Tag Archives: Julianne Moore

Couch Potato pickings | A film choice for St David’s Day

Posted on 1 March 2010 by Beth Williams

To celebrate

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At the Cinema | A Single Man – Perfect Firth gives drama of love and loss its heart

Posted on 12 February 2010 by Jason Best

Fashion designer Tom Ford stumped up the $7million budget for his debut film as a director from his own pocket (oh, to have pockets so capacious), but A Single Man is far from a vanity project. Based on the 1964 … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Blindness, and the dangers of multi-tasking

Posted on 9 October 2009 by Beth Williams

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – Robin Wright Penn finds herself in multi-faceted role

Posted on 10 July 2009 by Jason Best

Robin Wright Penn’s incredible beauty and her headline-provoking marriage to Sean Penn have tended to distract attention from what a great actress she is. If your image of her is still stuck at her roles as fairy-tale heroine Buttercup in … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | I’m Not There

Posted on 27 April 2009 by Beth Williams

On Sky Movies Premiere tonight at 11.45pm Have you ever felt left out because you don’t understand? I’m sure we all experience this from time to time, don’t we? A memorable example of this for me was a few years … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Children of Men

Posted on 7 April 2009 by Beth Williams

On ITV4 tonight at 10pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video This chilling apocalyptic thriller is set in London in the year 2027. The world is in a state of chaos after infertility afflicted … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Blindness – A chilling parable

Posted on 30 March 2009 by Jason Best

Based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (maker of City of God and The Constant Gardener), Blindness is a chilling parable set in an unnamed city stricken by an epidemic … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Boogie Nights

Posted on 15 September 2008 by Beth Williams

On Five tonight at 11.05pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video (I have no idea why that trailer has French subtitles) This comedy features some major stars: Julianne Moore, Heather Graham, Burt Reynolds, William H … Continue reading →

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The Best View – Angel

Posted on 29 August 2008 by Jason Best

François Ozon is playing a risky game with his new movie, Angel. It’s a lush period melodrama about the rise and fall of a bestselling Edwardian novelist and seems, on casual viewing, to be a compendium of clichés, gaffes and … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings – Far From Heaven

Posted on 29 August 2008 by Beth Williams

Ah, the lovely Julianne Moore in her lovely frocks with her lovely red hair that matches the lovely autumnal colours of a lovely suburban New England neighbourhood. It’s all so perfect, but of course, all is not so lovely under … Continue reading →

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