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Category Archives: Couch Potato
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which actor dodged Saving Private Ryan’s tough army training?
In Steven Spielberg‘s Saving Private Ryan, a small team of US soldiers is sent to find and rescue a young private whose three brothers have been killed in action. To prepare for the movie, all the principal actors went through … Continue reading
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Tagged Matt Damon, Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Why you should never mess with Glenn Close
“The best thing I have is the knife from Fatal Attraction. I hung it in my kitchen. It’s my way of saying ‘don’t mess with me’.” (Glenn Close) Scary eh? Fatal Attraction is showing tonight – Tuesday 15th May – … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: How come Jaws is so chilling?
The original plan for the now classic 1970s movie Jaws was to feature many scenes featuring a giant mechanical shark which had been constructed especially by a special effects team. However, because this mechanical monster kept breaking down, Steven Spielberg … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which stars were originally intended for the lead roles in Speed?
This 50-miles-per-hour action thriller starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock was actually written for two other stars. So who? Nicolas Cage and Julia Roberts perhaps? Russell Crowe and Nicole Kidman maybe? Kiefer Sutherland and Laura Linney possibly? Well, guess what, … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: The Last Summer of La Boyita – a coming-of-age movie with a difference.
Puberty is hard – feeling different from everyone else because of uncertainty over bodily changes; uncertainty over whether everyone’s experiencing the same transformations; hiding stuff; keeping secrets. But eventually we all learn, over time, that while everyone’s experiencing a sense … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: The truth about Bridget Jones’s ashtray.
Have you noticed how different Bridget Jones’s Diary looks in today’s public smoking ban society? At the time of the film’s 2001 release, it wasn’t an uncommon sight to see people like Bridget smoking like this everywhere. Today though, scenes … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: The Devil Wears Prada is the record-holder for what?
The clue is in the title. The comic tale of a frumpy college graduate (Anne Hathaway) who gets a job as an assistant to a fashion mag’s domineering editor (Meryl Streep), The Devil Wears Prada is a film that was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, The Devil Wears Prada
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Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Skins-style teen drama in Jitters
The opening scene of Jitters features a coachload of youngsters somewhere near Manchester being herded around by a northern school programme leader. It’s a scene that will lull most mono-lingual English types (like me) into a false sense of security … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Ten things about birthday girl Doris Day
It’s Doris Day‘s birthday today. She’s either 88 or 90. Nobody seems to know for certain. Marlon Brando was also born on this day – in 1924. Doris married 4 times. Doris had one son – Terry. Her 3rd husband … Continue reading
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Tagged 10050 Cielo Drive, Billy Joel, Charles Manson, Doris Day, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, George Michael, Grease, Marlon Brando, Martin Melcher, Reunion, Ringo Starr, Sharon Tate, Teacher's Pet, Terry Melcher, The Beatles, underworld, Wham, Young at Heart
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