DVD
ABC Studios
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Something happened halfway through ABC’s new hit comedy.  It basically left its name behind and stopped playing on the hook of older ladies looking to sleep with younger fellas; it changed course to become a latter-day ‘Friends’ in Florida.  And if you’re a fan of the show then I certainly [...]

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Columbia Pictures
In cinemas on Friday
Let me begin by saying that I am a big fan of the food/road/self-discovery movie genre. If “Under the Tuscan Sun” appears on TV I cannot help but watch it for the umpteenth time. The same can now be said for “Julie & Julia” (or, at the very least, [...]

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Buena Vista Home Entertainment
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Disney’s “James and the Giant Peach” gets an upgrade to Blu-ray. About darn time!! Roald Dahl’s children’s book is turned into a magical claymation adventure via the imagination of producer Tim Burton , conceptual designer, Lane Smith and director, Henry Selick. Visually stunning and full of memorable songs by Disney’s [...]

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Film
Sony Pictures
In cinemas on Friday 23 July
I may have snickered a wee bit during the opening scene of the newest Angelina Jolie picture. The film begins with a blond Jolie (or Salt) bruised and battered in a North Korean prison. Her blond hair is all skeewuffle and she’s very dirty. And, of [...]

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DVD
Mill Creek Entertainment
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I must admit that I am struck with immense nostalgia whenever I hear the theme song to this show that I loved as a kid.  Usually when we revisit the things we loved when we were younger there is a sense of “What was I thinking?”  Now I am not saying [...]

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by Bill Yosses and Melissa Clark
W.W. Norton & Company
COOKBOOK
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When I started flipping through this new cookbook and spotted the recipe for Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Nutella I became completely hysterical. Within three minutes the keys were in my pocket and I was off the the grocery to replenish my Nutella supply and [...]

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DVD
Warner Home Video
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I actually saw this in the cinema and was not doing cartwheels when it was over.  But the DVD showed up (with bloopers on the Blu-Ray disc) so I decided to give it another go.  A concept comedy in the vein of “Love Actually,” “Valentine’s Day” is a casting feat, intertwining [...]

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