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Tag Archives: Judi Dench
Film review | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Dame Judi & co enjoy a geriatric jaunt full of Eastern promise
Beguiled by advertisements promising a luxurious refuge for’ the elderly and beautiful’, a motley group of British pensioners move to India for their retirement. But the ‘Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ turns out to be a dilapidated pile that hapless but … Continue reading
Who will win this year’s BAFTAs?
Movie Talk is putting its reputation on the line and making a few brilliantly inspired predictions about who is going to be walking out of the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night with a great big smile on their … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Awards
Tagged Adam Deacon, BAFTA, Bridesmaids, Chris Hemsworth, Chris O'Dowd, Christopher Plummer, drive, Eddie Redmayne, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, Hugo, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Kidulthood, Lynne Ramsay, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, octavia spencer, Shame, The Artist, the descendants, The Help, Thor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tom Hiddleston, Tomas Alfredson, War Horse, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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Film review | J Edgar – Clint and Leo’s warts’n'all study of FBI boss Hoover: one for the waxworks museum
Leonardo DiCaprio puts his pin-up days well and truly behind him to play notorious FBI chief J Edgar Hoover from youthful idealist to paranoid old age in Clint Eastwood’s solid but stodgy biopic J Edgar. It’s not a flattering portrait. Playing … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Armie Hammer, Clint Eastwood, J Edgar, Judi Dench, Leonardo DiCaprio
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Film review | My Week with Marilyn – A captivating peek at the woman behind the movie icon
It’s 1956 and Hollywood’s biggest star is coming to London to make a movie with Britain’s greatest actor. The pair: Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. The film: The Prince and the Showgirl, a frothy comedy based on Terence Rattigan’s recent … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Alan Clark, Colin Clark, Dame Sybil Thorndike, Eddie Redmayne, Emma Watson, Judi Dench, Julia Ormond, Kenneth Branagh, Kenneth Clark, Laurence Olivier, Marilyn Monroe, Michelle Williams, My Week with Marilyn, Vivien Leigh, Zoe Wanamaker
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Film review | Jane Eyre – Solid Eyre: Mia Wasikowska & Michael Fassbender star in superb Brontë adaptation
Charlotte Brontë’s Eng Lit classic Jane Eyre gets another cinematic outing with an American director (Cary Fukunaga) at the helm, an Australian actress (Mia Wasikowska) as the heroine and a German-Irish leading man (Michael Fassbender). All do an excellent job, … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Notes on a Scandal – 5 reasons to watch
I haven’t yet seen Notes on a Scandal. Somehow it’s slipped through the net. So, I’m really looking forward to checking it out tonight, and here are five reasons why: 1. It’s based on the novel by Zoe Heller. 2. … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Bill Nighy, Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, notes on a scandal, Zoe Heller
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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, Couch Potato
Tagged A Single Man, Academy Awards, aileen wuornos, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Boy's Don't Cry, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlize Theron, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Erin Brokovich, Extras, Forrest Gump, frankly my dear i don't give a damn, Geoffrey Rush, Gone With the Wind, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Harvey Milk, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, I Am Sam, i see dead people, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Maguire, Joan Fontaine, john wayne, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, june carter cash, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, life is beautiful, life is like a box of chocolates, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, monster, mrs brown, my left foot, my precious, Oscar, Peter Jackson, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, raging bull, Rain Man, ray, Ray Charles, Rebecca, Reese Witherspoon, Rosemary's Baby, ruth gordon, Scent of a Woman, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shine, show me the money, Sixth Sense, suspicion, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the lord of the rings: the return of the king, the lord of the rings: the two towers, the queen, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, true grit, Truman Capote, Walk the Line, who's afraid of virginia woolf, William Wallace, you talkin' to me
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Happy Birthday Nicole Kidman!
Nicole Kidman turns 42 today and is becoming more and more beautiful with every year that goes by. Back in 1989 when she had her dead curly Dead Calm hair I wouldn’t have rated her as one of cinema’s top … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Elizabeth
On Film4 tonight at 9pm Shakespeare in Love, Elizabeth the Golden Age, The Virgin Queen, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, Orlando, Mary Queen of Scots, The Prince and the Pauper, Jubilee, Young Bess; what do they all have … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Bette Davis, Cate Balnchett, Christopher Eccleston, Crossed Swords, Elizabeth, Elizabeth I, Elizbaeth the Golden Age, Gelnda Jackson, Geoffrey Rush, Jean Simmons, Joseph Fiennes, Jubilee, Judi Dench, Mary Queen of Scots, Orlando, Quentin Crisp, Shakespeare in Love, The Prince and the Pauper, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Virgin Queen, Young Bess
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