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Oscars 2013 – Who won what

So Daniel Day-Lewis made Oscar history by picking up his third Oscar for Best Actor, hot favourite Argo scooped Best Film and Ang Li pipped Steven Spielberg to win Best Director. We didn’t see that one coming, but had put … Continue reading

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Oscars 2013 Who will win? Who should win?

Who’s going to be showered in Oscar glory in 2013? Will Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln scrabble together enough votes to make history? Will romantic comedy Silver Linings Playbook defy Academy Award tradition? Or will Ben Affleck’s Argo pull off victory? With … Continue reading

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Oscars 2013: Heavy hitters, dark horses and underdogs… Which one will you choose?

So we’re gearing up for Oscars fever here at Movie Talk and getting very excited about the variety of films up for this year’s Best Picture award on Sunday night. But we’ve discovered they fall rather nicely into three distinct … Continue reading

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Who will win the 2013 Baftas?

Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading

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Film review | Lincoln – Daniel Day-Lewis brings Spielberg’s Lincoln memorial to life

Lincoln, Steven Spielberg’s epic drama about Abraham Lincoln, is sure to be handsomely rewarded on Oscar night, and will undoubtedly become a cinematic set text in American classrooms for years to come, but less reverential viewers may find this two-and-a-half … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Arthur Christmas Festive fun… Santa’s son, Arthur (voiced by James McAvoy), takes charge of his father’s sophisticated delivery operation for an urgent mission of his own. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDS…

Men in Black 3 Galaxy defenders… Agent J (Will Smith) sets out to rewrite history and save his partner Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) from a grisly death at the hands of a time-travelling alien in the latest instalment of … Continue reading

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Pete’s Peek | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan – a fitting tribute to one of cinema’s leading pioneers

The life and career of the influential special-effects guru Ray Harryhausen receives a fitting tribute in a new documentary, which gets a limited UK cinema release this week, kicking off with a special Q&A at The Gate Picturehouse in London … Continue reading

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Film review | Private Peaceful – Brothers in arms endure the horrors of the Western Front

Based on a children’s novel by War Horse author Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful is another First World War tale of suffering, loyalty and endurance set amid the barbed wire and bomb craters of the Western Front. This time, however, the … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Battleship Naval gazing… Hasbro’s classic naval combat game inspires this big-screen action fantasy, in which Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and Rude Boy singer Rihanna play Navy personnel battling an armada of alien invaders. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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