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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Rebecca
Couch Potato Pickings On BBC4 tonight at 10pm Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, Laurence Olivier, Manderley, Rebecca
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Burn After Reading | Competition winners
Our competition to win copies of the Coen Brothers’ wickedly dark comedy Burn After Reading is now closed. Well done to all our entrants – everyone answered correctly that, er, yes, the Coen Brothers directed the movie. We were inundated … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions
Tagged Burn After Reading, Coen Brothers, DVD competition, L.A. Confidential
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At the Cinema | The Class
This truly inspirational documentary-style drama from France left me reeling with awe and admiration. I taught English for a couple of years in my early 20s while living in Italy and I’m all too aware how cushy was my … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases
Tagged Cannes, François Bégaudeau, Laurent Cantet, Oscars, Palme d'Or, Paris, The Class
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The Best view | The International – Clive Owen & Naomi Watts have crooked bankers in their sights in gripping topical thriller
Filmmakers have it tough these days. Whoever they pick as their villain, an interest group somewhere is bound to take offence. With The International, though, director Tom Tykwer has found some bad guys almost everyone in the audience can unite … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, The Best View
Tagged BCCI, Clive Owen, Credit crunch, Fred Goodwin, Guggenheim, Istanbul, Milan, Naomi Watts, New York, Run Lola Run, Stuckism, The International, Tom Tykwer
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News Muse | Fame & the Hollywood recession
‘You’ve got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying – in sweat!’ It was Debbie Allen‘s tough dance teacher Lydia Grant who’d utter those fame-ous words every time the theme tune … Continue reading
Posted in News, News Muse
Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, arthur, columbia pictures, damn yankees!, debbie allen, demaris meyer, dudley moore, fame, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, John Travolta, LA, lydia grant, Morgan Freeman, musical, remake, russell brand, speeders, the neverending story, Total Recall, Warner Bros
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The Best view | Gran Torino
“Get off my lawn.” Nah, doesn’t have quite the same ring as “Go ahead, make my day”, does it? This, though, is what the 78-year-old Clint Eastwood is reduced to snarling in his latest movie as star and director, Gran … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, The Best View
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino, Hmong, Korean War, Unforgiven, Vietnam war
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High Fidelity
Couch Potato Pickings On Watch tonight at 10pm In this hilarious film, based on the bestelling book by Nick Hornby, record store owner Rob (John Cusack) and his co-workers Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso) make Top Five lists … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Ding-a-Dong, Dolly Parton, Flashdance: What a Feeling, Hi Fidelity, High Fidelity, Irene Cara, Jack Black, John Cusack, Kids from Fame, Monday morning, Morning Train, Nick Hornby, Nine to Five, Revording Artists, Sheena Easton, songs about death, Stevei Wonder, Teach-In, Todd Louiso, Top Five lists
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The Matthew Shepard Story
Couch Potato Pickings I know what you’re thinking – Matthew Shepard, who’s he? Most Brits won’t have heard of Matthew Shepard, and I expect most Americans won’t know the name either, especially those who don’t even know what state KFC … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Basingstoke, California, fred phelps, gay, gay marriage, god hates fags, Harvey Milk, homophobia, homosexuals, Jacqui Smith, KFC, Laramie, Louis Theroux, Matthew Shepard, Milk, most hated family in america, Oscar, Prayers for Bobby, proposition 8, Sean Penn, Sigourney Weaver, Stockard Channing, The Laramie Project, The Matthew Shepard Story, Westboro Baptist Church, Wyoming
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News Hound | 25 February 2009
Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the juiciest showbiz news – so you don’t end up barking up the wrong tree… Internet rumours about Madonna doing the soundtrack for Twilight sequel New Moon … Continue reading
Posted in News, News Hound
Tagged Ang Lee, columbia pictures, Freida Pinto, how do you know?, Josh Brolin, life of pi, London, Madonna, Mike Myers, Naomi Watts, new moon, Owen Wilson, Paris Hilton, paul rudd, razzies, Reese Witherspoon, sir anthony hopkins, Slumdog Millionaire, Twilight, Woody Allen, yann martel
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