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Sky Movies Premiere: The Fighter (Sky 20, 8.30, 5.1) Mark Wahlberg plays “Irish” Micky Ward, a welterweight boxer whose world title hopes rest on knocking some sense into his crack-addicted mentor, older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale), and his overbearing white-trash mother (Treme’s Melissa Leo). It’s a classic, working-class hero story of regret, redemption and […]

The Fighter, 127 Hours, Black Swan, Unstoppable and Megamind are among the mega-movies that will bow in HD next month on Sky’s premium movies channel. The first three movies were among last year’s best picture Oscar contenders while the winner of three 2006 Academy Awards, Brokeback Mountain, will screen in HD for the first time […]

Two best-picture Oscar-nominees and the finest TV drama series ever make this a blue-chip week for new Blu-ray releases. Best Picture winner The King’s Speech comes to Blu-ray with solid extras, including a highly recommended director’s commentary, and a 1080p transfer – unlike the British Region B edition, which sparked controversy for its 1080i/50 transfer. […]