The Top 10 “Should-Have-Been” Oscar Winners

Jan 29, 2013 1 Comment by

People, let’s be honest, the Academy Awards have got it wrong before……in fact they’ve got it wrong quite a few times and to celebrate the run up to their 85th year of awards, and mistakes, here is my list of the Top 10 Should-Have-Been Oscar winners. Note: This list contains actors/actresses that have still yet [...]

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Modern Greats: In Bruges [2008]

Dec 08, 2012 No Comments

Martin McDonagh’s new film Seven Psychopaths is out now on release. He’s an already successful playwright whose brother is writer-director of the acclaimed comedy The Guard. But before all that, it’s his foray into dark-comedy films that we explore here, as we discover the agony and the ecstasy of the wonderful debut In Bruges in [...]

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Apple Store Event: Great Expectations [2012]

Nov 29, 2012 1 Comment

Prior to the cinematic release of the new Charles Dickens adaptation, stars Jeremy Irvine and Holliday Grainger were joined by director Mike Newell to discuss Great Expectations for a Meet the Filmmaker event at the Apple Store, Regent Street. With numerous versions of the classic tale being made for television and the big-screen over the [...]

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Skyfall Spoiler Free Review

Oct 27, 2012 2 Comments

This weekend James Bond, Ian Fleming’s Cold-War-era British spy, is back for the 23rd time, 21 years after the Cold War ended. Much has been made of Bond’s 50-year anniversary (including us, with our 50 Greatest Bond Moments feature) and this is a film that couldn’t be a more appropriate gift for 007’s big birthday. [...]

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HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 New Release DVD Review Special

Dec 07, 2011 No Comments

HERE BE SPOILERS! READ ON AT YOUR OWN PERIL! We all knew it was gonna have to end sometime. But how did it end? With the bang of a Weasley Brothers firework or with the meagre whimper of a Neville Longbottom Patronus Charm? Well, if you don’t know by now you probably don’t care, but for me it [...]

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