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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Dark Knight Rises Fight or flight… Christopher Nolan draws his blockbuster Batman trilogy to a close, pitting the vilified Caped Crusader against muscular foe Bane in a battle for Gotham City. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Dark Knight Rises Fight or flight… Christopher Nolan draws his blockbuster Batman trilogy to a close, pitting the vilified Caped Crusader against muscular foe Bane in a battle for Gotham City. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Prometheus Space race… Ridley Scott journeys back into the Alien universe for his return to sci-fi, this time following a team of explorers who encounter a sinister threat. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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

Ice Age 4: Continental Drift Mammoth adventure… The fourth installment of the animated franchise sees the paleolithic pals embarking on another adventure after their continent is set adrift. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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

Prometheus Space race… Ridley Scott journeys back into the Alien universe for his return to sci-fi, this time following a team of explorers who encounter a sinister threat. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Film review | Rock of Ages – Tom Cruise goes for broke but hair-metal musical plays it safe

The rude and raucous heyday of 1980s hair metal is relived in this starry screen version of jukebox musical Rock of Ages, but despite the cast’s game efforts the results are disappointingly tame and bland, a toned-down, 12A-version of the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Arthur – not the 1st Gielgud-role gender-switch for Mirren

The 2011 comedy remake of the 1981 Dudley Moore film Arthur marks the second occasion that Helen Mirren has re-played a role formerly played by John Gielgud and reinterpreted it as a woman. In the 2011 Russell Brand movie, Mirren … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Will there be a Brand new star for a Drop Dead Fred remake?

It was British comedian Rik Mayall (looking disturbingly like Jedward in this pic) who was the unforgettable star of crazy 1991 comedy Drop Dead Fred. In the movie, he plays a woman’s imaginary childhood friend who comes to life to … Continue reading

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Film review | Fright Night – Fangs for the memory: Farrell & Tennant sink their teeth into vampire remake

Las Vegas teenager Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) comes to suspect that his suspicious new neighbour (Colin Farrell) is a vampire in Fright Night, a toothsome 3D remake of the darkly comic 1985 horror film. With his girlfriend (Imogen Poots) and … Continue reading

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

Thor Holding out for hero… Chris Hemsworth gets to flex his pecs as the titular hammer-weilding superhero in this Kenneth Branagh comic book adaptation. Fast Five Engine trouble… The high-octane Fast & Furious franchise continues as Dominic and his crew … Continue reading

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