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Video: DVD and Blu-Ray releases
Thursday 06 June 2013
See below to watch the trailers for this week's DVD and Blu-Ray releases
Avoiding TV spoilers: It’s a thorny old game
Wednesday 05 June 2013
How on earth are we supposed to avoid big plot twists when everyone keeps tweeting them? Argh!
Mark Bridger watched violent rape scene in slasher film shortly before killing April Jones
Thursday 30 May 2013
Killer viewed scene from 'The Last House on the Left' and then recorded it when screened an hour later on a +1 channel
Killing Kennedy: Rob Lowe to play assassinated American President JFK in 50th anniversary movie
Wednesday 29 May 2013
American actor Rob Lowe will portray slain American President John F. Kennedy in a television movie.
Mow power to you: 'I never used to want a lawn; now I'm obsessed'
Sunday 26 May 2013
There was a time when Emma Townshend thought lawns a silly idea. Then she planted one. And now she can’t get enough of tending to it – even with its ridiculously annoying bumps.
Video: Film trailers for the latest releases
Friday 24 May 2013
Watch the videos below for a selection of trailers for the latest releases:
Film review: My Neighbour Totoro
Friday 24 May 2013
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki. Voices Toshiyuki Amagasa, Shigeru Chiba, 86mins
First edition of Harry Potter with annotations by JK Rowling fetches wizard £150,000 price
Wednesday 22 May 2013
A first edition of the first in the Harry Potter series containing hand drawings and annotations by author JK Rowling has sold at auction for £150,000.
Michael J Fox returns to TV in new comedy about living with Parkinson's
Wednesday 15 May 2013
Michael J Fox has come out of a decade of retirement to star in a new comedy about a news anchor living with Parkinson's.
Album: Phoenix, Bankrupt! (V2)
Saturday 20 April 2013
The fifth album by the intermittently popular but strangely anonymous French band is probably the most overtly pop, with their electronic elements brought to the fore (particularly on "Drakkar Noir" and "Chloroform"), and the winsome sentimentality of Thomas Mars' vocals ramped up.
Carl 'The Truth' Williams: Boxer who fought Mike Tyson and Larry Holmes
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Carl Williams was so nearly in the right place at the right time in both his fights for the heavyweight championship of the world. "The Truth", as people who knew him liked to call him, lost on points over the ancient distance of 15 rounds to Larry Holmes in 1985. The ringside experts and fans in Reno that night overwhelmingly believed Holmes had lost for the first time in 48 fights, but the judges denied Williams. Holmes lost for the first time in his next fight.
Richard Griffiths obituary: Actor best known for his parts in 'Withnail and I' and 'The History Boys'
Friday 29 March 2013
He wanted to be an artist but when that didn't work out drifted into acting 'out of disappointment'
'My beloved Uncle Monty': Tributes pour in for Withnail And I actor Richard Griffiths following death at 65
Friday 29 March 2013
Born in North Yorkshire, Griffiths was famous for his roles in the Harry Potter series, Withnail And I, and The History Boys
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Alan Pardew's warning to Joe Kinnear: I am still the Newcastle manager
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Breaking the Silence: In the reality of occupation, there are no Palestinian civilians – only potential terrorists
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Charles Saatchi accepts caution for assault over incident in Scott’s restaurant when he put his hands on throat of wife Nigella Lawson
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Exclusive: Cristiano Ronaldo advised to stay at Real Madrid for another 18 months before making possible switch to Manchester United
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Iran to send 4,000 troops to aid President Assad forces in Syria
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