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Couch Potato’s Top 10 Country Music Movies
As promised – with Wednesday’s country-themed Name That Chest to mark the UK release of Country Strong this weekend – here is my Top 10 of country music movies: By the way, I’m leaving Country Strong out of this list, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chely Wright, Clint Eastwood, Coal Miner's Daughter, country strong, Crazy Heart, Dolly Parton, Down From the Mountain, glee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Honkytonk Man, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Joaquin Phoenix, Love Can Build a Bridge, maggie gyllenhaal, Nashville, O Brother Where Art Thou, Reese Witherspoon, Rhinestone, Robert Altman, Shut Up and Sing, Sissy Spacek, Sweet Dreams, Sylvester Stallone, The Dixie Chicks, Walk the Line, Wish Me Away
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Couch Potato Pickings: I should find Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang a real turn off, but I’ve found 8 things to like
Spoilt and unruly kids screaming in their high pitched little voices is my idea of hell. So a film filled with them shouldn’t have any appeal whatsover, but strangely this one does. Here’s why: 1. Nanny McPhee & the Big … Continue reading
Nanny McPhee Competition Winners
Our competition to win a fabulous Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang book and soundtrack has now closed. Thanks to Universal for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly that Maggie Gyllenhaal plays the … Continue reading
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Tagged Competition, Emma Thompson, maggie gyllenhaal, nanny mcphee, nanny mcphee & the big bang
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Win Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang Soundtrack and Book
This competition has now closed. To celebrate the release of Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang we’ve teamed up with Universal to give five lucky winners a chance to win a fabulous Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang book and … Continue reading
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Tagged Competition, Emma Thompson, maggie gyllenhaal, nanny mcphee, nanny mcphee & the big bang
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Office gals in the movies – who’s your favourite?
If you could share your office with any of the above beauties, who would it be, and why? Nine to Five is showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats on Saturday 27th February at 6.10pm Working Girl is showing on Film … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway, Being John Malkovich, Catherine Keener, Demi Moore, Disclosure, Dolly Parton, Erin Brokovich, Jane Fonda, Julia Roberts, Lily Tomlin, maggie gyllenhaal, melanie griffith, Meryl Streep, Nine to Five, office girls, Sandra Bullock, The Devil Wears Prada, The Porposal, The Secretary, working girl, working women in film
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At the Cinema | Crazy Heart – Jeff Bridges is on song as a washed-up country music star
Jeff Bridges has already won a Golden Globe for his portrayal in Crazy Heart of a down-on-his-luck country singer – and he’s a firm favourite to walk off with an Oscar in a few weeks too. Modelled on such hard-living … Continue reading
The Best view | Away We Go – Kooky road comedy meanders and leaves behind a whiff of smugness
Sam Mendes shot the comedy Away We Go on the hoof while still in post-production on his last Oscar-bait movie, Revolutionary Road. Unsurprisingly, it’s an altogether lighter, looser and more freewheeling film than its dour predecessor – even if … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Emma Thompson!
Emma Thompson turns 50 today and is looking bloody gorgeous! For younger audiences, she is likely to be associated with her role as divinations teacher Professor Sybil Trelawney in the Harry Potter films. (She actually shares her birthday with co-star … Continue reading
