Tag Archives: Kevin Bacon

Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: How Bacon got onto the Diner menu

Posted on 29 November 2011 by Beth Williams

In coming-of-age movie Diner, five buddies hang out in their favourite eaterie, while wrestling with the problems of growing up. Actor Kevin Bacon was sick on the day of his audition to play Fenwick. But, having decided  that his character … Continue reading →

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DVD review | X-Men: First Class – Born in the heat of the Cold War: How the Marvel mutants became X-Men

Posted on 31 October 2011 by Jason Best

X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s up there in the top rank of superhero films. With Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn at the helm, the sci-fi action series goes back to the beginning for an … Continue reading →

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Posted on 21 October 2011 by Dean & Ellen

Johnny English Reborn Secret service… Rowan Atkinson’s hapless spy gets a second big screen outing in this action comedy, which sees the titular secret agent tasked with preventing the assassination of the Chinese premier. The Lion King Circle of life… … Continue reading →

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Name That Chest… and those muscles

Posted on 19 October 2011 by Beth Williams

It was this star’s birthday yesterday. Who is he? And what’s the film? The star of which 80s movie had his chest and vest on show last week? The film in question was on TV at the weekend, and a … Continue reading →

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Film review | Footloose – Let’s hear it for the new boy

Posted on 14 October 2011 by Jason Best

Slipping comfortably into Kevin Bacon’s dancing shoes, newcomer Kenny Wormald is the big-city boy who moves to a small town where dancing has been outlawed in this exuberant remake of 1980s teen musical Footloose. Just like his predecessor, Wormald’s Ren … Continue reading →

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DVD review | Super – Mad as Hell! Rainn Wilson’s delusional wannabe superhero

Posted on 2 August 2011 by Jason Best

Indie movie Super has the same premise as Kick-Ass – a delusional loner re-invents himself as a crime-fighting superhero. Both films feature gruesome violence when their crazy vigilantes spring into action, but whereas Kick-Ass disguised its unsettling subtext beneath a … Continue reading →

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Film review | X-Men: First Class – Matthew Vaughn gets the Marvel Comics mutants back on track

Posted on 30 May 2011 by Jason Best

The sci-fi action series featuring the Marvel Comics mutants took a dip with its last two outings, 2006’s sprawling X-Men: Last Stand and 2009’s scrappy Wolverine spin-off, but X-Men: First Class lives up to its title. Smart and spectacular, it’s … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | Footloose – why remake this 1984 film?

Posted on 30 June 2010 by Beth Williams

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video How long have they been banging on about remaking this 1984 film? Far too long, if you ask me. Why bother? It wasn’t the greatest film in the … Continue reading →

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If it stars Jennifer Aniston, it must be a romcom.

Posted on 23 April 2010 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings These days, if you see Jennifer Aniston‘s name billed, you don’t have to ask about the movie, do you? You just know it’s going to be a romcom. She is undoubtedly the rom com queen of the … Continue reading →

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13 reasons to watch Friday the 13th

Posted on 13 November 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video 1. A group of teenagers get picked off by a killer at a lake where a young boy, Jason Voorhees, drowned years earlier. This 1980 … Continue reading →

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