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Tag Archives: Anthony Hopkins
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia – Red Dragon and Anthony’s anti-ageing secrets
. When the producers of The Silence of the Lambs decided to turn Thomas Harris‘s first book Red Dragon into a film in 2002, they couldn’t ignore the opportunity to cash in on Anthony Hopkins and his most infamous role. … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Red Drgaon, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
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DVD review | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Despite the mixed critical and commercial fortunes of his recent films, actors still queue up to work with Woody Allen – as is shown by the starry cast he’s assembled for You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, a wry … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas, big names, comic, dark, DVD, fable, fate, ironic, Josh Brolin, London, love, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts, stars, Woody Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
Paul Space race… Simon Pegg and Nick Frost head the cast of this sci-fi comedy about two British comic book nerds who encounter a wise-cracking alien as they journey across the U.S. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Christian Bale, Coen Brothers, Colin Firth, Due Date, Geoffrey Rush, Gnomeo & Juliet, I am Number Four, James McAvoy, Mark Wahlberg, Nick Frost, Paul, Robert Downey Jr, Simon Pegg, The Fighter, the hangover, The King’s Speech, The Rite, true grit, West is West
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Name That Chest: You’re Lookin’ at Country
Today’s mystery chest has a country feel (ooh er) to mark the release of Country Strong in the UK this week. And that’s right, it’s not Dolly Parton! If you’re struggling with this one, then come back this weekend for … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, country strong, Dolly Parton, The Silence of the Lambs
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Couch Potato Pickings | My 10 movie-themed cocktails
The last time I ‘wrote about’ Cocktail, I used it as an excuse to list my favourite classic cocktails along with the films in which they star. Actually I didn’t say much about the Tom Cruise film at all. Check … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Any Old Port, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Audrey Hepburn, avatar, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Cocktail, Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harvey Milk, Henry Fonda, Laurel and Hardy, Marilyn Monroe, Milk, Sean Penn, Some Like it Hot, The Grapes of Wrath, The Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Tom Cruise
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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, Couch Potato
Tagged A Single Man, Academy Awards, aileen wuornos, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Boy's Don't Cry, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlize Theron, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Erin Brokovich, Extras, Forrest Gump, frankly my dear i don't give a damn, Geoffrey Rush, Gone With the Wind, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Harvey Milk, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, I Am Sam, i see dead people, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Maguire, Joan Fontaine, john wayne, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, june carter cash, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, life is beautiful, life is like a box of chocolates, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, monster, mrs brown, my left foot, my precious, Oscar, Peter Jackson, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, raging bull, Rain Man, ray, Ray Charles, Rebecca, Reese Witherspoon, Rosemary's Baby, ruth gordon, Scent of a Woman, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shine, show me the money, Sixth Sense, suspicion, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the lord of the rings: the return of the king, the lord of the rings: the two towers, the queen, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, true grit, Truman Capote, Walk the Line, who's afraid of virginia woolf, William Wallace, you talkin' to me
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Couch Potato pickings | A film choice for St David’s Day
To celebrate
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter, Julianne Moore, st david's day
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At the Cinema | The Wolfman – Universal have remade the 1941 horror classic. Howl!
That hairy-handed brute the werewolf gets a makeover in The Wolfman, a glossy, gory remake of the 1941 Universal Studios horror movie classic. Benicio Del Toro gets to sport the fur and fangs as unfortunate English aristocrat Lawrence Talbot … Continue reading
On location (right now!) – Woody Allen is filming in the Blue Fin Building on Southwark Street, SE1
Are you a big Woody Allen fan? Well get yourself down to London’s Southbank pronto because he’s HERE! RIGHT NOW! Yes, the legendary director is at this very moment no further than a few floors above me in the Blue … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, blue fin building, Josh Brolin, Naomi Watts, Tate Modern, Woody Allen
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