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A Cock and Bull Story

A cock and bull story literally means a wildly improbable story that is invented to glorify the person telling it. In this instance the person telling the story of Tristram Shandy.
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28 May 2008
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Alien Autopsy

Alien AutopsyMy initial feeling when discovering that ‘ant and dec’ had a film out was one of despair.
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28 May 2008
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Walk The Line

The late great Johnny Cash was and, in many ways, still is a legend. He left an everlasting mark on the music industry and people everywhere, but most importantly in the end, when it was all said and done…he walked the line.
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28 May 2008
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Good Night, and Good Luck

Good Night, and Good LuckWhen Alfred Hitchcock decided to shoot a film in black and white, even though colour technology was readily available, it (being Psycho) quickly became a cinematic masterpiece.
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28 May 2008
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Elizabethtown

The tagline to this film was about “finding yourself” and this was a film that never even really found its feet.
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28 May 2008
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The Da Vinci Code

The Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly a marked date on any film calendar. It is a festival which decides the fate of many upcoming movies.
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28 May 2008
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Cars

In a world completely populated by motor vehicles, Cars follows an obnoxious, self-centred racing car called Lightning McQueen who is on the verge of winning the world championship in his rookie year.
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28 May 2008
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The Guardian

When I first discovered that Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher were making a film about the coastguards of America, my initial thought was that it was going to be a Baywatch-fuelled train wreck or, more fittingly, a shipwreck.
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28 May 2008
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Bobby

The untimely death of Senator Robert Kennedy during his presidential campaign is a story that touched Emilio Estevez since his childhood.
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28 May 2008
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The Prestige

The ‘prestige’ is the part of the magic trick that it makes it magic, the part that you crave to discover. It also means high status and respect, resulting from success and achievements. The former is what they do; the latter is what they long for.
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28 May 2008
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