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Couch Potato Pickings | How much do you know about Steel Magnolias?
Both a comedy and a weepie, the Louisiana-set Steel Magnolias is above all a film about female friendship and loyalty and strength in the face of tragedy. It’s based on the stage play by Robert Harling who was inspired to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bette Davis, bleeding armadillo cake, Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Taylor, Herbert Ross, Jambolaya, Julia Roberts, Katherine Hepburn, Meg Ryan, Mystic Pizza, Olympia Dukakis, Pretty Woman, Robert Harling, Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Steel Magnolias, Tom Skerritt, When Harry Met Sally
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Couch Potato Pickings | The Five Most Annoying Songs from Movies
1. Everything I Do, I Do it For You from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. This Bryan Adams ballad remained at the number one spot in the UK for 16 weeks. It’s hardly surprising then that so many of us … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Nighy, Céline Dion, Dolly Parton, everything i do i do it for you, Four Weddings and a Funeral, French & Saunders, Ghost, I Will Always Love You, kevin costner, Love Actually, Love is All Around, my heart will go on, Richard Curtis, robin hood prince of thieves, the bodyguard, The Righteous Brothers, The Troggs, Titanic, Unchained Melody, Wet Wet Wet, Whitney Houston
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Couch Potato’s Friday Fun | From a roaming gnome to a Travelin’ Dolly
Remember the roaming gnome in Amelie? Here’s a reminder of that story: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Apparently garden gnomes started jetting off around the globe back in the 80s. Read more about … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Hannah Montana: The Movie – and why Miley makes me smiley
The reason I’m smiling as I write this post is because I’ve recently become a big Miley Cyrus fan, and that amuses me immensely. Who would have thought that this would happen to me! I’m not the target pre-teen/teen audience, … Continue reading
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Tagged achy breaky heart, billy ray cyrus, breakout, crazier, Dolly Parton, emily osment, Grand Ole Opry, Haley Joel Osment, Hannah Montana: The Movie, hoedown throwdown, joe mcelderry, line dancing, lucas till, Miley Cyrus, minnie pearl, rascal flatts, Tammy Wynette, Taylor Swift, the climb, the last song, tyra banks, vanessa l williams, when I look at you, x-factor, you'll always find your way back home
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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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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Being John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Demi Moore, Disclosure, Dolly Parton, Erin Brokovich, Jane Fonda, Julia Roberts, Lily Tomlin, maggie gyllenhaal, melanie griffith, Meryl Streep, Nine to Five, office girls, Sandra Bullock, The Devil Wears Prada, The Porposal, The Secretary, working girl, working women in film
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Couch Potato Pickings | Best of Bullock
So, Sandra Bullock has won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Do you think she’ll win Best Actress Oscar? Or will it be Meryl? I think both are great. Bullock is … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Adams, Betty White, butter ban, chandler, Crash, Dolly Parton, Friends, Golden Globes, Harper Lee, Infamous, Julia Child, Keanu Reeves, Meryl Streep, miss congeniality, Miss Congeniality 2, Sandra Bullock, speed, The Blind Side, The Golden Girls, the lake house, The Proposal, Truman Capote, while you were sleeping
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Couch Potato Pickings – Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and the best movie cameo ever?
Sandra Bullock, who’s just broken the record for the highest grossing female-led film of all time with The Blind Side, is the star of this crime-fighting comedy sequel about an FBI agent turned media celebrity. It’s lighthearted fluff and by no means … Continue reading
Best Christmas Moments in the Movies
If you could take a handful of moments from the movies to create your ideal Christmas, what would they be? These are mine: Best Christmas Shopping trip: Serendipity Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack battle it out for a pair of … Continue reading
