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100 Discs of Christmas #91 – Almost Famous (2000)
Loosely based on writer-director Cameron Crowe’s own experiences as a Rolling Stone journalist, Almost Famous…
100 Discs of Christmas #90 – Bleak House (2005)
Everyone loves a Dickens adaptation at Christmas, and this is one of the best every…
100 Discs of Christmas #89 – The Ides of March (2011)
Gosling plays Stephen Meyers, the press secretary to the potential next President, governor Mike Morris…
100 Discs of Christmas #88 – Julie & Julia (2009)
Weaving together the stories of American cook Julia Child (an astonishing Meryl Streep) and New York blogger…
Review: The Muppet Christmas Carol ★★★★☆
What a treat it is to see Disney’s best Christmas film on the big screen.…
100 Discs of Christmas #87 – E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
Universal’s classic family film, directed by Steven Spielberg, has just been given a dazzling new…
Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ★★★☆☆
Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Hobbit is a long-winded, tedious affair. And as we know,…
100 Discs of Christmas #86 – My Week With Marilyn (2011)
Adapted from Colin Clark’s memoir The Prince, the Showgirl and Me, the film tells the…
Archive Christmas: Die Hard: Yippie Ki-yay, It’s Christmas
Nothing says Christmas like Die Hard.
100 Discs of Christmas #85 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)
After seven books, eight films, a theme park and loads of plastic toys, the Harry…
Blu-ray & DVD review: The Expendables 2 ★★☆☆☆
Sylvester Stallone and his band of ageing, jacked-up super-soldiers incoherently grunt, punch and shoot their…
100 Discs of Christmas #84 – Source Code (2011)
Although it has a touch of Groundhog Day about it, with maybe a whisper of…
100 Discs of Christmas #83 – The Iron Giant (1999)
Brad Bird, the guy who made Ratatouille and The Incredibles, directed this little beauty for…
Blu-ray & DVD review: The Colditz Story (1955) ★★★☆☆
The Colditz Story was never a particularly great film, but this new release makes it…