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Avatar (2009)

31. December 2009

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3 stars*** Did it match the hype? Well kind of yes and no. Yes, in the sense that the effects, CGI and anything including blue and green screens were wonderful, but no in the sense that the movie wasn’t seriously exciting and tended to plod along for large periods of time until the final battles. [...]

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Invictus (2009)

31. December 2009

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5 stars***** It’s wonderful to see a combination in a movie where it is both moving and uplifting at the same time. This movie fulfills both criteria with abundance with the end it seems, leaving many of the audience with smiles galore. I got to the news late; Clint Eastwood is a brilliant director. He [...]

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Suzi Quatro’s Elvis tribute

30. December 2009

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From her website: Suzi Quatro will be releasing her touching and inspiring tribute to Elvis Presley on 11 January 2010. 8 January 2010 sees the 75th Anniversary of the birth of Elvis. To coincide with this Suzi Quatro is releasing her new single“Singing With Angels”,a tribute to the man that ‘changed her life’. From 11 [...]

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Skin (2009) movie

29. December 2009

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4 stars**** A multi award winning movie with an incredible performance from Sophie Okonedo. Skin, The movie, website says: Ten year-old Sandra is distinctly African looking. Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra’s mixed-race appearance, [...]

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Whiteout (movie) 2009

14. December 2009

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One star* I didn’t know if I could be bothered to post a review of this movie. I went to see it with high expectations. The premise and the trailer looked good. I didn’t realize that other reviewers had said it was such a poor movie and even if I had read some reviews first, [...]

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Mamma Mia movie screenplay available

9. December 2009

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I’ve been sent a copy of the movie screenplay. I now have to check and see if it’s legal to post it here. If it is, I will. If it isn’t, I won’t, but I might be able to let you know where it is available, unless, of course, I can’t. The law is the [...]

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Across The Universe (DVD) 2007

1. December 2009

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Four stars**** How is it possible to watch a movie with little story, hardly any plot and yet want it to go on for another hour after its 130 minutes were over? The answer hides within the incredible Beatles’ songs. Actors Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs. Martin Luther McCoy and T. [...]

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