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

The Dictator Desperate despot… Borat and Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen mixes comedy and controversy again in his latest big-screen outing, this time as the tyrant Admiral General Aladeen. 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…

Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. American Pie: Reunion Last slice… Nine years on from their last big-screen outing, the … Continue reading

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Film review | Dark Shadows – Johnny Depp camps it up again in Tim Burton’s chaotic vampire romp

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are back for their eighth screen collaboration with campy horror comedy Dark Shadows and the result is very much what you’d expect from their previous outings: good on look and atmosphere, poor on plot and … Continue reading

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Film review | 21 Jump Street – Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill star in a riotous reboot of the 80s TV show

The 1980s TV series about fresh-faced young cops (including a young Johnny Depp) going undercover in high schools gets a riotous big-screen reboot with this rude and raucous action comedy spoof, which turns the high-minded, message-laden original series on its … Continue reading

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Christmas Cracker #4 | Today: A Silly Hat

Johnny Depp discovers yet more madness in his method, letting his headwear do all the work as the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Today’s Silly Hat Cracker was brought to you by the letter O NB: The letters in … Continue reading

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

The Twilight Saga: Break Dawn – Part 1 Labour pains… The first part of the final instalment in Stephenie Meyer’s romantic fantasy franchise sees the worlds of Bella, Edward and Jacob rocked by Bella’s pregnancy! If you can see this, … Continue reading

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

Immortals Heavens above… From the producers of 2006’s 300 comes this fantasy adventure, which charts the attempts by Theseus (Henry Cavill) to stop the ruthless King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) in his bid to overthrow the Gods of Olympus. If you … Continue reading

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Film review | The Rum Diary – Johnny Depp & Bruce Robinson raise a glass to Hunter S Thompson

Stir together Johnny Depp, Bruce Robinson and Hunter S Thompson and you’d think you would get a pretty intoxicating cocktail. Yet the combination of Hollywood maverick Depp, Withnail & I director Robinson and legendary Gonzo writer Thompson on this screen … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: Who is she wearing?

Actually I don’t want to know the answer. I can’t afford designer clothes right now. Maybe one day… Anyhow, back to last week – who was the owner of the mystery chest? And, more importantly, was it a cowboy or … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Limitless Full potential… Bradley Cooper knows no bounds in this fantasy thriller about a struggling writer who discovers a revolutionary new drug that gives him superhuman abilities. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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