Tag Archives: Mamma Mia

Name That Chest: It’s a 40-something fella’s fantasy…

If you don’t recognise this iconic image, where were you in the late 90s? Kevin Spacey (who stars in Margin Call – out this week) won an Oscar for his role in this film. OK, I know, this one’s an … Continue reading

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Film review | The Iron Lady – Mettle fatigue: Meryl Streep shows Maggie in her prime and decline

Revered and reviled with equal fervour, Margaret Thatcher is easily the most divisive figure in recent British history – which makes it a certainty that this controversial biopic starring the incomparable Meryl Streep will ruffle feathers all along the political … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The History Boys -a great inspirational teacher movie

The History Boys is a Sheffield-set inspirational teacher movie based on the Alan Bennett play of the same name. It has a great cast, including Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, James Corden and of course, Dominic Cooper (who stars … 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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Noughties Talk | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly according to Couch Potato

Best feelgood movie: Mamma Mia! 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. Most mouthwatering movie: Julie & Julia I … Continue reading

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Mamma Mia Competition Winners

Our competition to win a DVD copy of the two disc ultimate party edition of Mamma Mia! is now closed.  Thanks to Universal Studios Home Entertainment for supplying the prizes and well done to all the entrants who answered correctly … Continue reading

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Terminator Salvation Robot wars… Christian Bale attempts to save humanity from being wiped out by intelligent machines – and woe betide any cinematographers who get in his way. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player … Continue reading

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News Hound | 28 October 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – because there’s nothing like a juicy bone to get you through the day… Aardman Animations have been asked to produce a film … Continue reading

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29th Cambridge Film Festival

 Movie Talk is happy to invite our correspondent in Cambridge, Jan Gilbert, to give us the low-down on this year’s Cambridge Film Festival. A veritable feast of Independent Cinema, the CFF may be smaller than the sprawling London Film Festival, … Continue reading

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