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The Best view | Mickey Rourke bounces back from the ropes with The Wrestler
Mickey Rourke was out for the count in Hollywood, but with his gutsy performance as a washed-up wrestler in, yes, The Wrestler he has bounced back from the ropes in triumph. It’s an astonishing...
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The Best view | Watchmen
Fans of graphic novels have been trying for years to convince me of the medium’s merits. Try as I might, though, I’m afraid I can’t shake off my prejudice that a comic book in the hands of a grown-up...
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Out on DVD | The Wrestler
Bloody but unbowed, Mickey Rourke may have been defeated on points by Sean Penn at the Oscars this year, but his gutsy performance in The Wrestler saw him carry off a string of other top acting...
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Black Swan – Art Deco posters strike a pose
Darren Aronofsky’s psycho ballerina thriller Black Swan is one of Movie Talk’s hot tips for 2011. Imagine The Red Shoes remade by Repulsion-era Polanski (with Natalie Portman in the Moira...
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Black Swan – Psycho thriller pushes Natalie Portman’s tormented ballerina...
The Red Shoes meets Repulsion, ballet goes en pointe with horror, in Darren Aronofsky’s terrific – at times terrifying – psychological thriller Black Swan. The film stars Natalie Portman in a daring,...
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Oscars Muse – Best Director nominations: This is a man’s world
An Oscars statue weighs 8 1/2 pounds (almost 4kg for us metrics) which isn’t really a lot – although if you had two you could use them as dumbbells and get a decent workout. But the Best Director Oscar...
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Win the 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray of Darren Aronofsky’s cult thriller, Pi
On 12 August, Lionsgate UK releases Pi: 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray, one of the most original examples of cult classic independent American cinema and the birth of a great filmmaker. In his...
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