatic cult leader

There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson has come up with another sprawling period drama that will enthral and infuriate viewers in equal measure. A story of emotional and psychological turbulence set in the years immediately following World War … Continue reading

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

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Long in the tooth… The blockbusting franchise concludes with an epic battle to save Bella’s daughter Renesmee from the fearsome Volturi vampires. Skyfall Mission in action… Bond is back in action – … Continue reading

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

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Long in the tooth… The blockbusting franchise concludes with an epic battle to save Bella’s daughter Renesmee from the fearsome Volturi vampires. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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Film review | The Master – Joaquin Phoenix & Philip Seymour Hoffman go head to head for an epic tussle

Paul Thomas Anderson, maker of the dazzling epic There Will Be Blood, has come up with another sprawling period drama and it’s a film that will probably enthral and infuriate viewers in equal measure. Indeed, while watching The Master, it’s … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia – Walk the Line and Johnny Cash’s favourite film

While making the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line, director and co-writer James Mangold had numerous conversations with the troubled country star to get inside his head and understand what it was that haunted him throughout his life. Apparently, during … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies

As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Ponders | How would the film industry differ if lying didn’t exist?

The Ricky Gervais movie The Invention of Lying is the reason why I’m asking this question. This film is set in a world where everybody tells the truth, and sheds a very witty and clever light on the way our … Continue reading

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News Hound | Gwynnie Paltrow and Justin Trousersnake swap careers

 It seems that Joaquin Phoenix’s puzzling career change has inspired others to dabble. Gwyneth Paltrow has just recorded a country music track called Country Strong for an upcoming movie (with the same name), where she plays down-and-out country star Kelly … Continue reading

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News Hound | Mel Gibson has very officially lost the plot (again and again and again)

News Hound 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… Mel Gibson is hardly known as a saint, what with his history of … Continue reading

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News Muse – London Premiere of 17 Again

Last night, I went to the premiere of Zac Efron‘s latest movie 17 Again, co-starring Matthew Perry and Leslie Mann. Remember when I got caught up in the Twilight premiere? Add more, many many more, shrieking pre-teen and teenage girls … Continue reading

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