Tag Archives: All About Eve

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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All About Eve – “Fasten your seatbelts!” Quotable quotes from the Oscar-winning classic

Posted on 22 February 2011 by Jason Best

Joseph L Mankiewicz’s bitchy backstage classic All About Eve, winner of six Oscars (out of 14 nominations, a record shared with Titanic) at the 1950 Academy Awards, has one of the most quotable scripts to come out of Hollywood’s golden … Continue reading →

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Raging Bull – Martin Scorsese & Robert De Niro’s boxing classic goes the distance on Blu-ray

Posted on 22 February 2011 by Jason Best

Thirty years ago at the 1981 Academy Awards, the greatest of all Oscar robberies took place when Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull lost out to Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, which pipped its rival to claim the Oscars for Best Film and … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Cocktail, and my top 10 film cocktails

Posted on 24 May 2009 by Beth Williams

I purchased a cocktail-making masterclass for my partner’s birthday present this year. What a treat! Unfortunately, however, said class ended up being hogged by a giggling hen party with little interest in the chemistry of cocktail-making, but much interest in … Continue reading →

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All About Eve

Posted on 9 March 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings On Channel 4 this afternoon at 12.50pm There are two problems with this film being on during the day: 1.    I’m at work so can’t watch it 2.    It’s not so much fun to use the best … Continue reading →

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