Tag Archives: Vanessa Hudgens

Film review | Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – Duck! The Rock is coming at you in 3D!

An old-fashioned adventure romp that wraps newfangled cinematic trickery around a ramshackle plot, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a knockabout sequel to 2008’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, notable at the time for being the first feature … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Hop Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed… Blending animation and live action, this Easter-themed family comedy follows the Easter Bunny’s offspring as he heads to Hollywood in the hope of becoming a drummer in a rock ‘n’ roll band! If you can see … Continue reading

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DVD review | Beastly – Beauty and the Beast gets a glossy modern makeover

The Beauty and the Beast fairy tale gets a glossy 21st-century makeover in Beastly, a teen romantic fantasy starring I Am Number Four hunk Alex Pettyfer and High School Musical’s chirpy sweetheart Vanessa Hudgens. Pettyfer plays obnoxious New York preppie … Continue reading

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

Thor Holding out for hero… Chris Hemsworth gets to flex his pecs as the titular hammer-weilding superhero in this Kenneth Branagh comic book adaptation. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need … Continue reading

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

Fast Five Engine trouble… The high-octane Fast & Furious franchise continues as Dominic and his crew try to outsmart a drug baron and a ruthless federal agent. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading

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Sucker Punch – Babydoll takes a head-trip in Zack Snyder’s knockout fantasy

Zack Snyder, maker of 300 and Watchmen, describes his deliriously bonkers new movie Sucker Punch as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns” – and the five lissome, ass-kicking babes who are its warrior heroines have outfits to match his perverse … Continue reading

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Sucker Punch – New Banner poster for Zach Snyder’s “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”

Fan boys have been getting excited about Zack Snyder’s upcoming Sucker Punch for months now. It’s easy to see why. Described by its creator as “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”, Snyder’s first film since Watchmen features five hot chicks … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Is Glee better than High School Musical?

How much better is Glee than High School Musical? Not surprisingly Glee, the latest US TV sensation, has been compared to tweeny Disney hit High School Musical more than once or twice on the worldwide web. It is probably unfair … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | Bandslam

Joining that rarefied list of teen-band movies that include such gems as The Commitments and School of Rock (oh, all right they’re kids not teens, but you know what I mean), Bandslam is a bit of an odd fish. About … Continue reading

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News Hound | 8 July 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t get your head stuck inside the wrong bin… Kristin Scott Thomas will be singing on stage in the musical … Continue reading

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