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DVD review | The Impossible – When disaster strikes, Naomi Watts & Ewan McGregor rise to the challenge

Based on the harrowing experiences of a family caught up in the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, real-life disaster movie The Impossible will leave you awestruck. In the leading roles, Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor dial down their Hollywood glamour … Continue reading

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

Les Misérables Dreamed a dream… Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman sing for their supper in this feature-length reworking of the popular stage musical, based on Victor Hugo’s classic story. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading

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

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Amazing adventure… Peter Jackson journeys back to Middle Earth to helm this big-budget adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic tale about the extraordinary quest of an unassuming hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman). If you can see … Continue reading

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Film review | The Impossible – Swept away with Naomi & Ewan in awesome tribute to tsunami survivors

Based on the harrowing experiences of a Spanish family caught up in the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, real-life disaster movie The Impossible will leave you awestruck, stunned both by Nature’s destructive power and by the human spirit’s resilience. You’ll … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Why the title 21 Grams?

In tragic psychological drama 21 Grams, the lives of a terminally ill maths professor, a former drug addict turned suburban mother, and a reformed ex-con become intertwined in the wake of a terrible car crash. But why the title 21 … Continue reading

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DVD review | Fair Game

Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity and Mr and Mrs Smith, is at the helm of gripping real-life spy movie Fair Game, a sober and sobering account of the double-dealing of the Bush White House in the run-up to … Continue reading

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DVD review | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Despite the mixed critical and commercial fortunes of his recent films, actors still queue up to work with Woody Allen – as is shown by the starry cast he’s assembled for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, a wry … Continue reading

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

Battle: Los Angeles Space invaders… This explosive sci-fi action thriller follows a marine platoon as they mount a final stand against an alien invasion. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need … Continue reading

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Unforgettable screen entrance of the week – King Kong x3 in King Kong

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Naomi Watts (2005 version), Jessica Lange (1976 version) and Fay Wray (1933 version) demand some of our attention with their squirming and screaming, but the monkey (sorry, ape) … Continue reading

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On location (right now!) – Woody Allen is filming in the Blue Fin Building on Southwark Street, SE1

Are you a big Woody Allen fan? Well get yourself down to London’s Southbank pronto because he’s HERE! RIGHT NOW! Yes, the legendary director is at this very moment no further than a few floors above me in the Blue … Continue reading

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