Monthly Archives: March 2011

Couch Potato on The Four-Faced Liar, the LLGFF, pigeonholing, and stereotypes

Posted on 31 March 2011 by Beth Williams

Heterosexual? Lesbian? Saysbian? Hasbian? That’s the question I found myself asking about the main character from this film – the closing film for this year’s London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, which begins today. In this movie, five 20-something friends … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest: She regularly tops ‘sexiest’ polls.

Posted on 30 March 2011 by Beth Williams

And just like Hop – on general release this week – the film in which she stars features live action and animation and bunnies… Easy! Did you guess last week’s country music-themed chest? Did my Top 10 Country Music Movies … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: To Catch a Thief and its chilling glimpse into the future…

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Did you know – the road where Grace Kelly and Cary Grant are pursued by police in this 1955 Hitchcock comedy-thriller is the same road where Grace Kelly … Continue reading →

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Tamara Drewe – Stephen Frears’ rustic romp puts the sex into Posy Simmonds’ Wessex

Posted on 28 March 2011 by Jason Best

Posy Simmonds’ acclaimed graphic novel Tamara Drewe becomes an entertaining rustic romp in the hands of director Stephen Frears and a spot-on cast of rising home-grown stars and stalwart character actors. Gemma Arterton is perfect as the eponymous heroine, a … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Arrow Academy brings repertory World Cinema home

Posted on 28 March 2011 by peter

Arrow Academy is the new label from Arrow Films that aims to bring the best of repertory World Cinema into your own home. Each release will be a new high definition transfer of the film from a new restoration of … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Old-school creature feature Primevil treads the Predator territory

Posted on 27 March 2011 by peter

No, this isn’t the British ITV/Watch series, but a monster movie from the folks behind Stars Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Scorpion King (the late Irvin Kershner and director Roel Reiné). But if you are hoping for thrills on … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies

Posted on 26 March 2011 by Beth Williams

As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading →

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Limitless – Bradley gets a boost in brainy thriller

Posted on 25 March 2011 by Jason Best

What would you do if you could use 100% of your brain? That’s the dizzying prospect facing Bradley Cooper’s struggling writer Eddie Morra after an old friend slips him a pill of NZT, a revolutionary – but dodgy – new … Continue reading →

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Country Strong – Gwyneth Paltrow’s country singer gets by on a diet of booze and corn

Posted on 25 March 2011 by Jason Best

Looking toned and glowing on screen, Gwyneth Paltrow is a poster girl for the virtues of yoga and a macrobiotic diet – which makes her far too healthy-looking to convince as the troubled, booze-sodden singer at the heart of sudsy … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 24 March 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Rango Karma chameleon… This Gore Verbinski-helmed animation features the vocal talents of Johnny Depp as a chameleon accidentally drawn to help the residents of the water-starved Wild West town of Dirt. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading →

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