Tag Archives: Steven Spielberg

Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which actor dodged Saving Private Ryan’s tough army training?

In Steven Spielberg‘s Saving Private Ryan, a small team of US soldiers is sent to find and rescue a young private whose three brothers have been killed in action. To prepare for the movie, all the principal actors went through … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

War Horse Emotional hurdles… Steven Spielberg holds the reins of this war epic, based on the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name, which charts the bond between a man and the horse he tamed and trained. If you can … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: How come Jaws is so chilling?

The original plan for the now classic 1970s movie Jaws was to feature many scenes featuring a giant mechanical shark which had been constructed especially by a special effects team. However, because this mechanical monster kept breaking down, Steven Spielberg … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Puss in Boots Feline funny… This Shrek spin-off prequel joins the titular fearless feline – and a ragtag assortment of friends – on an adventure prior to his first encounter with everyone’s favourite big-screen ogre. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn Character driven… Steven Spielberg helms this performance-capture action adventure in which Hergés classic character Tintin and friends embark on quest to find a sunken ship. If you can see this, then you … Continue reading

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

The Woman In Black Spooked… Things go bump in the night for Daniel Radcliffe in this horror-thriller about an Edwardian solicitor who travels to a remote village where the locals are terrorised by an unknown entity. If you can see … Continue reading

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

Chronicle Power outage… With great power comes no responsibility in this fly-on-the-wall-style sci-fi fantasy about three teenagers who mysteriously gain superhuman abilities. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading

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

War Horse Emotional hurdles… Steven Spielberg holds the reins of this war epic, based on the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name, which charts the bond between a man and the horse he tamed and trained. If you can … Continue reading

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

War Horse Emotional hurdles… Steven Spielberg holds the reins of this war epic, based on the Michael Morpurgo novel of the same name, which charts the bond between a man and the horse he tamed and trained. If you can … Continue reading

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Film review | War Horse – Spielberg gets caught in no man’s land between moving and mawkish

A huge success as a book and an even bigger hit on stage, Michael Morpurgo’s heart-rending First World War tale of a Devon farm boy and his beloved horse reaches the screen with no less a whip-hand than Steven Spielberg … Continue reading

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