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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Roberts’ bill for Notting Hill
Julia Roberts pretty much played herself as Anna Scott in 1990s romcom Notting Hill – a big American film star working in the UK (and hilariously wooed by West London bookshop owner William Thacker – Hugh Grant). During one scene, … Continue reading
Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
The Dictator Desperate despot… Borat and Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen mixes comedy and controversy again in his latest big-screen outing, this time as the tyrant Admiral General Aladeen. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged American Pie: Reunion, Avengers Assemble, Beauty and the Beast, dark shadows, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Grant, Jason Statham, Johnny Depp, Joss Whedon, Safe, salmon fishing in the yemen, The Dictator, The Lucky One, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, The Raid, Tim Burton, Zac Efron
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. American Pie: Reunion Last slice… Nine years on from their last big-screen outing, the … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged American Pie: Reunion, Avengers Assemble, Beauty and the Beast, Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Grant, Jason Statham, Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Mirror Mirror, Safe, salmon fishing in the yemen, Silent House, The Hunger Games, The Lucky One, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Zac Efron
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Avengers Assemble Team effort… Joss Whedon unites some of Marvel’s most noteworthy superheroes to save Earth from a deadly onslaught launched by Thor’s adoptive brother, Loki. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged 21 Jump Street, alexander skarsgard, Avengers Assemble, Battleship, channing tatum, Ewan McGregor, Guy Pearce, Hugh Grant, james cameron, Jennifer Lawrence, Jonah Hill, Joss Whedon, Julia Roberts, Liam Neeson, Lily Collins, Lockout, Maggie Grace, Mirror Mirror, salmon fishing in the yemen, Taylor Kitsch, The Cabin in the Woods, The Hunger Games, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Titanic 3D
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Titanic 3D Sinking feeling… James Cameron’s 1997 blockbuster returns to the big screen – only this time Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet’s fates are sealed in 3D! If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 Jump Street, Bruce Willis, channing tatum, Henry Cavill, Housefull 2., Hugh Grant, james cameron, Jennifer Lawrence, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, Maggie Smith, Mirror Mirror, Sam Worthington, Streetdance 2, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Cold Light of Day, The Hunger Games, The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists, Titanic 3D, Wrath of the Titans
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Film review | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists – Unwieldy title, very wieldy everything else!
Ahoy there, me hearties! Those old salts at Aardman Studios have come up with a rollicking comedy adventure that more than lives up to the company’s tradition of teeming visual invention and quirky fun. Directed by Aardman co-founder Peter Lord … Continue reading
Thought for the Day from Notting Hill
“Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her – when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her?” Notting Hill (1999) This … Continue reading
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Tagged Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Notting Hill, Ntting Hill Carnival
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Couch Potato Wedges – Dipping into some lesser-known Love Actually trivia
Teaser: Love Actually features the lead actors from another well-known movie. I’ll leave you pondering that thought. More on that later… Cameos Can you name all of the Love Actually cameos? No doubt you can reel off Claudia Schiffer, Rowan … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Rickman, Anne Reid, Ant & Dec, Bean, Bernard, billy bob thornton, Blackadder, Bridget Jones's Diary, Claudia Schiffer, David Hague, Denise Richards, Dominic McHale, Emma Thompson, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Frances de la Tour, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Jeanne Moreau, Jo Whiley, Julia Roberts, Kate Winslet, Kris Marshall, Liam Neeson, Love Actually, Michael Parkinson, Notting Hill, Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ruby Turner, Sandra Oh, Sense and Sensibility, Shannon Elizabeth, The Boat That Rocked, The Vicar of Dibley, Thomas Sangster, Titanic, William Wadham
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Couch Potato Pickings | Kidulthood and Adulthood
London’s urban youth lingo was once a complete and utter mystery to me. For many years, whenever I heard kids chatting on their phones on my commuter train, I’d feel incredibly frustrated. I just couldn’t make any sense of what … Continue reading
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Tagged 4321, Adulthood, emma roberts, Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Kidulthood, Noel Clarke, Notting Hill
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Does Colin Firth have a point about the plight of gay actors?
Earlier this week A Single Man star and Oscar nominee Colin Firth voiced some long overdue statements about the problem that exists for gay actors in Hollywood. Click here for the full news story. “If you’re known as a straight … Continue reading
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Tagged A Single Man, alan cumming, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Colin Firth, Cynthia Nixon, Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven, Four Weddings and a Funeral, gay actors, gay roles, Guy Pearce, Heath Ledger, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Imagine Me and You, Infamous, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Wilby, John Leguizamo, jude law, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Lena Headey, Mamma Mia, Maurice, Meryl Streep, midnight in the garden of good and evil, Milk, My Best Friend's Wedding, nathan lane, Patrick Swayze, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Piper Perabo, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Robin Williams, Rupert Everett, Sean Penn, simon callow, Stephen Fry, Terence Stamp, the birdcage, to wong foo thanks for everything julie newmar, Toby Jones, Tom Hanks, wesley snipes, wilde
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