Tag Archives: The Fighter

DVD review | Warrior – Edgerton and Hardy pack a powerful punch as sibling rivals

Take the underdog fantasy of Rocky and multiply it by two, add an even more dysfunctional family than the one in The Fighter, throw in Mixed Martial Arts and you have the formula for rousing fight drama Warrior. Tom Hardy … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Yogi Bear Bear necessities… Combining live action with computer animation, this big screen outing for the Hanna-Barbera character features the voices of Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Paul Space race… Simon Pegg and Nick Frost head the cast of this sci-fi comedy about two British comic book nerds who encounter a wise-cracking alien as they journey across the U.S. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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DVD Review | The Fighter

The latest boxing movie to slug it out in the cinematic ring, The Fighter is a based-on-truth tale of a scrappy underdog who triumphs against the odds. Played by Mark Wahlberg, ‘Irish’ Micky Ward is a journeyman boxer in early-1990s … Continue reading

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Oscars 2011 – Movie Talk’s live report on the 83rd Academy Awards

Here we are, Movie Talk’s Jason & Adele, ready to begin our live report on the Oscars. Sadly we’re not at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood Boulevard but in an office in Southwark. By day, Movie Talk tower (aka the … Continue reading

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Oscars Muse – Best Film nominations

Who’s your money on? Tune in and watch the ceremony with us by joining in on our live commentary via Movie Talk on Facebook and Twitter. Dress smart! Sunday, Sky Premiere & HD, 1.30am 127 Hours If you can see … Continue reading

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

Gnomeo & Juliet Wrong side of the fence… James McAvoy and Emily Blunt voice two garden gnomes in this animated spin on Shakespeare’s classic tale of star-crossed lovers. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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The Fighter – Knockout performances make David O Russell’s boxing drama an Oscar contender with class

Do true stories make the best boxing movies? In the red corner, Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull, based on the life of middleweight champ Jake La Motta, comes out swinging in the cause of realism. But over in the … Continue reading

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