Monthly Archives: July 2009

Couch Potato Pickings | Doubt

Is it good to have doubt? I can’t comment on that question with regards to faith, but in a world where everyone’s so different, it’s surely foolish and naïve, and even rather dangerous, to have too much certainty. That’s my … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Watchmen

Surprise, surprise! Alan Moore disowned the long-awaited screen version of his cult comic book Watchmen well before it reached the screen – as has long been his warped wont with adaptations of his work. Yet 300 director Zack Snyder’s movie … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Poseidon Adventure: the best disaster movie ever made?

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Is the best disaster movie ever made? The Poseidon Adventure is showing on Channel 4 this afternoon at 4.20pm

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Player, and movie cameos

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Do you have a favourite movie cameo moment? It’s the slew of cameos from dozens of  stars that make this Robert Altman satire on Hollywood the memorable movie … Continue reading

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News Muse – Jude makes his own Law

I’ve never been a big fan of Jude Law. Ok, that’s an understatement. I think the guy looks shiftier than a group of schoolkids in a newsagent. I wouldn’t trust him with my dry-cleaning, let alone my achy breaky heart. … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDS…

The Young Victoria Stiff upper lip… Emily Blunt portrays the young Queen Victoria during the turbulent years of her early reign. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | What’s Love Got to Do with It

Tennessee-born Anna Mae Bullock began her music career in the 1960s after meeting blues musician Ike Turner. She went on to marry him, and changed her name to Tina Turner as her music career took off. Based on her autobiography … Continue reading

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Birthday Boys of July 23

Movie star birthdays are like London buses – you get nothing for ages, then three come along at once… Happy 42nd Birthday Philip Seymour Hoffman! Phil was recently seen playing a priest in Oscar nominated drama Doubt, but owning a … Continue reading

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Movie Talk spy Bathsheba spots Colin Farrell on the streets of London (Boulevard)

We’ve had word from Bathsheba, who runs the blog Stockwell News, that Colin Farrell was spotted last night on location for the film London Boulevard. This riff on Sunset Boulevard themes also stars Kiera Knightley (that’s her on the poster … Continue reading

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

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince It’s a kind of magic… Harry and his Hogwarts cohorts have to contend with a new potions teacher, Voldemort’s Death Eaters, and raging hormones in their sixth year at the School of Witchraft and … Continue reading

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