Tag Archives: Lena Headey

DVD review | Dredd – Phew! Karl Urban’s remorseless law enforcer doesn’t flip his lid

© Rena Films (PTY) Ltd. and Peach Tree Films Ltd. Lean, mean and luridly violent, sci-fi action thriller Dredd does a much better job of bringing cult comic-book anti-hero Judge Dredd to the screen than the misfiring 1995 Sylvester Stallone … Continue reading

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Couch Potato’s Movie Wedding Album

How well did you do with my movie wedding picture quiz yesterday? Think you guessed them all correctly? Well, now you can find out. Here are the answers:

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Does Colin Firth have a point about the plight of gay actors?

Earlier this week A Single Man star and Oscar nominee Colin Firth voiced some long overdue statements about the problem that exists for gay actors in Hollywood. Click here for the full news story. “If you’re known as a straight … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Chick Flicks for a Girls’ Night In

A couple of days ago, I gave some thought to the ultimate chick flick… Pretty Woman? When Harry Met Sally? Mamma Mia? And then, sadly, Patrick Swayze died, and the news reports featured girls of all ages all declaring their … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | The Brøken

British writer-director Sean Ellis exploits the eeriness of mirrors in The Broken, a glossy horror thriller starring Lena Headey as a London hospital radiologist who reckons she’s being haunted by her own double. Spooky things start happening around Headey’s Gina … Continue reading

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The (Ruby) Slipper and the Rose

Couch Potato Pickings On Five this afternoon at 2.15pm If you read my post yesterday you probably figured out that I’m not a big fan of Valentine’s Day. In fact, I find it a very unhealthy day.  If a person … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | The Brøken

  Fashion photographer turned filmmaker Sean Ellis follows up his offbeat romantic comedy Cashback with a glossy horror thriller in which Lena Headey’s London hospital radiologist reckons she’s being haunted by her own double. This spooky state of affairs seems … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – The Cave

On Channel 4 tonight at 11.05pm You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video I’ve just been reading on the IMDB about this monster film set in (surprise, surprise) caves in Romania. Check out this disturbing … Continue reading

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