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Film review: The Artist

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SILENCE is golden, and, in the case of Michel Hazanavicius’s gorgeous black and white silent film, the gold will be a clutch of Oscars, probably including the coveted statuette for Best Picture.

Daily Post DVD reviews: Colombiana and more

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BACK in 1992 Colombia, 10-year-old Cataleya witnesses the deaths of her parents at the hands of druglord Don Luis and his thug henchman, Marco. The girl heads to Chicago, determined to avenge her parents’ deaths. Fifteen years later, Cataleya has blossomed into a sexy assassin responsible for 22 murders in four years.

Film review: The Lady

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

TRUTH may be stranger than fiction, but it’s seldom more entertaining, especially when projected onto a big screen at 24 frames per second.

Daily Post DVD column: Cowboys & Aliens and more

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

JAKE LONERGAN (Daniel Craig) wakes disorientated in the desert with a gunshot wound and a large metal bracelet. He struts into town and is unmasked as a killer.

Cruising through Impossible stunts

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

INTRO

DVD reviews: Swanny in a Spin and more

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

AS A man who helped England win a cricketing Ashes series in Australia for the first time in more than 20 years, spinner Graeme Swann has got plenty of good will in the bank from me.

Film review: Alvin and the Chipmunks - Chipwrecked

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

IN THE latest instalment of the Chipmunks franchise, Dave (Jason Lee) heads off on a luxury cruise with singing critters Alvin, Simon and Theodore and the feisty Chipettes.

Film review: Sherlock Holmes - A Game of Shadows

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

THE sleuthing is far from elementary in Guy Ritchie’s action-packed sequel to his 2009 reinvention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective.

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 2 (12)

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

AND so, after eight films and almost 20 hours of movie history, it all ends here.

NEW YEAR’S EVE (12A)Rating: ll

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

EVERY frame of Garry Marshall's romantic comedy is drenched in sticky sweetness, passing off greeting cards platitudes as dialogue and repeatedly reminding us that the end of one year and the beginning of another is about second chances, hope and forgiveness.

Puss in Boots – it’s the cat’s whiskers

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

JOLLY green ogre Shrek and his sweetheart Princess Fiona amassed nearly $3bn at the global box office before heading into the fairytale sunset at the conclusion of yesteryear’s Shrek Ever After.

Film review: Hugo is a triumph of style over substance

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:00:00 GMT

MARTIN SCORSESE swaps the mean streets of New York for the wintry boulevards of 1930s Paris for this Oscar-tipped first foray into family films, and also the 3-D format.

Film review: Happy Feet II soundtrack hits high notes but film is off-key

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:02:00 GMT

FIVE years after the original Happy Feet danced into the affections of audiences worldwide, director George Miller returns to the frozen wilderness for this pointless sequel.

Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser (15)

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

YOU’VE got to be a pretty confident comic to name your latest release Crowd Pleaser, so does the archetypal genial Irishman live up to the billing?

Film review: My Week With Marilyn

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:00:00 GMT

IN THE summer of 1956, Marilyn Monroe came to Pinewood Studios, in Buckinghamshire, to shoot The Prince and The Showgirl with Sir Laurence Olivier.

DVD reviews: Transformers - Dark of the Moon and more

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

DURING a TV black-out in 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 retrieves an important Autobot artefact and returns it to Earth, unaware that, more than 40 years later, the device will spark a titanic war with the Decepticons.

Film review: Dream House

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

DIRECTOR Jim Sheridan's psychological thriller suffers from a nasty case of trailer-itis.

FILM REVIEW: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 just fails to sparkle

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:03:00 GMT

BABY makes three in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1, the fourth film based on the books by Stephenie Meyer, which brings the love story of a mortal and a vampire to a suitably bloody resolution.

FILM REVIEW: Justice plays too safe to be a truly great thriller

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

JUSTICE (15)Rating: ll

Film review: Arthur Christmas 3D is a feast of festive fun for the family

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:00:00 GMT

AS ALL intelligent children know, Santa Claus and his team of toy elves work tirelessly throughout the year from their base at the North Pole.