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Tag Archives: Boy’s Don’t Cry
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: How Swank fooled her neighbours for Boys Don’t Cry
Hilary Swank won an Oscar for her outstanding performance in this powerful fact-based movie about American trans man Brandon Teena. To prepare for her role in Boys Don’t Cry, Swank chose to live as a man for a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Boy's Don't Cry, Brandon Teena, Hilary Swank
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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 – Mrs Doubtfire
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Personally, I think this is Robin Williams’s best film. It’s certainly his most memorable role. To be an actor surely it’s essential to drag up at least once? … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged A Woman, Amanda Bynes, Big Momma's House 2, Boy's Don't Cry, Charlie Chaplin, drag, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Murphy, Felicity Huffman, Hairspray, Hilary Swank, Jack Lemmon, James Garner, John Travolta, Julie Andrews, Le Jazz Hot, Linda Hunt, Martin Lawrence, Mrs Doubtfire, Norbit, Patrick Swayze, Robin Williams, Shakespeare, She's the Man, Some Like it Hot, Terence Stamp, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Associate, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Year of Living Dangerously, Tim Curry, To Wong Fu, Tootsie, Transamerica, Twelfth Night, Victor/Victoria, Whoopi Goldberg
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Couch Potato Pickings – Boys Don’t Cry
On Sky Drama tonight at 10pm In my King Kong post on Saturday, I indicated that there would be some more monster movies this week and, in my opinion, the attitudes of the brutal bullies in this film are much … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings – Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby Film4 tonight at 9pm How many Hilary Swank movies can you name? It’s not that easy is it, considering she’s a double Oscar winner. For most actors who’ve bagged even one Academy Award it’s easy to list … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Academy Awards, Boy's Don't Cry, Clint Eastwood, Film4, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman
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