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Tag Archives: fame
Glee: How Couch Potato – channelling Sue Sylvester – sees it.
This morning my nostrils were filled with the acrid (and slightly sweat-laced) stench of excited freaks. And I’ll tell you why – because that dreadful show Glee has a third series and it’s forcing its screeching noises and ugly faces … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged fame, Glee Season 3, Glee The 3D Concert Movie, jane lynch, The Kids from Fame
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Couch Potato Pickings | Fame (2009) has only one great moment and it would be better in Glee
I loved Fame, the 80s TV series. During its run on British TV, I watched it religiously, I bought two of ‘the Kids from ‘Fame’ albums, attempted to dance to the albums (badly), I donned the legwarmers, and I learned … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Alan Parker, Bebe Neuwirth, cheers, debbie allen, fame, fame(2009), glee, gleek, kelsey grammer, Kherington Payne, Kids from Fame, Megan Mullally, Starmaker
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
(500) Days of Summer Heart of the matter… This American rom-com sees a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) fall for a woman (Zooey Deschanel), who doesn’t believe in true love. A Perfect Getaway Holiday from hell… There’s terror in store for … Continue reading
Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Fame On song… A reinvention of the original 1980 hit film, this musical movie follows a group of talented students at a performing arts school. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases
Tagged 500 Days of Summer, Bruce Willis, Charles Darwin, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, Creation, District 9, Dorian Gray, fame, Gamer, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Oscar Wilde, Robert Downey Jr, Surrogates, The Final Destination, The Soloist
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News Muse – Wanna live forever?
So with the brand new, all-singing, all-dancing 2009 version of Fame coming to a cinema near you today, News Muse couldn’t resist the chance to debate the insidious effect of celebrity culture on the younger generation and the toll it … Continue reading
News Hound | 19 August 2009
Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because we love to play fetch… Lionsgate is remaking the 1987 dance movie classic Dirty Dancing. As if anyone could beat le … Continue reading
Posted in News, News Hound
Tagged abc, avatar, BAFTA, biopic, bob marley, Brett Ratner, Dirty Dancing, fame, Friends, james cameron, Jennifer Aniston, Jonathan Demme, Lionsgate, Martin Scorsese, Monty Python, musical, remake, Robert Pattinson, st elmo's fire, texas, the goree girls, youngblood
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Couch Potato Pickings | Save the Last Dance, and other dancing movies
Pirouetting, toe-tapping, hoofing, gliding, stepping, strutting. Dance moves in the movies are certainly not in short supply. Ballet meets hip hop in tonight’s dancing drama where Julia Stiles plays a bereaved middle class teen who has her love for dance … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged ballet, ballroom dancing, Beegees, Billy Elliot, Bring It On, cheerleading, Coyote Ugly, Dirty Dancing, disco, Elizabeth Berkley, fame, Flashdance, Footloose, Gina Gershon, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, hip hop, Jamie Bell, Jennifer Beals, Jennifer Grey, Jennifer Lopez, John Travolta, Julia Stiles, Julie Walters, Kevin Bacons, Kirsten Dunst, lap dancing, leg warmers, Liza Minelli, Lori Singer, Patrick Swayze, Paul Mercurio, Piper Perabo, Richard Gere, Sarah Jessica Parker, Saturday Night Fever, Save the Last Dance, Sean Patrick Thomas, Shall We Dance, Showgirls, Stepping Out, Strictly Ballroom, stripping, Susan Sarandon, tap dancing, The Full Monty
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