‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Blu-ray review

‘There and Back Again’. So reads the alternative title of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit. It also once served as the planned title of this third and final instalment in Peter Jackson’s sprawling film adaptation. And, while ‘The Battle of the Five Armies’ is certainly a fitting title for a film dominated by war, that original … >

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Win a ‘Dracula Untold’ poster signed by Luke Evans!

Experience the thrilling adventure and epic battle for one man’s soul in stunning high definition with Dracula Untold on Blu-ray, out now from Universal Pictures (UK). To celebrate the release, we’ve got a Dracula Untold  poster signed by star Luke Evans to give away to one of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, … >

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Win ‘Dracula Untold’ on Blu-ray!

One of the most enduring and captivating figures of all time unveils his beginnings in this gripping origin story. Experience the thrilling adventure and epic battle for one man’s soul in stunning high definition, when Dracula Untold is released on Blu-ray on Monday 9 February by Universal Pictures (UK). To celebrate the release, we’ve got … >

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‘The Great Train Robbery’: ‘A Copper’s Tale’ review

Shouldn’t Jim Broadbent have been classed as a National Treasure by now? Kept in The Tower of London with the Crown and whatnot, only to be released so that he can appear in top quality drama? Broadbent is, and always has been, the big birthday cake of drama – seeing him at once both excites and reassures. You know you’re in for something special.

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‘The Great Train Robbery’: ‘A Robber’s Tale’ review

It wasn’t always called ‘The Great Train Robbery’, but history has a way of swaddling itself in mythology.

Back in 1963 it was known as ‘The Cheddington Mail Van Raid’. And in the same way as that title removes any notion of excitement and romanticism from the act, so Chris Chibnall’s A Robber’s Tale strips away the mythology that has crystallised around the greatest folkloric tale in British larceny and presents us with the facts (or as close to them) of what was a train robbery that time wrongly mythologised into something ‘Great’.

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