Tag Archives: Freaky Friday

Film review | The Change-Up – Boozy night out creates body-swap havoc for Jason Bateman & Ryan Reynolds

Posted on 17 September 2011 by Jason Best

Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds play the latest chalk ’n’ cheese duo to go through Hollywood’s much-used body-swap routine in crude comedy The Change-Up. Bateman plays workaholic lawyer Dave; Reynolds is struggling actor Mitch. Dave’s a harassed father of three … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Freaky Friday weirdy weekend 2

Posted on 5 July 2009 by Beth Williams

It was Jodie Foster‘s 1970s version yesterday. Today on BBC3, it’s Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in their 2003 Freaky Friday movie. Jodie or Lindsay? Which do you prefer? Freaky Friday, starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis, is … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Freaky Friday weirdy weekend

Posted on 4 July 2009 by Beth Williams

What do Jodie Foster and Lindsay Lohan have in common? Freaky Friday, that’s what. There are currently three film versions of this body-swapping tale in existence, and who knows how many more to come in the future… You need to … Continue reading →

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The Best view | 17 Again

Posted on 10 April 2009 by Jason Best

You can only return to the well so many times until you need to dig a new one. So runs the old saying. It is not a phrase that has ever been uttered in Hollywood, where 17 Again is the … Continue reading →

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News Muse – Attack of the Body Swappers: The Remake

Posted on 20 February 2009 by Adele Craciun

News Muse has on a previous occasion moaned about the apalling lack of new ideas in the Hollywood film industry. And scouring the news stories this week only confirms this sad fact: Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro are teaming … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Big

Posted on 14 October 2008 by Beth Williams

After asking a carnival wishing machine to turn him into a grown-up, a 12-year-old becomes a 30-year-old man. This Tom Hanks comedy was one of numerous age-swapping comedies in the 1980s. I actually won’t be able to see this fun … Continue reading →

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