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

Oz the Great and Powerful Not in Kansas anymore… Sam Raimi takes James Franco on a trip along the Yellow Brick Road in this prequel to 1939’s classic fantasy adventure The Wizard of Oz, exploring the origins of the eponymous … Continue reading

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Film review | Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh bows out with a twisty thriller

Fed up with the way Hollywood treats directors, Steven Soderbergh has announced his retirement from the cinema – which will be a great shame if it deprives us of movies as enjoyable as his cunning psychological thriller Side Effects, supposedly … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Secret service… Tom Cruise scales dizzying heights in the latest instalment of his action franchise, this time directed by The Incredibles helmer Brad Bird. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading

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DVD review | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Murder, Ink

David Fincher’s Hollywood version of Stieg Larsson’s bestselling crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is dark and twisted, bleak and brutal: everything the book’s fans would want. And it’s not just the story’s mood that he gets right. … Continue reading

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Win tickets to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Experience in London and Blu-ray

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – the gripping, hard-edged thriller starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, and based on the first of Stieg Larsson’s suspenseful Millennium trilogy – arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on Monday 23 April … Continue reading

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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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Countdown to The Oscars – Best Actress Nominations

Let Movie Talk take you by the arm and lead you down the red carpet, familiarising you with the nominees along the way… Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … 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 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Scandinavian avenger punches above her weight

With Fight Club director David Fincher at the helm, it was clear that Hollywood wasn’t going to pull any punches in bringing Stieg Larsson’s bestselling crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to the screen. Sure enough, Fincher’s film … Continue reading

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The Social Network – With Friends like these, who needs enemies

David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin are not the most obvious of cinematic hook-ups. Fincher’s the dazzling visual stylist; Sorkin’s the dazzling verbal wit. One’s renowned for dark thrillers; the other for snappy backstage dramas; one made Seven and Fight Club; … Continue reading

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