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I was pleasantly surprised with this war-era black and white movie, which came free with a Sunday newspaper. The pedigree of Hitchcock himself should have been a clue, but this classic film was genuinely entertaining for a modern-era guns-and-lasers fan. The story is based on Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel of the same name and [...]

I feel like I haven’t invented nearly enough new words recently, so today I was particularly pleased when I was watching some on demand TV online that was rudely interrupted by… a buffercopter. Buffercopter (Buf·er·cop·ter) Noun The spinning circular symbol which displays when an online streamed video is loading, or ‘buffering’; A person, thing or [...]

I feel really sleepy. I’ve just been in the cinema for two hours and forty-seven minutes watching the century or so of a man’s life being played out. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was nominated for a slew of awards at the Oscars including Best Actor for Brad Pitt but only won Best Makeup [...]

We visited Rossyln chapel yesterday on the way back from Yorkshire. I had read about the place in Ian Rankin’s “Set in Darkness” and had totally forgotten about its involvement in Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”. I was expecting a few carvings and a couple of mysteries but was totally blown away when I [...]

I had heard about the Yes Man before I had even seen the film. Some buffoon went on the BBC Breakfast show and expected everyone to pat him on the back for being so quirky. He basically spent a year saying “yes” to every question or opportunity. Obviously he wasn’t just in it for spiritual [...]

Slumdog Millionaire has already won a Golden Globe, been nominated for several BAFTAS and is expected to do well at the Oscars. They are accolades it well deserves as the film expertly negotiates a raw story of rags to riches. Slumdog manages to entertain and leave a smile on your face even after dealing with [...]

Yet another media star has fallen from grace very publicly, we’ve had Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross behaving strangely, and seen Kerry Katona’s worrying performance on ITV’s This Morning program. We didn’t catch the original airing of this show, but we did manage to track down this video recording. Click here to share this video [...]

We all love Snakes on Plane because it has a silly title and proved once and for all that Samuel L. Jackson will turn down nothing. However, the film is not as daft as it seems. AFP have reported that Air India staff found a snake under a seat in a plane undergoing routine maintenence [...]

Timothy Dalton has nothing on this chipmunk. In a drastic reworking of the most famous Bond starting sequence, a little chipmunk musters more drama than the entire Royal Shakespeare Company on Macbeth night. Speculation is now rife as to the security of Daniel Craig’s position. More on James Bond Quantum of Solace – the new [...]

There are two issues with latest Bond film and it hasn’t even been released yet. Most people are already sniggering about the name – the general population being wary of any words that aren’t on Big Brother. (I quite like the name, it is very descriptive of Bond’s state after the death of his girlfriend). [...]