Tag Archives: Kate Winslet

Film review | Contagion – An all-star disaster movie to send chills down your spine

With clinical precision and chilling plausibility, Steven Soderbergh’s compelling disaster movie Contagion depicts the terrifying progress of a deadly virus as it wreaks havoc around the globe. First off, Gwyneth Paltrow’s blithe executive picks up the lurgi in Hong Kong. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Titanic and a grave matter

In 1997, the release of Titanic saw a sudden surge in popularity for one particular grave in Titanic burial ground Fairview Cemetary in Halifax, Novia Scotia. The plot getting all the attention was the grave of Titanic victim J Dawson. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: The Holiday and an impromptu cameo

There’s an amusing scene in this house swap romcom in which Kate Winslet‘s Iris visits a video rental store in LA with film composer Miles (Jack Black) who takes her on a musical tour through the titles on display. You … Continue reading

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Name That Chest: A Hollywood legend who has 65 costume changes in this film

And she’ll be featuring in my Top Women in the World of Film list next Tuesday to celebrate the International Women’s Day Centenary. A necklace was the clue to last week’s mystery chest. Click here to find out the film … Continue reading

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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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News Muse Special – The Oscars Experience

News Muse is wishing she belonged to the Hollywood glitterati and could get a seat next to some hottie at the Oscars ceremony. Instead, the reality is that she got rejected off the bleachers and doesn’t have access to the … Continue reading

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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

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Couch Potato Pickings | Changeling – are true crime movies more powerful than fictional ones?

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. It is of course difficult to say whether true crime movies are … Continue reading

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Sly gets busted up, Gerard gets off and Sam Mendes goes into Bondage (maybe)

News Hound’s stand-in Houndette sniffs out some astounding New Year’s stories on the internet and keeps you in the frame. Sam Mendes, the director of deep-thinking dramas such as Revolutionary Road and American Beauty, shocked the movie world – and … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | A Christmas Carol Top 10

For me, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without viewing at least one movie version of A Christmas Carol. You know the story – a miserly grump is visited by four ghosts on Christmas Eve and learns the errors of his ways. … Continue reading

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