Tag Archives: Another Year

Couch Potato Pickings: Another Year – Do you have a Mary in your life?

Posted on 20 March 2011 by Beth Williams

Someone who: …often outstays her welcome …never invites you to her place and rarely asks you about yourself and your life. …often drinks a little too much, and possibly smokes too. …becomes overly tactile when drunk. …is overly critical of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 25 November 2010 by Dean & Ellen

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 It’s a kind of magic… In the first part of the last instalment in the blockbusting franchise, Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their arduous mission to find and destroy Voldemort’s … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 17 November 2010 by Dean & Ellen

Due Date Special delivery… The director of The Hangover hits the road again with this comedy about a stranded father-to-be, Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) in a desperate … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 10 November 2010 by Dean & Ellen

Due Date Special delivery… The director of The Hangover hits the road again with this comedy about a stranded father-to-be, Peter (Robert Downey Jr.) who is forced to hitch a ride with an aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) in a desperate … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato on Another Year – are Mike Leigh’s films full of caricatures?

Posted on 10 November 2010 by Beth Williams

There’s a scene in Mike Leigh‘s latest film Another Year where the main character Mary (Lesley Manville) sits between her friends Gerri (Ruth Sheen) and Tom (Jim Broadbent). She’s drunk a little too much wine, she’s slurring slightly and repeating … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato rounds off a week of Mike Leigh with Another Year, another movie and ‘another cheesy pineapple one?’

Posted on 6 November 2010 by Beth Williams

Mike Leigh‘s new movie Another Year came out at cinemas yesterday. And, breaking all the rules of Couch Potatodom, I’m abandoning the sofa later to go and see it. Well I had to really – I’ve been plunging myself into … Continue reading →

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Another Year – Mike Leigh’s latest film: Is it a Duck or a Rabbit?

Posted on 5 November 2010 by Jason Best

I can’t decide. Is Mike Leigh‘s latest film a duck or a rabbit? An odd question, I admit, but please bear with me. I’ve watched a score of his films over the years and I still can’t make up my … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Naked – it might be grim but it makes me grin

Posted on 5 November 2010 by Beth Williams

So, continuing my week of Mike Leigh pickings, I’m going Naked today. Calm down, I don’t mean literally. I wouldn’t inflict that on anyone besides my nearest and dearest! I’m talking Mike Leigh‘s Naked, which is the bleak tale of … Continue reading →

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When Boris met Mike (almost) – Last night’s Mayor’s Gala screening of Another Year

Posted on 19 October 2010 by Jason Best

I had high hopes (of course) that Mike Leigh and Boris Johnson would be together on stage for last night’s London Film Festival Mayor’s Gala screening of Another Year. What would Mike come out with? What jokes would Boris crack? … Continue reading →

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54th BFI London Film Festival – Opening night… and the pick of the rest

Posted on 13 October 2010 by Jason Best

The 54th London Film Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Never Let Me Go, Mark Romanek’s eagerly awaited adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, starring Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. Over the next 15 days … Continue reading →

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