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Name That Chest: A little bit doughy?
Maybe it’s just a bad pic, but does he not look a little bit pasty too. Or should that be pastry…? This film launched a huge franchise, and the latest instalment is out in cinemas today. So who was the … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: The truth about Bridget Jones’s ashtray.
Have you noticed how different Bridget Jones’s Diary looks in today’s public smoking ban society? At the time of the film’s 2001 release, it wasn’t an uncommon sight to see people like Bridget smoking like this everywhere. Today though, scenes … Continue reading
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia: Renée Zellweger’s famous Jerry Maguire quote has a story of its own
The famous tearjerker of a line – “You had me at hello” – uttered by Renée Zellweger in this 1996 romcom, co-starring Tom Cruise, is widely considered one of the best movie quotes ever. And it was also the inspiration … Continue reading
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Tagged Jerry Maguire, Kenny Chesney, Renee Zellweger, Tom Cruise
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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Why was a scene omitted from Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason?
In the novel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding, neurotic journalist Bridget is smitten with the hunky actor who plays Mr Darcy in the 1995 BBC series Pride and Prejudice. She even gets to interview him for … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | The Wedding Date and Hollywood’s Britain
In this frothy movie, Will & Grace‘s Debra Messing plays single New Yorker Kat Ellis. With her half-sister’s London wedding looming, Kat realises that she must finally confront her old life and her ex-fiancé, so she hires escort Nick Mercer … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | How pants is the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants franchise?
There are loads of reasons why I shouldn’t like this franchise: 1. Four girls, who’ve been friends from babyhood, are about to face a summer apart. But, they find a magic pair of jeans that miraculously manages fit all their … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | Chick Flicks for a Girls’ Night In
A couple of days ago, I gave some thought to the ultimate chick flick… Pretty Woman? When Harry Met Sally? Mamma Mia? And then, sadly, Patrick Swayze died, and the news reports featured girls of all ages all declaring their … Continue reading
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Tagged a cinderella story, Alicia Silverstone, Angus Thongs And Perfect Snogging, Audrey Hepburn, best chick flicks, Breakfast at Tiffany's, bridget jones dairy, Brittany Murphy, Clueless, Cynthia Nixon, Demi Moore, Dirty Dancing, Dolly Parton, Georgia Groome, Ghost, hilary Duff, Imagine Me & You, Jane Austen, Jennifer Grey, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Legally Blonde, Lena Headey, Mamma Mia, moon river, Patrick Swayze, Piper Perabo, Pretty Woman, Reese Witherspoon, Renee Zellweger, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City, Stacey Dash, When Harry Met Sally
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Couch Potato Paradox: Movies you have to see on the big screen
Well, it seems that my recent post about the benefits of a local cinema hit a nerve with many of you, judging by your many comments. Clearly, I’m not the only one longing for a picturehouse in close proximity to … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Guinness, Alien, Andie MacDowell, Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Perkins, Ben-Hur, Bolt, cinema for Crystal Palace, Daniel Radcliffe, Elijah Wood, Gone With the Wind, Hugh Grant, Independence Day, Johnny Depp, Journey to the Centre of the Earth in 3D, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Lawrence of Arabia, local cinemas, Mamma Mia, Meryl Streep, Peter O'Toole, picture palace, Picturehouse Cinemas, Public Enemies, Renee Zellweger, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Blair Witch Project, The Day After Tomorrow, The Fall, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the sound of music, The Wizard of Oz
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Couch Potato Pickings | Chicago
This fabulous all-singing, all-dancing movie marked the return of the musical for me. I know Moulin Rouge! hit the screens a year earlier but that film just doesn’t have the razzle dazzle like this one. I remember sitting in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Queen Latifah, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere
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