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Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?

Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on  Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading

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Oscars 2012 – Nominations announced!

The 2012 Oscars nominations have just been announced and, as usual, following the Golden Globes and plenty of speculation, there aren’t that many surprises. Here are the main category nominees: Best Picture The Artist War Horse The Descendants Midnight in … Continue reading

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A Trip to the Moon – Georges Méliès’s 1902 sci-fi classic showing in original colour version

With Martin Scorsese’s enchanting children’s film Hugo currently reminding audiences of the treasured legacy of French film pioneer Georges Méliès, it’s a delight to see that London’s Ciné Lumiere is showing his hugely inventive 1902 special-effects classic A Trip to … Continue reading

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Film review | Hugo – Scorsese turns children’s storyteller with a dash of Parisian panache

Martin Scorsese’s first ever film for children, Hugo 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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Raging Bull – Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro’s boxing classic goes the distance on Blu-ray

Thirty years ago at the 1981 Academy Awards, the greatest of all Oscar robberies took place when Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull lost out to Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, which pipped its rival to claim the Oscars for Best Film and … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Other Guys Imperfect pairing… Funny man Will Ferrell joins forces with Mark Wahlberg in this action comedy about two mismatched New York City detectives. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading

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Boardwalk Empire – Mobsters and molls in Prohibition-era Atlantic City

By trumpeting the arrival of Sky Atlantic’s flashy new Mob drama Boardwalk Empire, Movie Talk is straying into the territory of our neighbours at TV Spy, who always have the inside dope on the best US series. We don’t want … Continue reading

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Michael Powell’s widow, son & greatest champion (that’s Marty) in London next month for a special screening of Peeping Tom

Word is out that there’s going to be a special screening of Michael Powell’s misunderstood masterpiece Peeping Tom at the London’s Curzon Soho on Saturday 13th November 2010. Following the screening of a restored digital print of the film on … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Dear John Paper Mates…Hunky sergeant Channing Tatum and doe-eyed Amanda Seyfried swap love letters while he’s at war. Can their romance survive in this slushy melodrama? If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Centurion Bloody battle… Neil Marshall (The Descent) directs this historical action thriller about a group of Roman soldiers fighting for their lives after their legion is wiped out in a brutal ambush. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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