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Couch Potato Pickings – Mrs Doubtfire
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Personally, I think this is Robin Williams’s best film. It’s certainly his most memorable role. To be an actor surely it’s essential to drag up at least once? … Continue reading
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Tagged A Woman, Amanda Bynes, Big Momma's House 2, Boy's Don't Cry, Charlie Chaplin, drag, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Murphy, Felicity Huffman, Hairspray, Hilary Swank, Jack Lemmon, James Garner, John Travolta, Julie Andrews, Le Jazz Hot, Linda Hunt, Martin Lawrence, Mrs Doubtfire, Norbit, Patrick Swayze, Robin Williams, Shakespeare, She's the Man, Some Like it Hot, Terence Stamp, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Associate, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Year of Living Dangerously, Tim Curry, To Wong Fu, Tootsie, Transamerica, Twelfth Night, Victor/Victoria, Whoopi Goldberg
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Knights of the South Bronx & other inspirational teacher movies
Couch Potato Pickings How many of us are lucky enough to be truly inspired by a teacher at school? Judging how many inspirational teacher movies there are out there, you’d think it was quite common. I don’t think it is. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam and the Ants, Akeelah and the Bee, Antonio Banderas, arithmetic, ballroom, baseball, Basketball, chess, Coach Carter, Danny DeVito, Dead Poets Society, Finding Forrester, Freedom Writers, Goodbye Mr Chips, High School High, Hilary Swank, Inspirational school teacher, Jamie Oliver, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Knights of the South Bronx, Lulu, Mark Dacascos, martial arts, MerylStreep, Mona Lisa Smile, Mr Holland's Opus, music, Music of the Heart, Only the Strong, piano, Pride, reading, Renaissance Man, Richard Dreyfuss, Samuel L Jackson, School Dinners, School of Rock, ShirleyMacLaine, Sidney Poitier, Sister Act 2, Spelling, Stand and Deliver, swimming, Take the Lead, Ted Danson, Terrence Howard, The Chorus, To Sir with Love, violin, Whoopi Goldberg, writing
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Couch Potato Pickings – Boys Don’t Cry
On Sky Drama tonight at 10pm In my King Kong post on Saturday, I indicated that there would be some more monster movies this week and, in my opinion, the attitudes of the brutal bullies in this film are much … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings – Million Dollar Baby
Million Dollar Baby Film4 tonight at 9pm How many Hilary Swank movies can you name? It’s not that easy is it, considering she’s a double Oscar winner. For most actors who’ve bagged even one Academy Award it’s easy to list … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Awards, Boy's Don't Cry, Clint Eastwood, Film4, Hilary Swank, Million Dollar Baby, Morgan Freeman
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