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Top Ten: Actors Snubbed by Oscar

15 January 2016 by Louise Leave a Comment

We’re now at the stage in the cinema calendar where the Oscar nominations have been announced and the films designed to bait the audience are being gushed over. Steven Spielberg directs Tom Hanks in a Cold War thriller. Tick. Cate Blanchett in a 1950s lesbian love story. Tick…

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Top Ten: 1997 Films

24 June 2015 by Louise Leave a Comment

A couple of years ago I listed my Top Ten films from 2001, a post that was inspired by a Facebook discussion. As I’ve not been making it to the cinema as often as I’d life recently, I’ve decided to repeat the exercise for a few different years – it might even come to be a series as I approach my 40th birthday…

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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…

Filed Under: Top 10 Tagged With: Aaron Eckhart, Anne Hathaway, Batman, Batman Begins, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Gotham City, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson, Matthew Modine, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dark Knight trilogy, The Joker, Tom Hardy

Top Ten: Harrison Ford Movies

13 July 2012 by Louise 2 Comments

Hard as it might be to believe, but Harrison Ford turns 70 today. In honour of this milestone here are 10 of my favourite Ford films.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

16 September 2011 by Louise 2 Comments

When I named my five must-see films for autumn/winter 2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was right at the top of the list. The extended clips and discussion with producer Robyn Slovo and screenwriter Peter Straughan at Empire Big Screen really whetted my appetite….

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5 movies I can’t wait to see… but will just have to!

2 September 2011 by Louise 2 Comments

This summer hasn’t exactly been a classic. Not in terms of the shocking weather and certainly not when you look at what’s been on at the cinema. Harry Potter was the first brilliant blockbuster of the year…

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

10 July 2011 by Louise Leave a Comment

This entry is part 3 of 8 in the series Harry Potter Movies

A change of director brings a spectacular change of tone

After the massively successful first two Harry Potter films director Chris Columbus, best known for his child-centred comedies handed over the reins to Alfonso Cuaron…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: adaptations, Alan Rickman, blockbusters, British films, Daniel Radcliffe, David Thewlis, Emma Watson, fantasy, franchises, Gary Oldman, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, Remus Lupin, Rupert Grint, Sirius Black