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

The Sweeney Law and disorder… Ray Winstone and Ben Drew (better known as musician Plan B) play tough-nut law enforcers in this feature-length reworking of the 1970s TV crime drama. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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

Dredd Judgment Day… 2000 AD comic strip character Judge Dredd is brought to life by actor Karl Urban in this sci-fi thriller, which sees the titular law enforcer tasked with bringing order to a high-rise slum. If you can see … Continue reading

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

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

The Dark Knight Rises Fight or flight… Christopher Nolan draws his blockbuster Batman trilogy to a close, pitting the vilified Caped Crusader against muscular foe Bane in a battle for Gotham City. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: Which Batman is this?

That’s it for clues – this one is far too easy. A 5th-century bra was being sported by the owner of last week’s mystery chest. The actress has a film out as the moment. Did you guess who she is? … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Bend It Like Beckham’s original ending

In this upbeat sports romance, Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra play two teenage girls who bond over their passion for playing football while struggling to overcome family disapproval. But their friendship is threatened by another shared passion – a secret … Continue reading

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DVD review | A Dangerous Method – Keira Knightley & Michael Fassbender on the analyst’s couch

If the idea of yet another costume film starring Keira Knightley doesn’t set your pulse racing then perhaps A Dangerous Method,  David Cronenberg’s absorbing historical drama about the early years of psychoanalysis will quicken your interest. Throwing herself – chin … Continue reading

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Win A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen on DVD

Adapted by Christopher Hampton from his play The Talking Cure, director David Cronenberg‘s A Dangerous Method is a thought-provoking tale of sex, theory and psychoanalysis which explores the intellectual battle of wills between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and Sigmund Freud … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Skyline Lights alive… An alien force uses pretty lights to lure silly human folk to their destruction in this derivative sci-fi flick. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading

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Win romantic thriller London Boulevard on Blu-ray

Colin Farrell and Keira Knightley star as an unlikely couple in the noirish romantic thriller London Boulevard, which comes out on DVD & Blu-ray on Monday 21st March. Sporting a mean Cockney accent, Farrell is a South London criminal fresh … Continue reading

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