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

The Amazing Spider-Man Tangled web… Andrew Garfield slips into the famous red and blue suit vacated by Tobey Maguire to play the titular web-slinging superhero in this fantasy franchise reboot. 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…

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Mammoth adventure… The fourth installment of the animated franchise sees the paleolithic pals embarking on another adventure after their continent is set adrift. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Film review | Friends with Kids – Platonic parents deliver a rom-com with a twist

Friends with Kids reunites Bridesmaids cast members Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm and Chris O’Dowd for another way-we-live-now ensemble comedy and there’s a similar mix of hilarity and insight on offer, though with less of the earlier film’s raunchiness … Continue reading

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DVD review | Bridesmaids – A chick flick with attitude, and frou-frou frocks!

Hysterically funny and heartfelt, Bridesmaids is the best chick flick in years. Co-writer Kristen Wiig stars as thirtysomething single gal Annie, who goes into a neurotic tailspin after she is asked to be maid of honour at the wedding of … Continue reading

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Film review | Bridesmaids – Kristen Wiig catches the bouquet and creates the best chick flick in years

A veteran of US TV comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live, Kristen Wiig has popped up on the big screen in supporting roles in such films as Adventureland and Paul. Now she is the co-writer and star of the best … Continue reading

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The Best view | Away We Go – Kooky road comedy meanders and leaves behind a whiff of smugness

  Sam Mendes shot the comedy Away We Go on the hoof while still in post-production on his last Oscar-bait movie, Revolutionary Road. Unsurprisingly, it’s an altogether lighter, looser and more freewheeling film than its dour predecessor – even if … Continue reading

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