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DVD review | New Year’s Eve – Hilary, Bobby, Zac & co ring out the same old same old

Romance blossoms, reconciliations occur and resolutions are made and fulfilled as midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve in New York in this star-studded ensemble comedy-drama. Robert De Niro is the dying hospital patient hoping to see Times Square’s famed Ball … Continue reading

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Film review | Liberal Arts – Josh Radnor goes back to college for lessons in life and love

Deliciously seductive campus comedy Liberal Arts is a coming-of-age story that revolves around the tentative romance between a 35-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl – but the person doing most of the growing up is the 35-year-old. Jesse Fisher, played … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Battleship Naval gazing… Hasbro’s classic naval combat game inspires this big-screen action fantasy, in which Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Liam Neeson and Rude Boy singer Rihanna play Navy personnel battling an armada of alien invaders. If you can see this, … Continue reading

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

Ted Furry friend… Years after being magically brought to life, a foul-mouthed, heavy-drinking teddy bear (voiced by Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane) is shunned by his long-term human companion (Mark Wahlberg). If you can see this, then you might need a … Continue reading

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Film review | The Lorax – Dr Seuss’s eco-friendly fable becomes a zippy CG animation adventure

Dr Seuss’ 1971 children’s book The Lorax, an eco-friendly fable about the dangers of over-consumption and greed, gets a 3D-CG makeover with this jaunty animated romp from the makers of Despicable Me. At the heart of the story is the … Continue reading

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Thought for the Day from The Lucky One

“Everyone has their own destiny.  Not everyone makes the choice to pursue it.” The Lucky One (2012) Former teen idol Zac Efron is all grown up but keeps the boyish charm… Read Movie Talk’s review

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

The Dictator Desperate despot… Borat and Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen mixes comedy and controversy again in his latest big-screen outing, this time as the tyrant Admiral General Aladeen. 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…

Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. American Pie: Reunion Last slice… Nine years on from their last big-screen outing, the … Continue reading

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

Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. American Pie: Reunion Last slice… Nine years on from their last big-screen outing, the … Continue reading

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Film review | The Lucky One – Former teen idol Zac Efron is all grown up but keeps the boyish charm

Now sporting bristly stubble and a buff body, Zac Efron has come a long way from his carefree High School Musical days, but even though he’s playing a troubled Iraq war veteran in this glossy romance based on a Nicholas … Continue reading

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