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The Oscars 2012 – Who will win? Who should win? Who’s missing?

Who’s going to make the biggest noise at this year’s Oscars? Will silence prove golden for hot favourite The Artist? Will The Help clean up?  Or will The Descendants inherit all the glory? With the clock ticking down to Sunday … Continue reading

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DVD review | Warrior – Edgerton and Hardy pack a powerful punch as sibling rivals

Take the underdog fantasy of Rocky and multiply it by two, add an even more dysfunctional family than the one in The Fighter, throw in Mixed Martial Arts and you have the formula for rousing fight drama Warrior. Tom Hardy … Continue reading

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Oscars 2012 – Nominations announced!

The 2012 Oscars nominations have just been announced and, as usual, following the Golden Globes and plenty of speculation, there aren’t that many surprises. Here are the main category nominees: Best Picture The Artist War Horse The Descendants Midnight in … Continue reading

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Film review | Warrior – Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton punch above their weight as sibling rivals

Take the underdog fantasy of Rocky and multiply it by two, add an even more dysfunctional family than the one in The Fighter, throw in Mixed Martial Arts and you have the formula for rousing fight drama Warrior. Tom Hardy … Continue reading

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Film review | Zookeeper – Howl! Kevin James’s zoo man shovels up a steaming pile of ordure

Kevin James, TV sitcom lead, Adam Sandler sidekick and star of the unaccountably popular Paul Blart: Mall Cop, shares the screen with a bunch of talking animals in puerile family comedy Zookeeper. He plays Griffin Keyes, a lovelorn keeper at … Continue reading

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News Muse – The New Wrestler

It’s hard to quantify how huge last year’s The Wrestler was when it came to restoring the film career and reputation of bad-boy Mickey Rourke. And this year it’s Nick Nolte‘s turn to try and make that shift from drug … Continue reading

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The Best view – Tropic Thunder

This no-holds-barred send-up of Hollywood pomposity and folly, directed and co-written by Ben Stiller, flaunts its tastelessness and flouts taboos with a brazen recklessness that has already provoked appalled denunciations from the PC police. Stiller himself stars as one of … Continue reading

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