Tag Archives: Natalie Wood

Baz Luhrmann’s Red-Curtain duo make their Blu-ray debut

The Blu-ray editions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge were works in progress when I was lucky enough to watch some remastered scenes from the films in LA last autumn – introduced by director Baz Luhrmann himself. … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Rebel Without a Cause – a cursed movie?

Classic youth drama Rebel Without a Cause is now famously branded as one of those cursed movies, due to the premature death of its four main stars. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video James … Continue reading

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The Santa Hall of Fame

After a quick IMDB search we found a staggering 738 Santas in the movies – dating right back to the no-doubt redoutable John Bunny in the 1912 film Ida’s Christmas – but Movie Talk’s bona fide hopeless romantic Heidi has … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Wedges: dipping into some lesser known facts about The Stepford Wives

1.    The Stepford Wives is based on the novel by Ira Levin, who also penned Rosemary’s Baby. 2.    It tells the story of Joanna, a young housewife who moves from New York to the suburban town of Stepford and slowly … Continue reading

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Miracle on 34th Street: the original

Couch Potato Pickings On More 4 this afternoon at 1.30pm I’m with family today doing the festive thing, so won’t be watching  this, but if you chose not to watch the Richard Attenborough remake a couple of weeks ago, here’s … Continue reading

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