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Film review | Total Recall – Your mind isn’t playing tricks. You have seen this before

Do we need a Total Recall remake? Unless your memory’s been wiped, the answer is clearly no. Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi thriller was undeniably sleazy and ultra violent, but it also had a rollicking energy, a sly satirical edge and … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

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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Win Underworld Quadrilogy box set on DVD

Kate Beckinsale is back as kick-ass, leather-clad vampire warrior Selene in Underworld Awakening – and to mark the occasion we’ve got two box-sets containing all four action-packed Underworld movies to give away! To celebrate the 14th May UK DVD release … Continue reading

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Film review | Contraband – Mark Wahlberg puts his best fist forward in a routine Hollywood remake

You probably won’t have seen the 2008 Icelandic heist thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, but you’ll be all too familiar with its standard-issue story of the reformed crook drawn back into the world of crime to pull off one last job. With the … Continue reading

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

War Horse Emotional hurdles… Steven Spielberg holds the reins of this war epic, based on the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name, which charts the bond between a man and the horse he tamed and trained. If you can … Continue reading

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Top 10 Best Fake Accents in Movies

A natural accent – or at least, a fake natural accent – is essential in any film. Our guest writer Sabrina Dougall tells us her all-time favourite artificial accents in cinema. 1.  Lindsay Lohan (Hallie Parker/Annie James) – The Parent … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Wedges – dipping into some Serendipity trivia

The last time I considered blogging about Serendipity, I decided to let fate decide whether I should do so, and fate decided no. This time, however, as I began to consider whether I should, or shouldn’t, I got a sign, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Serendipity – am I meant to write about this film today?

Serendipity is a propensity for making fortunate discoveries while looking for something unrelated. So, I decided this morning that if I was meant to write something about Serendipity the film then I’d get a sign of some sort. I thought … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | Everybody’s Fine – Robert De Niro’s bittersweet journey of discovery

Robert De Niro steps into Marcello Mastroianni’s shoes in Everybody’s Fine, an Americanised remake of the 1990 Italian movie Stanno tutti bene, Giuseppe Tornatore’s follow-up film after the international success of Cinema Paradiso. In the original, Mastroianni played an elderly … Continue reading

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Best Christmas Moments in the Movies

If you could take a handful of moments from the movies to create your ideal Christmas, what would they be? These are mine: Best Christmas Shopping trip: Serendipity Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack battle it out for a pair of … Continue reading

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