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Film review: How To Train Your Dragon 2

It’s been a good year for animation.  We’ve already had the frantic energy of The Lego Movie and the colour and rhythm of Rio 2, while Disney’s Planes:Fire and Rescue and Guillermo del Toro’s intriguing Book Of Life are still to come.  But for now we’ll just have to settle for what could be at the top of the pile come the end of 2014.  How To Train Your Dragon 2. Those who saw the…
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Heads Up! Future Films: Boyhood

It may have been 12 years in the making, but Richard Linklater’s Boyhood wasn’t a film beset with production problems.  That timescale was deliberate. The director wanted to follow a boy growing up so, once a year for those 12 years, the same cast and crew got together to film the next stage.  But it isn’t just the boy’s story: it’s just as much about his sister, mother and father. …
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Film review: GODDESS

Goddess  is just what we have been waiting for this Summer! It’s a lovely, fresh, romantic comedy and  musical  all in one. Directed by Mark Lamprell, Goddess came out in Australia in 2013 and will be on our UK screens on 4th July 2014. Elspeth Dickens (Laura Michelle Kelly ) dreams of finding her true self despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her naughty twin toddler boys.
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Future films Heads up: Pudsey The Dog: The Movie - A HEARTWARMING QUINTESSENTIALLY BRITISH ADVENTURE FOR ALL THE FAMILY

Dog movies are always the cutest and sweetest of all and I am sure all dog lovers would agree with me. I cannot wait to see Pudsey The Dog: The Movie after being entertained by this lovely doggie on Britain’s Got Talent.   It is released on 18th July 2014. David Walliams voices Pudsey in Britain’s best loved dog’s debut as bone-a-fide movie star. Directed by Nick Moore (Wild Child…
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Film review: Walking on Sunshine

Walking on Sunshine is a contemporary themed musical which futures the 80’s most popular songs. After a whirlwind romance, Maddie, fresh from a long term relationship, is preparing to marry gorgeous Raf and has invited her sister Taylor to the wedding in Italy. Unbeknownst to Maddie, however, Raf is Taylor’s ex-holiday flame, and the love of her life…and that is just one of the…
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Film review: Chef

Time for the grown-ups to go to the movies.  Book the baby sitter, the table at your favourite eating house and the tickets for your local flix.  Chef is in town! Make sure that you visit the restaurant before you see it though, because this is a film about great food and Twitter.  The last thing you should do is see it on an empty stomach! The food, from a whole new menu to a more…
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Heads Up! Future Films: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes

The apes are on their way back!  Part two of the latest Planet Of The Apes franchise opens next month and shows every sign of being the best of the lot. A packed screening room of journalists – including Yours Truly! – recently had a sneak preview of some footage from the forthcoming Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes.  Even better, it was hosted by the master of motion capture acting, Andy…
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Future films heads up: Christmas 2014 Paddington movie

Just a heads up for a Christmas 2014 movie tipped to be THE big family film of Christmas – Paddington. From the producer of Harry Potter and Gravity and based on the best selling series of books by Michael Bond, as well as featuring an all-star cast (including Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Peter Capaldi, Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman with Ben Whishaw as the voice of…
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Heads Up! Future Films: Earth To Echo

This year’s summer holiday line-up gets under way with a decidedly sci-fi theme.  Earth To Echo opens on 25th July,  telling the story of three friends whose mobile phones are infected by cryptic signals.  Convinced that something big is going on they go in search of the sender.  Check out the trailer to see what they find! Yes, the parallels with ET are clear for all to see, and…
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Film review: T S Spivet

If yet another film in 3-D makes you positively groan at the thought of those clunky glasses slipping down your nose, then here’s some great news.  Not about the glasses, sadly, but at long last there’s a film that makes putting up with them more than worthwhile. T S Spivet was released on Friday, 13 June 2014.  Not that it’s an omen.  Far from it.  This is the captivating story of T S…
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