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Tag Archives: Forrest Gump
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which 3000 Miles to Graceland star has been channelling Elvis throughout his career?
In the 2001 film 3000 Miles to Graceland, Kevin Costner, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Bokeem Woodbine and Kurt Russell star as Elvis impersonators involved in a Las Vegas bank robbery. But for Russell, this wasn’t the first time he’d channelled … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | 10 reasons why My Name is Khan is like Forrest Gump
A Bollywood Forrest Gump. This was a label applied to Indian movie My Name is Khan following its international release earlier this year. It’s the story of Rizvan Khan – a Muslim man with Asperger’s who lives happily in the … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged asperger's syndrome, bollywood, Forrest Gump, Kajol, My Name is Khan, Robin Wright, Shahruk Khan, Tom Hanks
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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, Couch Potato
Tagged A Single Man, Academy Awards, aileen wuornos, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Boy's Don't Cry, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlize Theron, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Erin Brokovich, Extras, Forrest Gump, frankly my dear i don't give a damn, Geoffrey Rush, Gone With the Wind, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Harvey Milk, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, I Am Sam, i see dead people, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Maguire, Joan Fontaine, john wayne, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, june carter cash, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, life is beautiful, life is like a box of chocolates, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, monster, mrs brown, my left foot, my precious, Oscar, Peter Jackson, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, raging bull, Rain Man, ray, Ray Charles, Rebecca, Reese Witherspoon, Rosemary's Baby, ruth gordon, Scent of a Woman, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shine, show me the money, Sixth Sense, suspicion, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the lord of the rings: the return of the king, the lord of the rings: the two towers, the queen, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, true grit, Truman Capote, Walk the Line, who's afraid of virginia woolf, William Wallace, you talkin' to me
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The Best view | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – Robin Wright Penn finds herself in multi-faceted role
Robin Wright Penn’s incredible beauty and her headline-provoking marriage to Sean Penn have tended to distract attention from what a great actress she is. If your image of her is still stuck at her roles as fairy-tale heroine Buttercup in … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, The Best View
Tagged Alan Arkin, Arthur Miller, Blake Lively, Buttercup, Daniel Day Lewis, Forrest Gump, gossip girl, Julianne Moore, Keanu Reeves, lesbian, Monica Bellucci, Princess Bride, Private Lives of Pippa Lee, Rebecca Miller, Robin Wright Penn, S&M, Sean Penn, Winona Ryder
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At the Cinema | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Short story. Very long film. Fight Club director David Fincher and Forrest Gump screenwriter Eric Roth (Fight Club & Forrest Gump? Now, there’s a double bill!) have taken a whimsical tale by F Scott Fitzgerald of around 25 pages and … Continue reading
