Tag Archives: Michael Jackson

Who won our While the City Sleeps competition?

Our competition to win a DVD of the newly restored and remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps is now closed. Thanks to Exposure Cinema for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Premature Filmstar Deaths from the Past Decade

How many premature deaths have there been recently in the world of movies? Far too many that’s what I say! From terminal illness to accidents to drug abuse, the film industry has lost some great talent within the past ten … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Michael Jackson’s This Is It – Can you believe it’s already a year?

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

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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Pete’s Peek | Michael Jackson haunts Mister Lonely on DVD

With Michael Jackson’s final swansong This Is It doing record business, there’s no getting around the fact that late King of Pop is a moneymaking machine even beyond the grave. Spare a thought then to all those impersonators who have … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Cut together from the hours of footage shot during rehearsals for the singer’s projected O2 Arena concerts, Michael Jackson’s This Is It boasts the strutting tagline “Discover the man you never knew”. But don’t watch this documentary film expecting to … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Inkheart, and other movies based on children’s books

Meggie (Eliza Bennett) is a 12-year-old girl who plunges into a world of storybook adventure after discovering that her father (Brendan Fraser) can literally read the characters out of novels. When a rare title called Inkheart enters their hands, a … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Dreamgirls, and reality TV show contestants who’ve actually made it

This movie version of the popular stage musical, very loosely based on the story of Diana Ross and The Supremes, stars music industry darling Beyoncé. However, the real star of this film is Jennifer Hudson. She totally outshines her co-stars  … Continue reading

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

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

A Christmas Carol Christmas spirits… Jim Carrey voices Ebenezer Scrooge, and several other characters, in this animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic morality tale about an old miser. Bah! Humbug! If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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