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Tag Archives: Leonardo DiCaprio
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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Top 10 Worst Accents in Movies
It doesn’t matter how famous a Hollywood actor you are, if the accent ain’t right, it’s just plain obvious. Our guest writer Sabrina Dougall from London shares her top 10 worst accent imitations in cinema: 1. Dick van Dyke (Bert/Mr. … Continue reading
Posted in Fun Stuff
Tagged 10, 7 Years in Tibet, A Cry in the Dark, accent, accents, Australian, Black Swan, Blood Diamond, Blow Dry, Brad Pitt, British, Canadian, cinema, Cold Mountain, Dick Van Dyke, English, film, Hugh Jackman, Irish, Josh Hartnett, jude law, Leonardo DiCaprio, Logan, Mary Poppins, Meryl Streep, movie, Natalie Portman, Nicole Kidman, Paddy Breathnach, Paris Themmen, Queen Amidala, Sean Connery, South African, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode I, Sydney, The Phantom Menace, The Untouchables, top, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, wolverine, worst, X-Men
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Parenthood – this Steve Martin comedy spawned two TV shows
You probably know that the TV series Parenthood starring Craig T Nelson and Bonnie Bedelia is based on this 1989 comedy drama about American family angst. Parenthood the movie focuses on three sets of parents who grapple with the trials … Continue reading
Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
The Town Criminal behaviour… Ben Affleck is a man behaving badly in this crime thriller (which he co-wrote and directed) about a thief who develops feelings for a hostage from one of his earlier heists. If you can see this, … Continue reading
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged Ben Affleck, Grown Ups, Iron Man 2, Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, Mark Wahlberg, Marley & Me, Michael Gekko, Robert Downey Jr, Robin Hood, Shia LaBeouf, Shutter Island, Taken, The Other Guys, The Town, Valentine’s Day, wall street: money never sleeps
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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…
The Other Guys Imperfect pairing… Funny man Will Ferrell joins forces with Mark Wahlberg in this action comedy about two mismatched New York City detectives. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you … Continue reading
Posted in Small Screen - DVD Top 10
Tagged Devil, Green Zone, Grown Ups, inception, Iron Man 2, Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Liam Neeson, M Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlberg, Marley & Me, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr, Shutter Island, Taken, The Hole Joe Dante., The Other Guys
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Inception – Christopher Nolan’s dazzling sci-fi thriller has heart as well as brains
Christopher Nolan pulled off the year’s most daring cinematic coup with his mind-boggling thriller Inception. In a summer when the big studios mostly played safe with remakes, rip-offs and sequels, Nolan somehow managed to make a dazzlingly smart, deeply personal … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Batman, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Following, Freud, Heat, inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jung, Ken Watanabe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, MC Escher, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Sting, Tom Hardy
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet – Leo & Claire still dreamy in Baz Luhrmann’s Red Curtain romance
On their way to the Capulets’ masked ball, Harold Perrineau’s Mercutio slips Leonardo DiCaprio’s Romeo a white pill decorated with a heart. No sooner has Romeo taken the drug than the sky explodes in a brilliant starburst of amber rockets. … Continue reading
News Muse – Ageing gracefully and dying hard in Hollywood
It’s that time of year when it seems that everybody around you is either coughing (with that rattle that sounds like they’re dying), repeatedly and loudly emptying nasal cavities of all content or sneezing – usually a really wet one … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Adam, and other social disability movies
Adam, starring Brit actor Hugh Dancy, is a film about a guy with Asperger’s syndrome. When Adam meets Beth (Rose Byrne), an attractive young woman from his New York apartment block, the pair are instantly attracted. But, as they get … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged adam, asperger's syndrome, autism, Dakota Fanning, Dustin Hoffman, Hugh Dancy, I Am Sam, Josh Hartnett, Kajol, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Louise Parker, Mozart and the Whale, My Name is Khan, Radha Mitchell, Rain Man, Rose Byrne, Sean Penn, Shah Ruk Khan, Tom Cruise, Unexpected Journey, what's eating gilbert grape
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More Leo Mania – Couch Potato’s ‘name that DiCaprio film’ gallery
Following on from yesterday’s Leo gallery, here’s another load of DiCaprio pics. How many of these Leonardo films can you name? (The picture captions give the answers, so keep that naughty mouse under control) After much deliberation I’ve decided that … Continue reading
