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Weekly Movie News From The latest Talking Pictures

The latest edition of Talking Pictures is out now! Marvel’s latest super-hero movie, Ant-Man, is under the microscope. And the film’s star, Paul Rudd, gives it large on that shrinking feeling!c My review of the film can also be read in this piece here. That’s not all. New DVDs, X+Y and The Voices are under review, plus there’s the new top five at the British box office – a record…
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Film Review: Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd

Iron Man, Thor, Captain America …… they’ve all become familiar faces in cinemas over the past couple of years, as the Marvel universe rolls out blockbuster after blockbuster. But super heroes don’t come in just a variety of shapes: they come in different sizes as well, as the latest one shows. Ant-Man, easily the most diminutive super hero of them all, arrives in cinemasthis Friday…
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Marvel's Daredevil gets a modern revamp by Netflix

Superheroes stories in comics and on the big screen have always fascinated me. You may remember my passionate feature Famous Superheroes in books and films. Now I am very pleased to see that the best storytelling streaming media (no need to say that I mean Netflix), released 13 episodes of the first superhero series Daredevil on Friday 10th April 2015. It is an interesting choice and not an easy…
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Film Review: Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Blockbusters will rule at the cinema this summer.  I’ll be previewing them for London Mums in a few weeks’ time but, in the meantime, warm up acts don’t come much bigger than this – Avengers: Age Of Ultron.  It opens this Thursday, 23 April 2015, certificate 12A. After being at the helm for both this and the first film in the Marvel series, Avengers Assemble (2012), director and writer…
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Film review: Big Hero 6 and Feast

Disney’s first animation of 2015 arrives in the UK this week with something of a fanfare.  With Oscar and BAFTA nominations under its belt, as well as box office success in the States, Big Hero 6 (certificate PG) comes complete with an unlikely, super-size hero – and Feast, a short companion piece that’ll bring a lump to your throat. The story In the futuristic city of…
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