Monthly Archives: May 2009

Couch Potato Pickings | Snakes on a Plane, and phobias

Showing on Film4 tonight at 9pm OK, I know I’ve picked this film before, but since I’ve recently been talking with friends about phobias, I couldn’t resist the chance to mention this movie’s ophidiophobia and aerophobia double whammy. Fears of … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Kissing Jessica Stein and other girls kissing girls

Showing on Channel 4 tonight at 1.05am Katy Perry apparently tried it, and liked it. Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones tried it, and was rather surprised by it. Girls, girls, girls, both young and a little older have, in … Continue reading

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News Muse – G.I.R.L.S! Having fun 80s style

The 80s are sooo back (minus the financial boom)! I keep saying it even though I know just by popping down to TopShop that it’s stating the very obvious. 20th Century Fox also confirmed this fact by announcing that they … Continue reading

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Night at the Museum 2 Lively display… History comes to life in this adventure-comedy sequel, as museum security guard Larry (Ben Stiller) does battle with more restless exhibits. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Showing on Channel 4 tonight at 10pm In this battle of the sexes comedy, Kate Hudson plays a magazine journalist who sets out to get a guy to dump her within ten days as research for an article she’s writing. … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Neighbours from hell… The third instalment in the fantasy franchise explores the origins of the war between vampires and werewolves. Defiance Fighting back… This World War II drama sees Daniel Craig as one of four … Continue reading

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Out in Cinemas | Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience

For those of you not in the know (ie: anyone over 16), Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas, aka The Jonas Brothers, are Disney’s latest pop sensations. Three ultra-clean-cut lads (complete with chastity rings, folks) who have been setting tweenie hearts … Continue reading

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News Hound | 27 May 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t get your head stuck inside the wrong bin… Mel Gibson has confirmed on Jay Leno that his Russian girlfriend … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Son of Rambow and children of the 80s

On Sky Movies Premiere today at 6.10pm A schoolboy who is forbidden to watch TV and films by his religious family, gets involved in making a home movie with the school tearaway after seeing a bootleg copy of Stallone’s Rambo: … Continue reading

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Birthday Greetings to the Titans of Terror

Did you know that three of cinema’s masters of the macabre were born in the month of May? Peter Cushing was born on 26 May (1913), while Vincent Price (1911) and Christopher Lee (1922) were both born on 27 May. … Continue reading

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