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Film review | Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh bows out with a twisty thriller

Posted on 8 March 2013 by Jason Best

Fed up with the way Hollywood treats directors, Steven Soderbergh has announced his retirement from the cinema – which will be a great shame if it deprives us of movies as enjoyable as his cunning psychological thriller Side Effects, supposedly … Continue reading →

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Film review | Rise of the Guardians – Bet you didn’t know Santa was a kick-ass Cossack

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Jason Best

The secret identities of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy come to light in the enchanting and exhilarating animated adventure Rise of the Guardians, which takes these familiar figures from childhood mythology and turns them into a … Continue reading →

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Film review | Anna Karenina – Joe Wright gives Tolstoy’s love story theatrical dazzle

Posted on 7 September 2012 by Jason Best

Director Joe Wright reunites with Keira Knightley, his leading lady in Pride & Prejudice and Atonement, for another prestigious literary adaptation, but his screen version of Tolstoy’s classic novel Anna Karenina is a bold departure from standard costume drama fare. … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 2 July 2012 by Dean & Ellen

The Woman In Black Spooked… Things go bump in the night for Daniel Radcliffe in this horror-thriller about an Edwardian solicitor who travels to a remote village where the locals are terrorised by an unknown entity. If you can see … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 27 June 2012 by Dean & Ellen

The Muppets It’s time to play the music… Jim Henson’s colourful characters reunite to save their old theatre from demolition in this big-screen comedy. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 5 June 2012 by Dean & Ellen

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Mind games… Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles as sleuthing duo Sherlock Homes and Dr John Watson, who face a battle of wits with their most cunning adversary, Professor Moriarty. If … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – The game’s afoot, again, for Downey Jr’s quirky ‘tec

Posted on 12 May 2012 by Jason Best

Following the success of 2009’s surprisingly entertaining Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr’s manic, mischievous, unexpectedly kick-ass hero returns for A Game of Shadows, a sequel that is even more knockabout and irreverent than its predecessor. This time Downey Jr’s dandyish, … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Hugo – Martin Scorsese enchants with his boy’s own tribute to a cinema pioneer

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Jason Best

Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children is both a joyful and enchanting adventure tale and a loving tribute to the early days of cinema and one of its neglected pioneers. Based on the award-winning novel The Invention of … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 26 March 2012 by Dean & Ellen

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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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 19 March 2012 by Dean & Ellen

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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