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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
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
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
Posted in 2013 Awards, Coming Soon
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Argo, BAFTAS, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Ben Affleck, Daniel Day Lewis, Django Unchained, Emmanuelle Riva, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, les miserables, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Steven Spielberg, Zero Dark Thirty
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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
Posted in 2013 Awards
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Anna Karenina, Argo, BAFTAS, Ben Affleck, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Day Lewis, Django Unchained, Elizabeth Olsen, Emmanuelle Riva, Helen Mirren, Hitchcock, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, les miserables, Lincoln, Marion Cotillard, Sally Field, Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall, Steven Spielberg, Tommy Lee Jones, Zero Dark Thirty
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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
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Angels in America, Danield Day-Lewis, David Strathairn, Doris Kearns Goodwin, James Spader, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lincoln, Munich, Sally Field, slavery, Steven Spielberg, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Kushner, US Civil War, Washington
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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
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged 21 Jump Street, ames McAvoy, Arthur Christmas, Avengers Assemble, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Martin Freeman, Men in Black 3, Nativity!, Prometheus, Steven Spielberg, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Tommy Lee Jones, War Horse, Will Smith
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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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Tagged 21 Jump Street, Avengers Assemble, Jennifer Lawrence, Joss Whedon, Judi Dench, Katniss Everdeen, Liam Neeson, Maggie Smith, Men in Black III, Nativity!, Steven Spielberg, Taken, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, Tommy Lee Jones, War Horse
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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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Tagged Dennis Muren, Guillermo del Toro, james cameron, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, John Landis, Ken Ralston, Nick Park, Peter Jackson, Peter Lord, Phil Tippet, ray harryhausen, Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan, Rick Baker, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton
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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
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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Tagged alexander skarsgard, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Battleship, Bridesmaids, Bruce Willis, Guy Pearce, Judi Dench, Let Li, Liam Neeson, Lockout, Maggie Smith, Matt Damon, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Ryan Reynolds, Safe House, Steven Spielberg, Taylor Kitsch, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Expendables, The Lucky One, Tom Cruise, War Horse, We Bought a Zoo, Zac Efron
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