Not to be confused with his other flick Fool's Gold, Matthew McConaughey is back with crime adventure Gold, a film about looking for gold (unsurprisingly, again). Cheekily based "on a too good to be true story" (it's loosely based on actual events), McConaughey plays modern-day hustler and unlucky businessman Kenny on a hunt for a gold mine in Indonesia. He teams up with an equally unlucky...

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Behold, the red carpet awaits! Tis the season where I flick through red carpet galleries and dream about fancy frocks and dazzling embellishment... Fashion is art, and I love seeing how people will express themselves next. Take the Screen Actors Guild Awards last night, for example, a classy affair full of gorgeous gowns. Here are two fun themes I spotted on the carpet:...

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The Oscars are nearly here, and followers of this blog will know I'm a big fan of glitzy award ceremonies (and the red carpet frocks)! All the Academy Award nominations are now in, and it's no surprise that the most nods go to La La Land. What's more surprising, however, is the number - 14 - which equals the highest number ever. I...

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Mel Gibson is back in the Director's chair for an epic war movie about not fighting. Andrew Garfield delivers a lifetime best performance as real life hero Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who served in the Second World War without even touching a weapon. It's gory and painfully visual, but underneath it's a moving story about faith and sticking to your values even...

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After La La Land swept the board with 7 Golden Globes over the weekend, it's now set to sweep some more this side of the atlantic. It's finally released in the UK this week (hooray!) and it's well-timed with the 11 nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). Both starring Amy Adams, Arrival and Nocturnal Animals have 9 nominations each, and Manchester...

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Sometimes you can spend your weekends going out and having fun, but other times, you realise it's cold, it's January, and all you want to do is snuggle up on the sofa watching telly. This is something for the UK folks, because this weekend we've been treated to so many new TV talent shows. Every time we're promised something original and different, but...

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2016 was apparently a relatively quiet year for Ed Sheeran (bar his hilarious cameo in Bridget Jones's Baby and a few others) but turns out he's been busy making the sweet sound of his brand new music. We can probably expect the release of ÷ (Divide), his third studio album, sometime in the very near future, starting with Shape of You and Castle on...

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