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Tag Archives: Credit crunch
Couch Potato Pickings | Oliver! A musical movie for the current economic climate
You wouldn’t think it, but this 1968 musical movie with its Dickensian storyline is of surprising relevance today. While you’re singing along (and you know you will) check out how pertinent the song’s messages are within today’s economic climate: Oliver! … Continue reading
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Tagged business communciations, Charles Dickens, childhood obesity, Credit crunch, economic climate, Fine Life, Food Glorious Food, Mamma Mia, Mark Lester, Michael Jackson, Oliver!, Oom Pah Pah, recession, redundancy, street theft, Who Will Buy?, You've Got to Pick a Pocket of Two
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Out on DVD | The International
Gripping – and presciently topical – thriller The International finds Clive Owen’s dogged Interpol agent and Naomi Watts’ equally tenacious New York assistant district attorney joining forces in a bid to bring to a cabal of villainous bankers to book. … Continue reading
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Tagged BCCI, Clive Owen, Credit crunch, Guggenheim, Milan, Naomi Watts, New York, Run Lola Run, The International, Tom Tykwer
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The Best view | The International – Clive Owen & Naomi Watts have crooked bankers in their sights in gripping topical thriller
Filmmakers have it tough these days. Whoever they pick as their villain, an interest group somewhere is bound to take offence. With The International, though, director Tom Tykwer has found some bad guys almost everyone in the audience can unite … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, The Best View
Tagged BCCI, Clive Owen, Credit crunch, Fred Goodwin, Guggenheim, Istanbul, Milan, Naomi Watts, New York, Run Lola Run, Stuckism, The International, Tom Tykwer
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At the Cinema | Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sex and the City meets the credit crunch in this frothy chick flick starring Isla Fisher as a ditzy New Yorker who can’t stop shopping. Fisher’s wannabe fashion magazine writer Rebecca Bloomwood is hooked on buying stuff from the … Continue reading
Movies for the Recession: The Devil Wears Prada
Couch Potato Pickings On Channel 4 tonight at 8pm What would you do to get ahead? In fact, what would you do to simply stay in employment? Before answering that question you should think very carefully I’ve chosen this film … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Credit crunch, Emily Blunt, fashion, Meryl Streep, recession, recruitment, redundancy, The Devil Wears Prada
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Maybe I’ll… Movies for the Recession: The Pursuit of Happyness
Couch Potato Pickings On Sky Movies Family tonight at 10.15pm If you visited Movie Talk last week, you may have come across the first of my movie pickings to offer inspiration and comfort during the doom and gloom of the … Continue reading
Maybe I’ll… Movies for the Recession: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
We’re all fearing redundancy and worrying about it, so I thought I’d start looking out for those films that help soften the blow, show us that we’re not alone, teach us that change is good and inspire us to make … Continue reading
Brewster’s Millions and the Credit Crunch
Couch Potato Pickings On Channel 4 this afternoon at 4pm I initially chose
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Tagged Brewster's Millions, Credit crunch, inflation, John Candy, Lonette McKee, Richard Pryor
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Couch Potato Pickings – Hairspray
On Sky Movies Premiere tonight at 8pm It’s Monday, it’s the 13th of the month, the cold I’ve had for a few days has now developed into a cough and we’re heading into a global recession. What I need is … Continue reading
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Tagged Abba, Busby Berkeley, Credit crunch, Great Depression, Hairspray, John Travolta, Mamma Mia, MGM, Musicals, recession
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Couch Potato Pickings – The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
On Hallmark this afternoon at 3pm Since financial disasters are a hot topic at the moment, I feel the need to educate myself about the first major financial disaster to occur this decade. US energy company Enron fell on its knees … Continue reading
