Tag Archives: Michael Caine

Name That Chest: This star turns 50 today

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Beth Williams

Check out this confused clashing jacket scenario. The mystery star played a high school teen in this 80s coming-of-age movie. Any ideas? Who was the owner of the mystery chest last week? Well, it was another birthday boy – a … Continue reading →

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Film review | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Duck! The Rock is coming at you in 3D!

Posted on 3 February 2012 by Jason Best

An old-fashioned adventure romp that wraps newfangled cinematic trickery around a ramshackle plot, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a knockabout sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, notable at the time for being the first feature … Continue reading →

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A Movie Night to Remember: The Man Who Would Be King in Macon, Georgia

Posted on 24 April 2011 by heidi

So I have the honour of kicking off a brand new Movie Talk series featuring some of our favourite movie-going memories… A Movie Night to Remember. And as today is Easter Sunday, I think it only proper that I reminisce … Continue reading →

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Win Michael Caine’s new autobiography – The Elephant to Hollywood

Posted on 1 October 2010 by Movie Talk

This competition has now closed To celebrate the release of Michael Caine’s autobiography, The Elephant to Hollywood, we are giving away copies to ten lucky readers. It’s an extraordinary rags-to-riches story as the veteran actor describes how he went from … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Womanisers and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Posted on 21 May 2010 by Beth Williams

The title say it all really. Matthew McConaughey plays a serial womaniser in a (somewhat clumsy but watchable)) romcom spin on Charles Dickens‘ classic festive tale, A Christmas Carol. Will filmmakers ever tire of adapting this literary classic? Probably not. … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 8 April 2010 by admin

2012 Impending doom… A series of cataclysmic events plunge the world into chaos and threaten to destroy life on Earth in Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic epic. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | A Christmas Carol Top 10

Posted on 20 December 2009 by Beth Williams

For me, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without viewing at least one movie version of A Christmas Carol. You know the story – a miserly grump is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve and learns the errors of his ways. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 1 December 2009 by admin

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Long in the tooth… When vampire Edward turns his back on Bella, the heartbroken teenager finds comfort in her deeping friendship with werewolf Jacob.  If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Michael Caine’s Gambit deserves another look

Posted on 28 November 2009 by peter

Given Michael Caine’s recent return to form as vigilante pensioner Harry Brown, an elderly ex-serviceman who gets very grumpy with local yobs just like Clint Eastwood did in Gran Torino, here’s a chance to catch one of Britain’s finest veteran … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 25 November 2009 by admin

The Twilight Saga: New Moon Long in the tooth… When vampire Edward turns his back on Bella, the heartbroken teenager finds comfort in her deepening friendship with werewolf Jacob. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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