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DVD review | Dolphin Tale – A family-friendly triumph-over-adversity saga with a twist in the tail

Inspired by an extraordinary true story, Dolphin Tale is a heart-warming family drama about an injured dolphin that learns to swim again with the help of a prosthetic tail. The film’s human hero is 11-year-old Sawyer (Nathan Gamble), an introverted … Continue reading

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Win a Dolphin Tale goodie bag!

Dolphin Tale, starring Harry Connick Jnr and Morgan Freeman, is inspired by the amazing true story of a brave dolphin (who also stars as herself in the film) and the compassionate strangers who banded together to save her life. A … Continue reading

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A Thought for the Day from The Shawshank Redemption…

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” The Shawshank Redemption (1994) The Shawshank Redemption is showing today – Sunday 5th June – on ITV2 at 10pm Share this thought for the … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Social Network Status update… David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) helms this drama about the trials and tribulations of the founding of Facebook. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to … Continue reading

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Red – Retired, Extremely Dangerous (so not ready for the pipe and slippers just yet)

Adapted – and expanded – from a short, three-chapter-long graphic novel, Red is an action comedy romp that finds old-timers Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren having a ball on screen. In fact, it’s possible they had … Continue reading

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 It’s a kind of magic… In the first part of the last instalment in the blockbusting franchise, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their arduous mission to find and destroy Voldemort’s … Continue reading

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

Due Date Special delivery… The director of The Hangover hits the road again with this comedy about a stranded father-to-be, Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) in a desperate … Continue reading

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

Saw 3D Bloody games… The seventh instalment of the horror franchise follows a group of Jigaw survivors as they find themselves, yet again, at the centre of a series of twisted and brutal ‘games’. If you can see this, then … Continue reading

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

Paranormal Activity 2 Fright night… The supernatural prequel to Oren Peli’s wildly successful 2009 chiller sees a family terrorised by sinister goings-on in their home. It’s like the first, only with some more people. If you can see this, then … Continue reading

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Competition | Win exclusive Red goodie bags

This competition has now closed Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren team up on screen for the action comedy thriller Red, which hits cinemas this Friday  – and we’ve teamed up with Entertainment One to give away … Continue reading

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