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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Secret service… Tom Cruise scales dizzying heights in the latest instalment of his action franchise, this time directed by The Incredibles helmer Brad Bird. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading

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

The Devil Inside Spirit levels… This found-footage supernatural shocker follows a young woman who encounters creepy nuns and unfeasible levels of flexibility as she becomes involved in a series of unauthorised exorcisms. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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

John Carter Out of this world… Disney’s fantasy epic follows the titular American Civil War veteran as he discovers that the survival of planet Barsoom, to which he is mysteriously transported, and its inhabitants rests in his hands. If you … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Three Musketeers One for all… The classic novel by Alexandre Dumas gets another reworking in this steampunk-influenced action adventure, which sees Matthew Macfayden, Luke Evans and Ray Stevenson cast as the legendary French warriors. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Brits abroad… A group of pensioners – played by an all-star line up of veteran British acting talent that includes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Bill Nighy – embark on a new life in India … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Real Steel Metallic muscle… Hugh Jackman packs a punch in this sci-fi drama about a former boxer who sets out to make a discarded robot a champion in the ring. If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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Film review | This Means War – Reese Witherspoon is in the way of Chris Pine & Tom Hardy’s spy bromance

This Means War gleefully stirs together the spy caper and rom-com genres, and with Charlie’s Angel director McG at the helm the resulting mash-up is everything you’d expect: brash, loud and spectacularly dumb. The film opens in spy mode with … Continue reading

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

Paranormal Activity 3 Is there anybody there..? The supernatural horror franchise continues with this prequel, set 18 years prior to the events of the first two films. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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

Johnny English Reborn Secret service… Rowan Atkinson’s hapless spy gets a second big screen outing in this action comedy, which sees the titular secret agent tasked with preventing the assassination of the Chinese premier. The Lion King Circle of life… … Continue reading

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