Tag Archives: Friends

DVD review | Lola Versus – Indie favourite Greta Gerwig loses her charm in arty New York rom-com

Last seen in Whit Stillman’s quirky college campus comedy Damsels in Distress and Woody Allen’s cinematic postcard To Rome with Love, Greta Gerwig is an indie film favourite but art-house rom-com Lola Versus is unlikely to win her many new … Continue reading

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DVD review | Trust – When online friendship isn’t as innocent as it seems

Following his 2007 comedy Run Fatboy Run, Friends star David Schwimmer gets serious with his second film as a director, tackling the hot-button issue of online predators who groom young girls for sex in Trust. Fourteen-year-old Chicago girl Annie (Liana … Continue reading

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Dinner for Schmucks is a slapstick feast with no portion control: Couch Potato Pickings

This comedy starring Steve Carell and Paul Rudd is a bull in a china shop American remake of the French movie Le Diner de cons. Rudd stars as Tim – a mid-level corporate executive who gets a chance for promotion … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Motherhood – seriously, who wants to watch a day in the life of a yummy mummy?

This was one of the worst box office flops in Hollywood’s history. It’s not difficult to see why. It’s the story of an urban yummy mummy (Uma Thurman hang your head in shame!) who spends a day juggling the demands … Continue reading

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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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Couch Potato Pickings | Best of Bullock

So, Sandra Bullock has won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -  Drama. Do you think she’ll win Best Actress Oscar? Or will it be Meryl? I think both are great. Bullock is … Continue reading

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Hollywood’s epic love affair with disaster reaches new highs… and lows

News Muse ponders over the latest movie gossip, giving you her unique take on all the showbiz shenanigans… Last week I was devastated to hear that Hugh Jackman has turned down hosting the Oscars next year. This week the producers … Continue reading

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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

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Couch Potato Pickings | Kissing Jessica Stein and other girls kissing girls

Showing on Channel 4 tonight at 1.05am Katy Perry apparently tried it, and liked it. Sex and the City’s Samantha Jones tried it, and was rather surprised by it. Girls, girls, girls, both young and a little older have, in … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | For One Night

It’s shocked me to learn today that racially segregated proms were still taking place  this decade in Georgia, USA. It was as recently as 2002 when one plucky schoolgirl decided to try and persuade  parents and teachers within her community … Continue reading

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