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            GI Joe rose up against The Mentalist last night to challenge the double-episode special in most of the key demographics. GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra started half-an-hour earlier and averaged over two-and-a-half hours: 8.4% of 25-54 year-olds versus The Mentalist’s 8.5% (over two hours) 8.5% of 18-39 year-olds […]

Troy: Sky Movies Greats, 8.30pm Saturday. The Achilles heel of this lavish historical epic is its clichéd human dimension. But its spectacle, action and CGI effects are sensational, particularly the screen’s biggest pyrotechnics bash since Atlanta was razed in Gone With the Wind. Like The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Troy used ingenious software that […]

The re-make of The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 and the comedy, The Hangover, are the pick of the August HD premieres on Sky Movies. The former will screen for the first time on August 1 and the latter on August 29. The rest of the lacklustre line-up largely is dominated by made-for-TV and […]