Tag Archives: Renee Zellweger

News Muse – The return of Bridget Jones: Wanton Goddess

Back in spring Movie Talk decided to fib a little, all in the spirit of April Fools’s Day, by telling you that Richard Curtis was making Bridget Jones 3 hoping to cast Keira Knightley as Bridget. I am so pleased … Continue reading

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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…

Slumdog Millionaire Hot seat… Questions are asked when a teen orphan from the slums of Mumbai makes it to the final rounds of India’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Gran Torino Reformed character… Clint Eastwood directs and stars as … Continue reading

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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Couch Potato Pickings Renée Zellweger is brilliant as Bridget in this movie and its prequel. She can’t be faulted, but I can’t talk about Bridget Jones without dredging up that old grumble over why the lead role in these adaptations of Helen Fielding‘s very British books was given to … Continue reading

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The Best View – Persepolis & Leatherheads

The Oscar-nominated animated movie Persepolis lost out to Pixar’s brilliant Ratatouille at this year’s Academy Awards yet I reckon it would have been an equally deserving winner. Released on DVD today, the film – hand-drawn and mostly in black and … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Miss Potter

Miss Potter BBC 1 tonight at 8pm. Yes, the name Potter was significant to kids before Harry came along, and I should know – I was brought up on Beatrix Potter’s charming stories. In fact, I still think of Jeremy … Continue reading

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