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Couch Potato’s Top Women in the World of Film
I wanted to feature a celebration of outstanding women in the film industry to mark the International Women’s Day Centenary today. But there are so many women deserving of acknowledgement, and no time to list them all. So I’ve pulled … Continue reading →
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Tagged Australia, Barbra Streisand, Butterfield 8, Dorothy Arzner, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Kuras, Emma Thompson, Internatioanl Women's Day, julie & julia, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathryn Hepburn, Love Actually, Lucille Ball, Mandy Walker, Maryse Alberti, Meryl Streep, My Mother's Curse, Nora Ephron, Oprah Winfrey, precious, Sense & Sensibility, Sleepless In Seattle, The Color Purple, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Hurt Locker, The Iron Lady, The Wedding Singer, The Wild Party, The Wrestler, When Harry Met Sally, you've got mail
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Have you ever lied to your family? Couch Potato Pickings: Everybody’s Fine
I have. I can’t deny it. Families are complex things, and yes, I’ve told a few porky pies in my time. But none as meaty as the big whoppers dished out to Robert De Niro‘s character in this somewhat predictable, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Drew Barrymore, Everybody's Fine, Robert De Niro
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
Centurion Bloody battle… Neil Marshall (The Descent) directs this historical action thriller about a group of Roman soldiers fighting for their lives after their legion is wiped out in a brutal ambush. If you can see this, then you might … Continue reading →
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Tagged avatar, Centurion, clash of the titans, Drew Barrymore, It’s Complicated, jude law, Leo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Neil Marshall, Robert Pattinson, Sam Worthington, Sandra Bullock, Sherlock Holmes, Shutter Island, spike jonze, Steve Martin, The Blind Side, The Descent, Twilight, Where the Wild Things Are, whip it
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If it stars Jennifer Aniston, it must be a romcom.
Couch Potato Pickings These days, if you see Jennifer Aniston‘s name billed, you don’t have to ask about the movie, do you? You just know it’s going to be a romcom. She is undoubtedly the rom com queen of the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Aaron Eckhart, along came polly, Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Friends, friends with money, Gerard Butler, ginnifer goodwin, he's just not that into you, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Bacon, love happens, management, Marley & Me, Meg Ryan, Mrs Robinson, Owen Wilson, paul rudd, Picture Perfect, romcom, rumor has it, Scarlett Johansson, Sex and the City, Shirley MacLaine, Steve zahn, The Bounty Hunter, The Break Up, The Graduate, the object of my affection, Vince Vaughn
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Whip It! Drew Barrymore gets her directorial debut skates on and rolls out the feelgood factor
I’ve had my eye on Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut project for some time, and now that comedy drama Whip It is finally hitting the big screens in the UK, we’re all in for a real treat! We all know Drew … Continue reading →
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Tagged austin, babe ruthless, barbie, bliss cavendar, bodeen, charlie's angels, Donnie Darko, Drew Barrymore, Ellen Page, he's just not that into you, hurl scouts, kristen wiig, magie mayhem, marcia gay harden, oink joint, shauna cross, soundtrack, texas, uk, whip it
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The Spy Next Door and other unlikely agents
The sight of Jackie Chan as an undercover CIA agent in The Spy Next Door has got us thinking about cinema’s unlikely spies. The martial arts legend’s character, Bob Ho, isn’t your typical screen superspy – he’s an agent who … Continue reading →
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Tagged Agent Cody Banks, Amber Valletta, Ann Parillaud, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin Powers, Cameron Diaz, charlie's angels, Drew Barrymore, Enemy of the State, Eva Marie Saint, Fathom, Frankie Muniz, Gene Hackman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, Mike Myers, Modesty Blaise, Monica Vitti, Nikita, North By Northwest, Raquel Welch, Robert Redford, Spy Next Door, Three Days of the Condor, top 10 spies, True Lies
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Pooch pics for Crufts week
Couch Potato Pickings Since that world famous dog show Crufts starts tomorrow, I thought it would be fun to take a look at some pooch pics I expected to be compiling quite a short list, but I’ve discovered that movie-land … Continue reading →
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Tagged 101 Dalmatians, 3d, Beethoven, best in show, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Bolt, Bombon El Perro, cats& dogs, cruella de ville, crufts, dogs, Drew Barrymore, eight below, Elizabeth Taylor, gay icon, greyfriars bobby, hachi: a dog's tale, he incerdible journey, homeward bound, Jennifer Aniston, Judy Garland, Lady adn the tramp, lassie come home, legally blonde 2, Marley & Me, old yeller, Owen Wilson, pooch pics, Reese Witherspoon, Richard Gere, The Wizard of Oz, This is Spinal Tap, Tom Hanks, toto, turner and Hooch
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At the Cinema | Everybody’s Fine – Robert De Niro’s bittersweet journey of discovery
Robert De Niro steps into Marcello Mastroianni’s shoes in Everybody’s Fine, an Americanised remake of the 1990 Italian movie Stanno tutti bene, Giuseppe Tornatore’s follow-up film after the international success of Cinema Paradiso. In the original, Mastroianni played an elderly … Continue reading →
Movies to look forward to in 2010 – Part Deux
Movie Talk blogger Heidi has already shared her what’s hot and what’s not list of upcoming movies in 2010. Here are some of the films that I look forward to this year: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – out … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, daniel alfredson, Drew Barrymore, henning mankell, krister henriksson, kurt wallander, london roller girls, millenium series, Nicolas Cage, sex and the city 2, stieg larsson, Swedish, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Tomas Alfredson, wall street 2, whip it
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News Muse – Roller Girls, Trannies and Camp Rock
Last month I went to my first ever roller derby. It’s not a particularly mainsteam sport here in the UK, so don’t worry if you don’t know what it is – learn about it here and look at some pics … Continue reading →
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Tagged Broadway, camp rock: the final jam, carol channing, Daniel Radcliffe, derby girl, Disney, Drew Barrymore, ed wood, Ellen Page, google, Harry Potter, joan jett, john dillinger, Johnny Depp, jonas brother, juliette lewis, Juno, kristen stewart, leeds, London, london roller girls, marion cottilard, Public Enemies, roller derby, Romeo and Juliet, The Disney Channel, the runaways, tottenham green leisure centre, whip it, wiki
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