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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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Oz The Great and Powerful

12 April 2013 by Louise Leave a Comment

The Wizard Of Oz holds a special place in my heart. It isn’t my favourite film or even my favourite musical but it is the film which first showed me the magic of cinema. It was the early 80s…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 3D, Disney, James Franco, Kansas, L Frank Baum, magic of cinema, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Oz The Great and Powerful, Rachel Weisz, Return to Oz, Sam Raimi, The Wizard of Oz

Disney buys Lucasfilm – Star Wars 7 coming 2015

30 October 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

The big news from the US tonight, which appears to have taken everyone by total surprise is that Disney have bought Lucasfilm for the bargain price of $4billion. And there’s a new installment of the Star Wars series due in 2015…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Alan Horn, Back to the Future, Disney, ET, George Lucas, Jurassic Park, Kathleen Kennedy, Lucasfilm, Return of the Jedi, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg

The Avengers 2 Gets A Release Date

16 August 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

After the news last week that Joss Whedon would be returning to write and direct The Avengers 2, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel have gone one step further and announced that the sequel to this year’s superhero behemoth would be released…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Avengers, Avengers 2, Avengers Assemble, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Disney, Marvel, Robert Downey Jr, sequels, superheroes

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…

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: A Knight's Tale, A League of their Own, Ayrton Senna, baseball, Chariots of Fire, Cool Runnings, Disney, Escape to Victory, Geena Davis, Heath Ledger, Invictus, James McAvoy, John Candy, jousting, Madonna, Max von Sydow, Michael Caine, Olympics, Paul Bettany, Pele, Rocky, Rosie O'Donnell, Rugby, Senna, Sylvester Stallone, Wimbledon

Tangled

29 March 2012 by Louise 2 Comments

Much as I adore Disney films I never seem to get round to watching them as often as I would like, but I was feeling a little bit out of sorts and wanted something that would cheer me up. I turned to Disney

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: animation, Beauty and the Beast, Brothers Grimm, cartoons, Disney, fairytales, Mandy Moore, Rapunzel, Tangled, The Lion King, Zachary Levi

Top Ten: Disney Songs

10 March 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

The death of Disney songwriter Robert B. Sheldon earlier this week got me thinking about how many fabulous songs there have been in Disney films over the years. From Snow White’s Heigh-Ho

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Robert B. Sherman Dies

6 March 2012 by Louise Leave a Comment

Legendary songwriter Robert B. Sherman has died at the age of 86. The name may not be familiar to everyone but the songs will be. For many of us, including me, the songs that Robert Sherman and his brother Richard Morton Sherman wrote are an important part of our childhood. Most closely associated with Disney, the Sherman Brothers songs include Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious…

Filed Under: Movie News Tagged With: Disney, Feed The Birds, I Wanna Be Like You, It's A Small World, Richard Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, The Bare Necessities, The Sherman Brothers, The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

Houdini’s Magic Ticket

25 November 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

Once upon a time – about 6 weeks ago actually – Dan at Top Ten Movies had a great idea for a blogathon. He invited movie bloggers to think about what they would do with a magic ticket that could transport them into different films. There’s been some great replies and I’ve been meaning to add my own thoughts since the blogathon was announced…

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The Muppets Final Parody Trailer

27 October 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

If the new Muppets movie is half as good as its marketing then it’s going to be brilliant. I’ve loved the trailers that have been coming out over the past couple of months and I’m really quite excited about the film itself. Jason Segal is a sweetie and Amy Adams is possibly the most adorable actress working today – the pair seem to be a perfect fit for a Muppets film. Disney have released the final parody trailer ….

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