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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading

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

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.


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

Avatar Out of this world… Titanic director James Cameron creates an alien world starring Sigourney Weaver in what could be the most expensive movie ever made – but this time the aliens are the good guys.


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At the Cinema | Edge of Darkness – Mel Gibson is back: older and wearier but still packing a punch

Mel Gibson is back in front of the camera in the thriller Edge of Darkness – the first time for seven years – and he looks older, wearier and more careworn than when we last saw him on screen. Well, … Continue reading

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Awards Season | James Cameron & Avatar rule at the Golden Globes

James Cameron is King of the Globes after carrying off the prizes for Best Drama and Best Director for his 3D sci-fi epic Avatar at last night’s Golden Globe film awards. He did the same 12 years ago with Titanic … Continue reading

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The Best view | Creation – Classy biopic of Charles Darwin ruffles the feathers of evolution deniers

Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection has been described (by philosopher Daniel Dennett) as “the single best idea that anyone has ever had”. That it’s also the most explosive idea anyone has ever had is confirmed by the fuss … Continue reading

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News Hound | 29 April 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because we like to stick our noses into it… Gavin Hood, director of X-Men Origins: Wolverine, has revealed that the blockbuster movie … Continue reading

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News Muse – dreaming of film festivals

Bah! It’s that time of the year when I am dragging my tired winter feet over spring’s threshold and humming June is bustin’ out all over just to keep me going. And I start dreaming of festivals. No, not the … Continue reading

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News Muse – Salma Hayek on breast behaviour

Haven’t we all at least once been stuck on a long-haul flight listening to the nerve wrecking oral symphony of someone else’s (very) unhappy baby? It makes me nervous just reminiscing. That sense of devastating powerlessness against the noise…that strong … Continue reading

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What Women Want – do you know?

Couch Potato Pickings On BBC1 tonight at 10.10pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Do you know what women want? Click here to find out.

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