Tag Archives: Nicole Kidman

News Muse – Looks do deceive, at least in Hollywood

I was quite excited this week to hear that fellow Swede and Let the Right One In director Tomas Alfredson has been given as exciting a project as The Danish Girl – the true-story drama that will see Nicole Kidman … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Nicole Kidman!

Nicole Kidman turns 42 today and is becoming more and more beautiful with every year that goes by. Back in 1989 when she had her dead curly Dead Calm hair I wouldn’t have rated her as one of cinema’s top … 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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Out on DVD | Australia

Baz Luhrmann’s Australia which hits the DVD shelves today was dubbed ‘The Antipodean Gone With the Wind’ by the critics (when they weren’t busy panning it) probably because it’s both a larger-than-life romantic fantasy and a lush OTT homage to … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Stepford Wives

A husband and wife move to an attractive, well-maintained small town and attempt to make a home for themselves within their new community of blissfully contented neighbours. However, beneath the seemingly perfect façade lurks a hideous secret. Yes, that’s right, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | 50 First Dates

50 First Dates, showing on G.O.L.D. tonight at 9pm, stars Adam Sandler as a philandering Hawaii vet who won’t commit himself to anything more than one-night stands with tourists – until he falls for local girl Lucy, played by Drew … Continue reading

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News Hound | 3 April 2009

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint talk about the upcoming Harry Potter … Continue reading

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What’s love got to do with it?

Hurrah for the Patron Saint of Love – St Valentine! The official day for lovers everywhere! The movies are, of course, the home of romance: unrequited, comedic, disaster-prone, ripe and sensual – celluloid loves love. There’s a scene in the … Continue reading

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Heidi’s Guilty Pleasure-Dome | Baz Luhrmann’s Australia

Welcome to the guilty pleasure-dome here on Movie Talk where I’m going to be waxing lyrical from time to time on some of those movies that you love but perceived wisdom says you shouldn’t. Critics hate them, but punters love … Continue reading

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News Muse – London Premiere of Australia

Last night it was London’s turn to throw a premiere party for Baz Luhrmann’s new epic Australia. And although we didn’t close off Oxford Street and cause quite the same commotion as the Sydney premiere did, there was still a … Continue reading

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