Tag Archives: Jennifer Garner

Happy Birthday Ricky Gervais

Posted on 25 June 2011 by Beth Williams

“When The Office is 10, I’ll be 50.” Ricky Gervais recently posted the above statement on his blog – possibly with acute awareness that his half a century milestone was not far away. And, while the acclaimed sitcom’s 10th birthday … Continue reading →

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Arthur – Russell Brand: fey, vain and just right for the part of a permanently wasted wastrel

Posted on 22 April 2011 by Jason Best

Just as Depression-era audiences lapped up the screwball comedy antics of the idle rich, so did cinemagoers at the height of the early-1980s recession warm to the tipsy exploits of Dudley Moore’s drunken playboy Arthur. Now that we’re once more … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings: Womanisers and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Posted on 21 May 2010 by Beth Williams

The title say it all really. Matthew McConaughey plays a serial womaniser in a (somewhat clumsy but watchable)) romcom spin on Charles Dickens‘ classic festive tale, A Christmas Carol. Will filmmakers ever tire of adapting this literary classic? Probably not. … Continue reading →

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Why I admire Ricky Gervais…

Posted on 10 April 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings I’m feeling quite excited about Cemetery Junction, opening next week here in the UK. Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it promises to deliver some tantalising new tastes of the Gervais genius and that’s … Continue reading →

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Guilty Pleasures | Valentine’s Day

Posted on 12 February 2010 by heidi

Okay, so Ashton Kutcher’s a very cute LA florist who proposes to his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day then whips off to work in his beaten-up pink truck in a haze of euphoria when she says a rather surprised Yes! Actually, … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | The Invention of Lying – Ricky Gervais makes up God in satirical romcom

Posted on 1 February 2010 by Jason Best

Ricky Gervais proved an unexpectedly successful romantic lead in Ghost Town but The Invention of Lying, his second starring vehicle in Hollywood and his first as co-director, is something of a disappointment. The film’s satirical premise is promising. It’s set … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Juno

Posted on 3 April 2009 by Beth Williams

When smart and sassy 16-year-old Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) discovers she is pregnant, she decides to find the perfect parents to adopt her unborn baby. Well-to-do suburban couple Mark and Vanessa Loring (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) seem ideal, but … Continue reading →

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