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Are you of the opinion that the Internet throws up plenty of results from countries elsewhere in the world, when you search for English movies? And if that is a grouse with you, you are not alone .

Here are some sites dedicated to English movies made in Britain.

Reelstreets provides very interesting information on the shooting locales of English movies all over the UK.

Bestforfilm – Film and DVD reviews

Britinfo.net – cinema links – listings of web sites related to film & cinema mostly from the UK.

If you wish to know the current movie ratings in the UK, you are likely to find this a quick source – see UK Box Office – UK movie ratings

As of October 2011, here is a listing of the box-office top 100 films of all time, worldwide.

1. Avatar (2009)
2. Titanic (1997)
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011)
4. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
5. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)
7. Toy Story 3 (2010)
8. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
9. Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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The VSC (Video Standards Council) is a non-profit making organization in the UK. The aim of the Council is to oversee a Code of Practice for promoting better standards in the video and computer games industry.

There are several guides for parents to download and learn about games classification and ratings and to get familiar good gaming practices.

The VSC website attempts to disseminate useful information to statutes and the applicable law.

When it comes to DVD rental services, you can be assured of a great variety and thus have your pick. To help you along, you could make use of experts’ views on available DVD rental services. There are several sites that review the best UK DVD rental websites. Have a good look at them, and look carefully at their listings before you choose your preferred DVD rental service.

Here are a few such sources for you to use right away. You will be able to find many more.

Reviews of the Best UK DVD Rental Websites

Best UK DVD Rental Providers

Highest rated DVD rentals sites

For kids only. Not even for kids-at-heart. As the accompanying adult, you will end up having had a vocabulary lesson for an hour and a half, learning the Smurf-lingo.

If you are new to Smurf-lingo, you will easily become smurf-savvy if you are able to use ‘smurf’ in place of any and all manner of nouns, verbs and adjectives, like “I think I just smurfed in my mouth”, “Son of a smurf”, “Where the smurf are we?”, “Up smurf creek without a smurfing paddle”, and the byline-like “Smurf happens”. One reviewer terms the movie “enough noise and neon to distract under eights…”.

If you are aware of the original TV series and the stuffed toys, you will allow at least the term ‘like-able’. However, no one will blame you – except the kids, of course – if you don’t feel quite as charitable after seeing the blue ones on the big screen.

Director Raja Gosnell’s 3D semi-animated film “The Smurfs” is all about the adventures of a bunch of cute Smurfs and one Smurfette.

The Smurfs is an incongruous combination of different kinds of movie. Another reviewer calls it a “celluloid version of the game ‘exquisite corpse’, where multiple people work on the same drawing without seeing what the others have drawn”. One part tries to recreate innocent magic of the characters, another tries to temper the sweetness with (somewhat poor) humour,  yet another theme seems tailored for the older sections of viewers, and a fourth part consists of somewhat dull action sequences.

As an accompanying adult – be ready to put up with the kids who seem to love the blue brigade. And don’t let the kids catch you muttering, ‘I Smurfing wish I was elsewhere’.

If you are familiar with The Smurfs, attempt the Smurf Quiz

There are plenty of avenues out there for you to make use of your time and skills and test yourself  just for the fun of it. You could win movie tickets, hotel vouchers or even free trips to exotic destinations.

1. The Guardian’s Competition Index

2. BBC Good Food Competition Listings

3. The Daily Mirror’s Fun & Games listings

4. BBC Learning’s Off By Heart Shakespeare

5. LOOK’s listings

Go ahead – take part and don’t forget to share your experiences.

What a Rio-t of colours! A family film complete with gorgeously coloured visuals, and the good old victory-of-good-over-evil formula. There’s nothing new on offer, certainly not in the way of the Toy Story trilogy or WALL-E. And you may well forget all about Brazil’s macaws once the lights come on, but while in the theatre with the kids, we simply felt good, and certainly enjoyed a vast amount of laughs.

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In today’s world where one’s fortunes can change in a jiffy, and fame can be as fleeting as a butterfly on a flower, actors go to a great extent to get into the skin of the character they play. Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan offers a deep insight on a stage performer’s sincere attempt to play the alter-ego of her character and touch the hearts of the paying public. Nina, played by Natalie Portman is the chaste white swan both on stage and off. Her director Thomas Leroy, played by Vincent Cassel, while insisting that she play the sensuously skilled, violent black swan, has tried to create the immortal Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake all over again.

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A possibly comprehensive entertainment guide can be found at this British information directory.

Whether you are looking for outdoor activity or indoor leisure options, or even out of town events, one-day experiences and family outings, you are sure to find several suggestions that will help you decide judiciously and efficiently. Continue Reading »