Tag Archives: Cary Grant

Blu-ray review | An Affair to Remember – Hankies out for Cary Grant & Deborah Kerr in a classic weepie

Posted on 14 February 2012 by Jason Best

Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in An Affair to Remember as a wealthy playboy and a nightclub singer who fall for each other on board a transatlantic liner. They resolve to meet six months later on top of the … Continue reading →

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Fashions on Film: The 1940s

Posted on 31 August 2011 by Beth Williams

Got a party to go to with a 1940s theme? Check out Couch Potato’s pictorial round-up of films that collectively define this decade by showcasing the fashions, styles, cinematic trends and general look of their time. There are three things … Continue reading →

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The Tourist – Johnny Depp & Angelina Jolie’s romantic caper: forget the lack of thrills, admire the view

Posted on 2 May 2011 by Jason Best

If you’re nostalgic for the kind of glossy romantic thrillers that Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn made in their prime, you’ll probably make a beeline for The Tourist in which Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie do their best to emulate their … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: To Catch a Thief and its chilling glimpse into the future…

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Did you know – the road where Grace Kelly and Cary Grant are pursued by police in this 1955 Hitchcock comedy-thriller is the same road where Grace Kelly … Continue reading →

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Tony Curtis: a true Hollywood legend

Posted on 30 September 2010 by Jason Best

In tribute to Hollywood legend Tony Curtis we’ve selected a scene from probably his greatest film, Billy Wilder’s classic 1959 comedy Some Like It Hot. It’s the one where he first puts on his pose as an oil-rich playboy to … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | A Fish Called Wanda

Posted on 15 July 2009 by Beth Williams

In this classic comedy, a pair of crooks (Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis) attempt to locate a stash of stolen jewels with the unwitting aid of John Cleese’s straitlaced barrister Archie Leach. Did you know that Archie Leach was … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | North by Northwest – Hitchcock classic back on the big screen

Posted on 19 June 2009 by Jason Best

50 years young this year, Hitchcock’s classic thriller North by Northwest gets a welcome cinema re-release from today, courtesy of the BFI. Clever, witty and suspenseful, this is easily Hitchcock’s most purely entertaining movie – and one that’s as effortlessly … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Ghost Town – Ricky Gervais is exquisitely embarrassing as a romantic leading man

Posted on 24 October 2008 by Jason Best

When I sat down in the cinema to watch Ricky Gervais make his debut as a Hollywood leading man in the fantasy comedy Ghost Town, I was ready to squirm with embarrassment – and not in a good way. Gervais … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – North By Northwest

Posted on 31 August 2008 by Beth Williams

On TCM tonight at 9pm It seems that everyone has a favourite Alfred Hitchcock film and for some people this chase thriller is theirs. Cary Grant plays an ordinary business executive who inadvertently becomes embroiled in espionage and murder. You … Continue reading →

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