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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which film shows on a loop in the Stanley Hotel, Colorado?
Colorado’s Stanley Hotel was the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel, which is of course the creepy accommodation in 1980s psychological horror movie The Shining. The novel on which this film is based was penned by Stephen King after he stayed … Continue reading
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Tagged Jack Nicholson, Stanley Hotel, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen King, The Shining
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Film review | Room 237: Being an Inquiry into The Shining in 9 parts
Stanley Kubrick’s 1980 horror chiller The Shining, adapted from the Stephen King bestseller, wasn’t well received at the time of its cinema release, least of all by King himself. Many, if not King, subsequently revised their verdicts and the film … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel is a fitting tribute to the King of the Bs
Now here’s a film trivia question for you. What connects the like of Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Peter Bogdanovich, Jack Nicholson, William Shatner and Peter Fonda? The answer – Roger Corman. This one-man show of producer, director, writer and actor … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, Pete's Peek
Tagged Air French Band, American International Pictures, Boris Karloff, Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, dennis hopper, Honorary Academy Award, Jack Nicholson, John Sayles, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese, New Horizons, New World Pictures, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Fonda, Robert De Niro, Roger Corman, Ron Howard, Vincent Price, william shatner
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Five Easy Pieces – Jack Nicholson’s restless drifter takes flight in 1970 US classic
Bob Rafelson’s cult 1970 film Five Easy Pieces returns to the big screen this month – gloriously restored by Sony Pictures for its 40th anniversary. Boasting a career best performance by Jack Nicholson in the lead role, Rafelson’s movie is … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Beethoven, Bob Rafelson, Five Easy Pieces, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black
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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – Acting Crazy
Some actors are just really good at going all out and channeling their inner crazy. The latest one to be brilliantly screen insane is Nicolas Cage as corrupt-cop-with-a-habit Terence McDonagh in Werner Herzog‘s NOT remake Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice in Wonderland, american psycho, analyze this, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, bringing out the dead, cape fear, captain jack sparrow, castor troy, charlie and the chocolate factory, Christian Bale, face/off, fear and loathing in las vegas, frank pierce, Heath Ledger, jack byrnes, Jack Nicholson, jack torrance, Johnny Depp, klaus kinski, lethal weapon, max cady, meet the fockers, meet the parents, Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage, patrick bateman, paul vitti, Pirates of the Caribbean, raoul duke, Robert De Niro, sailor ripley, sgt martin riggs, Taxi Driver, terence mcdonagh, The Dark Knight, The Joker, The Shining, travis bickle, werner herzog, wild at heart, willy wonka
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Couch Potato Pickings | Transsiberian, and some other snow-set movies
No, these are not some personal snaps of mine from the past few weeks. These are images from the gripping thriller Transsiberian. It’s the tale of an American couple (Woody Harrelson and Emily Mortimer) who are travelling on the Trans-Siberian … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Days of Night, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, charlie and the chocolate factory, Eduardo Noriega, Emily Mortimer, Fargo, Frances McDormand, Groundhog Day, Jack Nicholson, Kate Mara, Let the Right One In, March of the Penguins, the chronicles of narnia: the lion the witch and the wa, The Day After Tomorrow, The Shining, Trans-Siberian Express, Transsiberian, Woody Harrelson
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Couch Potato Pickings | The Bucket List: what’s on yours?
On Sky Movies Premiere tonight at 8pm In this entertaining comedy, Jack Nicholson (happy birthday Jack – 72 today!) and Morgan Freeman play two terminally ill men – one a mechanic, the other a billionaire – who bond while sharing … Continue reading
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Tagged Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Rob Reiner, Sean Hayes, The Bucket List
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The Best view | The Dark Knight – Heath Ledger’s anarchic Joker steals the show
Back in the summer, the cinema release of The Dark Knight sent fans and critics into a frenzy: box-office records tumbled and superlatives gushed. Yet four months on, now that the delirium has abated, it’s clear that Christopher Nolan’s grim … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings – Wolf
On E4 tonight at 11.10pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Do you know when the next full moon is? I bet you don’t, unless of course, you are a werewolf too… I find … Continue reading
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Tagged full moon, Jack Nicholson, James Spader, lunar cycle, Michelle Pfeiffer, werewolf, Wolf
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