Tag Archives: Sandra Bullock

“White Lady Saves the Day” & other honest movie titles

The red-carpet may have been rolled up for another year, but we’re still chuckling over the spoof movie posters for this year’s Academy Awards list of Best Film nominees. This honest-title poster for The Blind Side is spot on, but … Continue reading

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Awards Season | The Oscars – Who did win!

Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker made history at the Oscars last night – Bigelow by becoming the first woman in the 82 years of Academy Awards to win the Oscar for Best Director, and her movie, The Hurt Locker, … Continue reading

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News Muse Special – The Oscars Experience

News Muse is wishing she belonged to the Hollywood glitterati and could get a seat next to some hottie at the Oscars ceremony. Instead, the reality is that she got rejected off the bleachers and doesn’t have access to the … Continue reading

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Awards Season | The Oscars 2010 – Who will win? Who should win?

Who’s going to scoop the big prizes at this year’s Oscars? The voters’ ballots are all in and the accountants are currently doing the counting. Will James Cameron’s Avatar leave the other contenders feeling blue? Or will Kathryn Bigelow’s The … Continue reading

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Office gals in the movies – who’s your favourite?

If you could share your office with any of the above beauties, who would it be, and why? Nine to Five is showing on Sky Movies Modern Greats on Saturday 27th February at 6.10pm Working Girl is showing on Film … Continue reading

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Awards Season | Glitz, Guilt & Shame: What this year’s Oscar race says about America

Most of the hullabaloo over this year’s Oscars has so far focused on the Battle of the Exes; the tussle between ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow; between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. It’s a great story: the special-effects driven … Continue reading

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At the Cinema | Precious – Unloved teenager becomes awards season darling

This movie about an unloved teenage girl has been the darling of the festival circuit since its debut at Sundance last year and is currently generating considerable Oscar buzz. Precious, or Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, to … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | Best of Bullock

So, Sandra Bullock has won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -  Drama. Do you think she’ll win Best Actress Oscar? Or will it be Meryl? I think both are great. Bullock is … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, and the best movie cameo ever?

Sandra Bullock, who’s just broken the record for the highest grossing female-led film of all time with The Blind Side, is the star of this crime-fighting comedy sequel about an FBI agent turned media celebrity. It’s lighthearted fluff and by no means … Continue reading

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

The Time Traveler’s Wife Endless love… Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams star in this sci-fi romance about a man with a genetic condition that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage. If you … Continue reading

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