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Oscars! Schmoscars! Triumph, travesty and throwbacks galore

Posted on 27 February 2012 by heidi

Silence was golden again at the Oscars this year, with The Artist, already hotly tipped, tap-dancing off with the three big awards of the night: Best Film, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius and Best Actor for Jean Dujardin. Dujardin made … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Midnight in Paris – A champagne comedy to toast Woody’s return to form

Posted on 2 February 2012 by Jason Best

Woody Allen seemed to have lost his fizz as a filmmaker of late – and then he uncorked the sparkling Midnight in Paris, a comic fantasy with all the effervescence of vintage champagne. He has a new leading man this … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Armageddon and its role in NASA’s training programme

Posted on 12 July 2011 by Beth Williams

So, the last American space shuttle mission was launched on Friday – the end of an era. And perhaps this is enough of a reason to check out Armageddon tonight, the 1998 blockbuster in which NASA launch two space shuttle … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 1 March 2011 by Dean & Ellen

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

Posted on 7 October 2010 by Dean & Ellen

The Other Guys Imperfect pairing… Funny man Will Ferrell joins forces with Mark Wahlberg in this action comedy about two mismatched New York City detectives. 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…

Posted on 2 September 2010 by Ellen

Grown Ups Arrested development… Dire reunion comedy sees Adam Sandler and a bunch of his Saturday Night Live chums as old friends hooking up for a wake for their high-school basketball coach. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 26 August 2010 by admin

The Expendables Action packed… Sylvester Stallone gathers together an ensemble of big screen action heroes, including Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet Li, for this action thriller about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with overthrowing a Latin American dictator. … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Womanisers and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Posted on 21 May 2010 by Beth Williams

The title say it all really. Matthew McConaughey plays a serial womaniser in a (somewhat clumsy but watchable)) romcom spin on Charles Dickens‘ classic festive tale, A Christmas Carol. Will filmmakers ever tire of adapting this literary classic? Probably not. … Continue reading →

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If it stars Jennifer Aniston, it must be a romcom.

Posted on 23 April 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings These days, if you see Jennifer Aniston‘s name billed, you don’t have to ask about the movie, do you? You just know it’s going to be a romcom. She is undoubtedly the rom com queen of the … Continue reading →

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Pooch pics for Crufts week

Posted on 10 March 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings Since that world famous dog show Crufts starts tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some pooch pics I expected to be compiling quite a short list, but I’ve discovered that movie-land … Continue reading →

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