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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 25 March 2013 by Dean & Ellen

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Long in the tooth… The blockbusting franchise concludes with an epic battle to save Bella’s daughter Renesmee from the fearsome Volturi vampires. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 7 February 2013 by Dean & Ellen

Les Misérables Dreamed a dream… Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman sing for their supper in this feature-length reworking of the popular stage musical, based on Victor Hugo’s classic story. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading →

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Film review | Bullet to the Head – Action vets Walter Hill & Sly Stallone team up for a bruising buddy movie

Posted on 31 January 2013 by Jason Best

Thirty years after giving us 48 Hrs’ mismatched buddy duo, veteran director Walter Hill delivers another ill-suited cop-crook pairing in Bullet to the Head – a brisk, lean, straight-shooting throwback to the world of 1980s action thrillers. The film even … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Dean & Ellen

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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DVD review | Dredd – Phew! Karl Urban’s remorseless law enforcer doesn’t flip his lid

Posted on 13 January 2013 by Jason Best

© Rena Films (PTY) Ltd. and Peach Tree Films Ltd. Lean, mean and luridly violent, sci-fi action thriller Dredd does a much better job of bringing cult comic-book anti-hero Judge Dredd to the screen than the misfiring 1995 Sylvester Stallone … Continue reading →

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Film review | The Expendables 2 – The bullets and quips fly as Sly’s ageing action heroes return

Posted on 17 August 2012 by Jason Best

Sylvester Stallone and his creaky band of ageing action heroes return to the fray with The Expendables 2, hauling their battered musclebound frames into another old-school adventure and again hoping to coast home on the nostalgic goodwill fans have for … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: This British classic took flight in 1969

Posted on 31 August 2011 by Beth Williams

And it’s getting a big screen re-release in key cities next week. Any ideas? Were you temporarily blinded by last week’s polished pecs? The owner of that mystery body is revealed here (shield your eyes this time!) Discuss these chests … Continue reading →

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Film review | Zookeeper – Howl! Kevin James’s zoo man shovels up a steaming pile of ordure

Posted on 29 July 2011 by Jason Best

Kevin James, TV sitcom lead, Adam Sandler sidekick and star of the unaccountably popular Paul Blart: Mall Cop, shares the screen with a bunch of talking animals in puerile family comedy Zookeeper. He plays Griffin Keyes, a lovelorn keeper at … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 1 April 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Skyline Lights alive… An alien force uses pretty lights to lure silly human folk to their destruction in this derivative sci-fi flick. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies

Posted on 26 March 2011 by Beth Williams

As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading →

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