Tag Archives: Psycho

Name That Chest: One for Valentine’s Day

Possibly one of the most romantic tales ever… But who’s the star, what’s the film? Did you guess the identity of the mystery actress last week? A movie about the film’s director came out in cinemas last week. Yes, of … Continue reading

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Film review | Hitchcock – Hopkins & Mirren turn Mr and Mrs Hitchcock into a breezy double act

Hard on the heels of Toby Jones’s impersonation of Alfred Hitchcock in BBC film The Girl, Anthony Hopkins offers us an alternative screen version of cinema’s Master of Suspense in director Sacha Gervasi’s Hitchcock. Where The Girl explored Hitchcock’s supposedly … Continue reading

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The Birds is Voted Favourite Hitchcock Film by Movie Talk Readers

With two new films about Alfred Hitchcock reaching the screen in a matter of months, it’s clear that cinema’s master of suspense exerts an enduring fascination on filmmakers and filmgoers alike. So we asked you to reveal which Hitchcock film … Continue reading

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Alfred Hitchcock – Which is your favourite film by the Master of Suspense: Part 2

So are you off with The Birds, a lover of Cary Grant‘s class act in North by Northwest or simply an aficianado of the most famous (and most famously grisly) shower scene in movie history in Psycho? Is it Grace … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | What makes a great horror movie?

I love horror films, but it really annoys me when I tell people this and they assume I’m into extreme slasher movies. This is clearly the fault of the contemporary ‘horror’ movie. You know the thing – sick, twisted, limb-cracking, … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | How much do you know about Psycho?

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video A brief, but unforgettable, performance by Janet Leigh and a shower… This notorious Hitchcock thriller starring Anthony Perkins is truly a movie classic, and there’s so much trivia … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings: Hitchcock Week – what’s your favourite Hitch movie?

What’s your favourite Hitchcock film? It’s a question people ask me from time to time and my answer is always the same – Rebecca. Nevertheless, just lately, I’ve shied away from answering this query because my response always produces an … Continue reading

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Out on DVD | The Brøken

British writer-director Sean Ellis exploits the eeriness of mirrors in The Broken, a glossy horror thriller starring Lena Headey as a London hospital radiologist who reckons she’s being haunted by her own double. Spooky things start happening around Headey’s Gina … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | The Brøken

  Fashion photographer turned filmmaker Sean Ellis follows up his offbeat romantic comedy Cashback with a glossy horror thriller in which Lena Headey’s London hospital radiologist reckons she’s being haunted by her own double. This spooky state of affairs seems … Continue reading

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Jaws and other well known movie themes

Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video That Jaws music has to be one of the best known film themes, what do you think? Here are some other classic movie themes: Psycho … Continue reading

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