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Tag Archives: Ralph Fiennes
Name That Chest: In a vest and in his element
His latest movie comes out this week. Ooh, and so did his 4th child. Who is he? Now, did you identify the owner of last week’s dark and crusty-looking chest? Did I mention, he’s a god? Find out his identity … Continue reading
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Tagged clash of the titans, Ralph Fiennes, Wrath of the Titans
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Film review | Wrath of the Titans – Clashing swords and accents in an epically crass adventure
Back in action as strapping demigod Perseus in Wrath of the Titans, the inevitable sequel to 2010’s inane Clash of the Titans remake, Sam Worthington again struggles to convince us that he’s a bona fide star. He wields his hero’s … Continue reading
DVD review | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II – The wizarding saga goes out with a bang
After ten years and eight films, the Harry Potter saga reaches its conclusion – and it’s spellbinding. Picking up the action where the last film left off, The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 grips from the start. With the end in … Continue reading
55th BFI London Film Festival – 10 films we can’t wait to see & tips on how to get tickets for the rest
This year’s BFI London Film Festival kicks off in three weeks’ time and, as usual, there’s a staggering lineup of films and special events to choose from, including over 200 features and 110 shorts, 13 world premieres, 18 international premieres … Continue reading
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Tagged 360, 55th BFI London Film Festival, A Cat in Paris, Adrian Wootton, coriolanus, Deep Blue Sea, Fernando Meirelles, George Clooney, Ides of March, Miss Bala, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Terence Davies, The Artist, The First Born, This Must Be the Place, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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Couch Potato Pickings: I should find Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang a real turn off, but I’ve found 8 things to like
Spoilt and unruly kids screaming in their high pitched little voices is my idea of hell. So a film filled with them shouldn’t have any appeal whatsover, but strangely this one does. Here’s why: 1. Nanny McPhee & the Big … Continue reading
At the Cinema | Cemetery Junction – Was 1973 Reading a dead end for Ricky Gervais?
Ricky Gervais’s first feature film on home soil sees him returning to the Reading suburbs of his youth. Perhaps nostalgia has rubbed off some of his edge for with Cemetery Junction he’s come up with a surprisingly conservative coming-of-age comedy … Continue reading
News Hound | Corey Haim dead at 38
The Lost Boys actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38 from an alleged drugs overdose. Jude Law claims that Sherlock Holmes 2 is happening sometime later this year. Scriptwriting couple Kieran and Michele Mulroney (Paper Man) were … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Cox, corey haim, coriolanus, emily giffin, Gerard Butler, ginnifer goodwin, Guy Ritchie, it's complicated, John Krasinski, jude law, kieran mulroney, michele mulroney, paper man, Ralph Fiennes, Shakespeare, sherlock holmes 2, something borrowed, the lost boys, The Office, vanessa redgrave
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Couch Potato Pickings | The Duchess – and wigs
At a recent fancy dress party I sported a long blonde wig (I’m usually a brunette with a shortish do). After a few hours I really got in touch with my inner blonde, and so did everyone else. So, when … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged britney spears, Dolly Parton, Dominic Cooper, Keira Knightley, Princess Diana, Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess
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Out on DVD | The Reader – Oscar-winning Kate Winslet plays a woman with a dark past
Kate Winslet won her long-awaited Oscar for her role in The Reader, a compelling story of love and shame, guilt and reconciliation set in the shadow of the Holocaust. She plays tram conductor Hannah, a woman with a dark past … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Bernhard Schlink, David Hare, David Kross, Holocaust, Kate Winslet, Oscar, Ralph Fiennes, Reader, Stephen Daldry
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The Best View | The Duchess – Keira shakes off flat-pack image but her film is hobbled by history
Keira Knightley unfailingly comes in for a drubbing from some quarters whatever she does, but she earned some of the best reviews of her career for her starring role in The Duchess, a sumptuous historical drama based on Amanda Foreman’s … Continue reading
