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Tag Archives: Samuel L Jackson
Who won Arena starring Twilight’s Kellan Lutz and Samuel L Jackson on Blu-ray?
Twilight‘s Kellan Lutz and veteran star Samuel L Jackson face off in the action-packed thrill ride Arena, now on Blu-ray and DVD through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The action adventure, from the makers of Collateral, Transporter 2 and the Death … Continue reading
Bad Lieutenants – Top 10 Most Corrupt Screen Cops of All Time
Today is your last chance to enter our competition to win Bad Lieutenant on DVD so get going! Please note that this competition is not fixed and bribes will not be accepted (unless they’re, like, reeeally good). And just to … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, DVD Releases
Tagged 16 blocks, Alan Rickman, andy lau, Bad Lieutenant, Crash, david morse, Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Harvey Keitel, infernal affairs, James Cromwell, L.A. Confidential, Lakeview Terrace, Léon, Matt Dillon, robin hood prince of thieves, Samuel L Jackson, sterling hayden, The Godfather, Tony Leung, training day
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Couch Potato Pickings: Womanisers and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
The title say it all really. Matthew McConaughey plays a serial womaniser in a (somewhat clumsy but watchable)) romcom spin on Charles Dickens‘ classic festive tale, A Christmas Carol. Will filmmakers ever tire of adapting this literary classic? Probably not. … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Alfie, Austin Powers, Boomerang, casanova, Eddie Murphy, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Goldfinger, Heath Ledger, Hugh Jackman, Jack Black, James Bond, Jennifer Garner, jesse metcalfe, john tucker must die, Johnny Depp, jude law, ladies' men, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Caine, Michael Douglas, Mike Myers, movie womanisers, Owen Wilson, Pirates of the Caribbean, richard roundtree, Samuel L Jackson, Sean Connery, shaft, Shallow Hal, someone like you, Vince Vaughn, wedding crashers
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Couch Potato Pickings | Snakes on a Plane, and phobias
Showing on Film4 tonight at 9pm OK, I know I’ve picked this film before, but since I’ve recently been talking with friends about phobias, I couldn’t resist the chance to mention this movie’s ophidiophobia and aerophobia double whammy. Fears of … Continue reading
Out on DVD | Lakeview Terrace
Neil LaBute’s unnerving thriller Lakeview Terrace fits squarely within the genre dubbed “suburban psycho-neighbour noir” (remember Pacific Heights?). This time the nut next door is Samuel L Jackson’s Abel Turner, an LAPD officer and self-appointed neighbourhood watchman whose niggling harassment … Continue reading
Snakes on a Plane
Couch Potato Pickings On Channel 4 tonight at 10pm Everyone mocked the title of this film when it first started doing the publicity rounds back in 2006, but it’s thanks to its amusingly obvious name that the film slithered its … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Copperhead, Executive Decision, phobias, Samuel L Jackson, Snakes on a Plane
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Couch Potato Pickings – Michael Crichton Tribute
The blockbuster movies Jurassic Park, Disclosure or The Andromeda Strain would never have hit our screens if hadn’t been for bestselling author Michael Crichton who sadly died last week. To pay tribute to this great novelist and filmmaker, Sky have … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Antonio Banderas, Arthur Hill, Beowulf, Bill Paxton, David Wayne, Demi Moore, Disclosure, Dustin Hoffman, Eaters of the Dead, Helen Hunt, James Olson, Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton, Michael Douglas, Samuel L Jackson, Sharon Stone, Sky Movies Screen 2, Sphere, The 13th Warrior, The Andromeda Strain, Twister
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Knights of the South Bronx & other inspirational teacher movies
Couch Potato Pickings How many of us are lucky enough to be truly inspired by a teacher at school? Judging how many inspirational teacher movies there are out there, you’d think it was quite common. I don’t think it is. … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Adam and the Ants, Akeelah and the Bee, Antonio Banderas, arithmetic, ballroom, baseball, Basketball, chess, Coach Carter, Danny DeVito, Dead Poets Society, Finding Forrester, Freedom Writers, Goodbye Mr Chips, High School High, Hilary Swank, Inspirational school teacher, Jamie Oliver, Julia Roberts, Keanu Reeves, Knights of the South Bronx, Lulu, Mark Dacascos, martial arts, MerylStreep, Mona Lisa Smile, Mr Holland's Opus, music, Music of the Heart, Only the Strong, piano, Pride, reading, Renaissance Man, Richard Dreyfuss, Samuel L Jackson, School Dinners, School of Rock, ShirleyMacLaine, Sidney Poitier, Sister Act 2, Spelling, Stand and Deliver, swimming, Take the Lead, Ted Danson, Terrence Howard, The Chorus, To Sir with Love, violin, Whoopi Goldberg, writing
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