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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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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

The Social Network Status update… David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) helms this drama about the trials and tribulations of the founding of Facebook. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to … Continue reading

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The Death and Life of Zac Efron’s facial hair

With the release of Zac Efron’s new movie The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud happening today, we really should be excited at the concept of Zac actually acting in a different genre of movie – there’s no shimmying … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Footloose – why remake this 1984 film?

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video How long have they been banging on about remaking this 1984 film? Far too long, if you ask me. Why bother? It wasn’t the greatest film in the … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Me and Orson Welles – A young genius takes the New York stage by storm

Little-known English character actor Christian McKay made a big splash last year in Richard Linklater’s entertaining coming-of-age movie Me and Orson Welles. Playing Welles at the age of 22 (despite being a decade and a half older), he gives a … Continue reading

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News Muse Special – The Oscars Experience

News Muse is wishing she belonged to the Hollywood glitterati and could get a seat next to some hottie at the Oscars ceremony. Instead, the reality is that she got rejected off the bleachers and doesn’t have access to the … 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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