Tag Archives: Twilight

DVD review | I Am Number Four

Replace Twilight’s hunky vampire with an equally hunky extraterrestrial and you have the selling point for dizzy sci-fi action thriller I Am Number Four. Bidding for some of Robert Pattinson’s heartthrob status, chisel-jawed young English actor Alex Pettyfer plays the … Continue reading

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Water for Elephants – Animal magnetism in the circus for Robert Pattinson & Reese Witherspoon

Robert Pattinson proves there’s life beyond Twilight’s vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen with this heady period romance based on the best-selling novel by Sara Gruen. He plays veterinary-school drop-out Jacob Jankowski, who takes to the road in the midst of the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Thirteen – Auditions for this movie took place in a bed.

And it happens to be the very same bed where R-Patz kissed K-Stew for the Twilight screen test. And that’ll be because the 2003 drama Thirteen was directed and co-written by Catherine Hardwicke – director of the first Twilight movie. … Continue reading

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I Am Number Four – Sci-fi thriller is explosive fun (but take care the wooden leads don’t give you splinters)

With the Twilight screen series fast approaching its sell-by date, Hollywood is clearly itching to find the next movie franchise that will set teen hearts a-fluttering and teen fingers a-twittering. Replace Twilight’s hunky vampire with an equally hunky extraterrestrial and … Continue reading

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New Year, New Releases: Part One

The dawning of a new decade brings with it much of the ‘same old’ coming to a cinema near you. That means sequels for the Transformers, X-Men, Spy Kids, Sherlock Holmes, Paranormal Activity, Twilight, Final Destination (for the love of … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Did Hammer Horror take the dread out of Dracula?

When I was a kid I had this well-thumbed book about mysteries and the unexplained. From UFOs to the Bermuda Triangle, Nessy to the Yeti, and werewolves to vampires, it showcased an exciting range of spooky myths and legends. At … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Twilight – a film that deserves to be spoofed

Twilight. How different my life would have been if I’d not seen this film and its sequels. I struggle to imagine how I would have coped in a world packed with Robsessed work colleagues and a media circus that bands … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Ponders | How would the film industry differ if lying didn’t exist?

The Ricky Gervais movie The Invention of Lying is the reason why I’m asking this question. This film is set in a world where everybody tells the truth, and sheds a very witty and clever light on the way our … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Centurion Bloody battle… Neil Marshall (The Descent) directs this historical action thriller about a group of Roman soldiers fighting for their lives after their legion is wiped out in a brutal ambush. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading

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Twilight triple bill sends News Muse to La-la Land

Last Friday, my Twi-hard Team Edward and Team Jacob friends and I took ourselves to the cinema to watch Twilight, New Moon and a preview of Eclipse all in one sitting. You may remember from last Friday’s post that I … Continue reading

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