Tag Archives: Demi Moore

DVD review | Margin Call – Dirty, not-so-sexy money!

The rotten core at the heart of the Big Apple’s banking system is brilliantly exposed in Margin Call, a riveting all-star financial thriller about a fictional investment firm on Wall Street in 2008 that decides to dump its worthless stock … Continue reading

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DVD review | LOL – Miley’s txt-speak gets lost in translation

Disney princess Miley Cyrus, star of the Hannah Montana series, plays a stroppy Chicago teen at odds with single mom Demi Moore in LOL, a glossy but shallow Hollywood adaptation of the hit French film Lol: Laughing Out Loud. The … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Naked Gun 33⅓ – Which photographer sued Paramount over this film?

As part of their 1993 promotional campaign for spoof comedy sequel Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult, Paramount Pictures decided to parody a notorious photograph which had achieved notoriety in 1991. The film’s poster, featuring Naked Gun star Leslie … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Breakfast Club is 25 years old

I feel old. This year is the 25th anniversary of The Breakfast Club. Starring Bratpackers Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy, it’s the story of five very different high school kids who are forced … Continue reading

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Office gals in the movies – who’s your favourite?

If you could share your office with any of the above beauties, who would it be, and why? Nine to Five is showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats on Saturday 27th February at 6.10pm Working Girl is showing on Film … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Ghost – a weekend of Patrick Swayze

Following Patrick Swayze’s death last week, the channels here in the UK have all jumped at the chance to show his repertoire of TV shows and films. Hardly surprising of course. It was bound to happen. On the morning the … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Chick Flicks for a Girls’ Night In

A couple of days ago, I gave some thought to the ultimate chick flick… Pretty Woman? When Harry Met Sally? Mamma Mia? And then, sadly, Patrick Swayze died, and the news reports featured girls of all ages all declaring their … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Cruel Intentions and best screen smooches

Showing on E4 tonight at 11.05pm Screen kisses, don’t you just love ‘em? Cinematic smooches feature in so many films, but give it some thought – how many can you actually visualise? Romantic movie moments are very easy to recall, but … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Ghost and most romantic movie moments of all time

Showing on Channel 4 tonight at 10.35pm This film is regularly voted highly in those polls of romantic moments in the movies, and there was one year when it came in at Number One. When I read this I was … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Flawless – Demi Moore & Michael Caine sparkle in jewel heist caper

The last time Michael Caine and Demi Moore starred together on screen they were playing middle-aged father and nubile daughter in the 1983 sex comedy Blame It on Rio. A quarter of a century later, they’ve been reunited in rather … Continue reading

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