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Fashions on Film: The 1940s
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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Tagged 1940s, Adam's Rib, Alan Ladd, Ann Miller, Bathing Beauty, Betty Grable, Brief Encounter, Cary Grant, Casablanca, Celia Johnson, Esther Williams, film noir, Frank Sinatra, gilda, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, James Cagney, James Stewart, John Garfield, Judy Garland, Key Largo, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Meet Me in St Louis, Notorious, On the Town, rita hayworth, Spencer Tracy, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, The Big Sleep, The Blue Dahlia, The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Trevor Howard, Veronica Lake, Yankee Doodle Dandy
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The 50 Best Romantic Movies | Part 5: The Top 10
Here they are – the 10 most romantic movies of all time! At least, that’s the verdict of our writers, who came up with 50 of cinema’s top romances. All this week we’ve been counting down the chart and we’ve … Continue reading
The Railway Children, and great lines from movies
Couch Potato Pickings Whenever I see that a screen adaptation of E Nesbit’s Railway Children is showing on TV (and let’s face it, today’s film and the 2000 TV remake are on a lot), I just can’t resist screaming out … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Cribbins, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Casablanca, E Nesbit, ET, Finding Neverland, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Gary Warren, Gone With the Wind, Jenny Agutter, Jerry Maguire, Sally Thomsett, Scrooge, Sense & Sensibility, The Elephant Man, The English Patient, The Railway Children, The Wizard of Oz, Watership Down, When Harry Met Sally
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Couch Potato Pickings: Cocktail, and my top 10 film cocktails
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
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged 7 and 7, All About Eve, Bette Davis, Bloody Mary, Casablanca, Champagne Cocktail, Chevy Chase, Cinzano, Cocktail, cocktail making masterclass, Fletch, Gibson, Gone With the Wind, hen party, James Bond, Jeff Bridges, John Travolta, Julia Roberts, Manhattan, Margarita, Marilyn Monroe, Martini, Mint Julep, Mojito, My Best Friend's Wedding, Now Voyager, Old Fashioned, Saturday Night Fever, shaken not stirred, Some Like it Hot, The Big Lebowski, The Seven Year Itch, Tom Cruise, White Russian
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What’s love got to do with it?
Hurrah for the Patron Saint of Love – St Valentine! The official day for lovers everywhere! The movies are, of course, the home of romance: unrequited, comedic, disaster-prone, ripe and sensual – celluloid loves love. There’s a scene in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridget Jones, Casablanca, Diane Lane, Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Aniston, Moulin Rouge, Nicole Kidman, The Break Up, Vince Vaughn
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