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Top Ten: Crime Writers (Part Two)

3 May 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

One of my most consistently popular articles is my Top Ten Crime Writers feature. It is my second most viewed post beaten only by the In Praise of Trailers article. In that I listed 10 crime writers I love..

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Top Ten: World Book Night Books

26 April 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

This week saw the UK celebrate its 3rd annual World Book Night and the US its 2nd. 23rd April was chosen as the date as it is the UNESCO World Book Day, the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (and probable birthdate) and the anniversary of the death of Miguel de Cervantes…

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Top Ten: Tantalising 2013 Trailers

19 April 2013 by Louise 4 Comments

2013 is looking like a decent year for cinema. The beginning of the year saw some great films released – Les Miserables, Zero Dark Thirty and Lincoln are among my favourites and the summer blockbuster season has already had a decent start…

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Top Ten: James Stewart Films

24 March 2013 by Louise 8 Comments

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series James Stewart Weekend

To round off my James Stewart celebration weekend here are my Top Ten films starring the great man himself. And one starring an invisible 6ft rabbit…

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Top Ten: The Dark Knight Trilogy Performances

10 December 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

I recently reviewed The Dark Knight Trilogy but didn’t make much mention of the acting performances. Not because they weren’t worth mentioning but because they were so good that I could have gone on and on for the entire post about them…

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Top Ten:Raindance Festival Facts

27 September 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

This entry is part 4 of 8 in the series Raindance 2012

The 20th Raindance Film Festival is now well underway and films this weekend to look out for include Banaz: A Love Story, Trashed and Zero Killed. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this brilliant festival, here are the top ten things you may not know about Raindance…

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Top Ten: Bond Theme Songs

23 August 2012 by Louise 2 Comments

One of my fondest movie memories from childhood is watching the early James Bond films with my dad. He’s a big fan of both the Ian Fleming books and especially the Sean Connery films and has a great story about leafleting for the SNP in Edinburgh with an up and coming young actor called Tam…

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Top Ten: London 2012 Moments

13 August 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

Regular readers will have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet lately, no posts for a couple of weeks and hardly any tweets at all. For a fortnight it seems like I fell off the edge of the world. Except of course I didn’t, I simply joined most of the UK in being utterly transfixed by the Olympics…

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Top Ten: Sports Movies

27 July 2012 by Louise 3 Comments

I’m what would probably best be described as a fair-weather sports fan. I love the big occasions and I’m excited beyond belief about the start of the Olympics today. I have tickets to four events and it will be a definite “bucket list” moment for me on Monday when I go to my first one…