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It’s been showing on US tv since early January. Here’s a preview:

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It’s probably been posted and shared across hundreds of sites (I know I already did here), but it’s one of those things that I feel obliged to share here as well

So here it is:

Daniel Craig in SkyFall

Enjoy!

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Game of Thrones’ first season was a roaring success and you can expect that its second season will be as popular with its fans as the first one.

Season 2 will premier on April 1st 2012, but HBO are no fools and have been upping the ante in the pre-season PR with this short trailer:

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Oddly enough the DVD and Bluray of season 1 hasn’t been released yet, though, of course, it is available for pre-order

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is no more. The final episodes aired in the US and will (eventually) be shown over this neck of the woods.

NBC released this video with some of the highlights of their romance:

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I hadn’t heard anything about “Today’s Special”, so I didn’t have any crazy expectations for it. Some critics might have picked holes in it, but I really enjoyed it.

The film centres around an Indian chef, Samir (Aasif Mandvi), who is working as a sous-chef in a restaurant. While he might be a good chef technically his boss feels that he lacks “flair”. So Samir quits intending on heading to France to improve his skills. Before he can leave his father, who runs a traditional Indian restaurant, falls ill and Samir ends up taking over the restaurant to help out the family.

As the story unfolds Samir meets a taxi driver , played by Naseeruddin Shah, with a colourful past who takes over cooking in the restaurant and exposes Samir to a completely different style of cooking.

The film is a mixture of comedy and “feel good” drama and is best described as “good fun”.

Well worth grabbing on iTunes (or Netflix – if they have it)

NB: contains strong language (they’re insults – so what do you honestly expect? )

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

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Ricky Gervais’ antics at last year’s Golden Globe ceremony obviously didn’t get him into as much trouble as people might have thought. Or if they did the organisers must have turned a blind eye to them, as they invited him back again this year to act as the event’s host.

The awards ceremony took place last night and here’s his opening monologue where he takes potshots at just about everyone, though it’s bit tamer than last year

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11:14 (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)

I love opening credits when they’re done well.

11:14 is a really good film and one that I’d happily recommend and its opening sequence is very slick and clever.

The film, which is directed by Greg Marcks features a cast including Patrick Swayze, Rachael Leigh Cook, Barbara Hershey and Hilary Swank
Here it is:

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The original Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was released in 1971 – just over 40 years ago.

I’ve always had mixed feelings about the film and in many ways the Tim Burton remake is a lot better, though both versions have their merits.

In any case if you’re a fan you can now get a very tasty boxset for your collection

The boxset is pretty impressive, as it contains both blu-ray (1080p) and DVD versions of the original 1971 film, as well as an extra disc featuring a documentary.

There’s also a number of Willie Wonka collectibles and a colour booklet:

Wille Wonka 40th anniversary blu-ray 3 disc boxset

Full details here

It makes sense, as The Guard wouldn’t mean a lot to French audiences.

Here’s the poster:

L'Irlandais - The Guard French Poster