Tag Archives: Doris Day

Couch Potato Pickings | Calamity Jane

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I find if I mention the Doris Day film Calamity Jane to most people, they have a tendencey to burst into song with this catchy slap-a-my-thigh tomboy ditty. … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | Duplicity

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen make a classy double act as sneaky partners in love and crime in the romantic caper thriller Duplicity. The duo play former government spies: Owen an agent for MI6 and Roberts for the CIA. Now … Continue reading

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The Best view | Duplicity – Julia Roberts & Clive Owen shine as double-dealing spies

Five years after playing double-dealing lovers in the claustrophobic chamber drama Closer, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen team up again on screen as sneaky partners in love and crime in the jaunty globetrotting spy caper Duplicity. They play a pair … Continue reading

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Movie Talk on Pillow Talk

Couch Potato Pickings On ITV2 today at 2pm While most people assumed that heartthrob Rock Hudson was a ladies’ man, the gay community knew he wasn’t heterosexual well before he finally revealed the truth about his sexuality just before he … Continue reading

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Five things smart people know about The Graduate

1. In Charles Webb’s book, the character of Benjamin Braddock is a six-foot tall, blue-eyed WASP and the film’s producers originally considered Robert Redford for the role. On the documentary that accompanies the newly reissued DVD of The Graduate, producer … Continue reading

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