Tag Archives: Michael Sheen

Our Top 10 Passion films you must see this Easter

Posted on 7 April 2012 by peter

Last Easter, Michael Sheen co-directed and starred in an outstanding three-day long theatre production that has served as the basis of the forthcoming feature, The Gospel of Us. The film transposes the traditional Passion narrative – the trial and execution … Continue reading →

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Film review | Resistance – Love and death on the home front in Nazi-occupied Wales

Posted on 25 November 2011 by Ian

Based on the acclaimed novel by Owen Sheers, Resistance is a haunting drama set in that most marvellous of imaginary settings, an alternative history. D-Day has failed, and Southern Britain is now under Nazi occupation. One autumn morning in 1944, … Continue reading →

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Tron: Legacy – Sci-fi sequel arrives after 28 years. Was it worth the wait?

Posted on 20 December 2010 by Jason Best

When Tron: Legacy, the very belated sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi thriller, explodes from 2D into 3D after 20 or so minutes have elapsed, the eyeball-scorching FX show just how far computer-generated imagery has progressed in the intervening decades. … Continue reading →

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Curiouser and Curiouser: Tim Burton’s take on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

Posted on 8 June 2010 by Jason Best

Tim Burton’s 3D adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland doesn’t really lose much when seen at home in 2D. The film’s hallucinatory visuals look just as good and the quirky characters are equally striking. On the downside, the plot … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Bella & Edward are back, but their love is put on hold in lifeless vampire sequel

Posted on 19 November 2009 by Jason Best

Wan teen Bella Swan and her vampire love Edward Cullen are back for their second screen outing, but if you’re not already a fully paid up fan of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally successful supernatural romance series, and you’ve been wondering what … Continue reading →

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News Hound | 21 October 2009

Posted on 21 October 2009 by Adele Craciun

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because we love to play fetch… Ridley Scott is in talks with Angelina Jolie for the femme fatale role in his next … Continue reading →

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The Damned United Competition Winners

Posted on 18 September 2009 by Jason Best

  Our competition to win a DVD of football biopic The Damned United starring Martin Sheen as Brian Clough is now closed. Thanks to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for supplying the prizes. And well done to all our entrants who … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 17 September 2009 by admin

The Boat That Rocked Rocky waters… Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans star in this period ensemble comedy about a pirate radio station broadcasting from a ship. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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Win The Damned United on DVD

Posted on 28 August 2009 by Jason Best

This competition has now closed. Sports biopic The Damned United starring Michael Sheen as legendary English football manager Brian Clough comes out on DVD on Monday 31st August. To celebrate the film’s release we’re giving you the chance to win … Continue reading →

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News Hound | 17 June 2009

Posted on 17 June 2009 by heidi

With Movie Talk’s regular Hound Dog of Hot Gossip on leave, I’m standing in to sniff out the stories that matter in the movie world – and a few that don’t, really, but still have an intriguing whiff about them. … Continue reading →

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