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Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Why the title 21 Grams?
In tragic psychological drama 21 Grams, the lives of a terminally ill maths professor, a former drug addict turned suburban mother, and a reformed ex-con become intertwined in the wake of a terrible car crash. But why the title 21 … Continue reading
DVD review | The Tree of Life – Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or winner: Brilliant or baffling?
Terrence Malick’s Cannes film festival Palme d’Or winner is a work that has some viewers swooning in rapture yet leaves others baffled and bored. It looks fabulous, full of luminous and lyrical images, but the plot and meaning are tricky … Continue reading
55th BFI London Film Festival – 10 films we can’t wait to see & tips on how to get tickets for the rest
This year’s BFI London Film Festival kicks off in three weeks’ time and, as usual, there’s a staggering lineup of films and special events to choose from, including over 200 features and 110 shorts, 13 world premieres, 18 international premieres … Continue reading
Posted in London Film Festival
Tagged 360, 55th BFI London Film Festival, A Cat in Paris, Adrian Wootton, coriolanus, Deep Blue Sea, Fernando Meirelles, George Clooney, Ides of March, Miss Bala, Rachel Weisz, Ralph Fiennes, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, Terence Davies, The Artist, The First Born, This Must Be the Place, We Need to Talk about Kevin
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DVD review | Fair Game
Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity and Mr and Mrs Smith, is at the helm of gripping real-life spy movie Fair Game, a sober and sobering account of the double-dealing of the Bush White House in the run-up to … Continue reading
Posted in Blu-ray Releases, DVD Releases, DVD Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Doug Liman, Fair Game, Iraq war, Joe Wilson, Karl Rove, Naomi Watts, President Bush, Sean Penn, Valerie Plame
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Big Screen – this week’s top ten at the cinema…
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Scrap metal… This third instalment of the sci-fi franchise joins Sam Witwicky as he and the Autobots battle to stop the Decepticons from activating a devastating Cybertronian technology. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley pouts throughout. If you can … Continue reading
Posted in Big Screen - Cinema Top 10
Tagged bad teacher, Brad Pitt, Brendan Gleeson, Bridesmaids, Cameron Diaz, Don Cheadle, Green Lantern, Jack Black, Julia Roberts, justin timberlake, Kung Fu Panda 2, larry crowne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Ryan Reynolds, Sean Penn, The Guard, The Hangover Part II, The Tree of Life, Tom Hanks, Transformers Dark of the Moon, X-Men: First Class
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Thought for the Day from Milk
“All men are created equal. No matter how hard you try, you can never erase those words.” Milk (2008) Discuss this film on our Movie Talk Facebook page or Movie Talk Twitter stream
Couch Potato Pickings | Adam, and other social disability movies
Adam, starring Brit actor Hugh Dancy, is a film about a guy with Asperger’s syndrome. When Adam meets Beth (Rose Byrne), an attractive young woman from his New York apartment block, the pair are instantly attracted. But, as they get … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged adam, asperger's syndrome, autism, Dakota Fanning, Dustin Hoffman, Hugh Dancy, I Am Sam, Josh Hartnett, Kajol, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Louise Parker, Mozart and the Whale, My Name is Khan, Radha Mitchell, Rain Man, Rose Byrne, Sean Penn, Shah Ruk Khan, Tom Cruise, Unexpected Journey, what's eating gilbert grape
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Couch Potato Pickings | My 10 movie-themed cocktails
The last time I ‘wrote about’ Cocktail, I used it as an excuse to list my favourite classic cocktails along with the films in which they star. Actually I didn’t say much about the Tom Cruise film at all. Check … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Any Old Port, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Audrey Hepburn, avatar, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Cocktail, Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harvey Milk, Henry Fonda, Laurel and Hardy, Marilyn Monroe, Milk, Sean Penn, Some Like it Hot, The Grapes of Wrath, The Silence of the Lambs, Titanic, Tom Cruise
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How to win an Oscar – some simple rules
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Regardless of how you might take Kate Winslet’s risqué tips on bagging that Academy Award, there are some simple rules to securing an Oscar. Let’s look at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Awards, Couch Potato
Tagged A Single Man, Academy Awards, aileen wuornos, Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Boy's Don't Cry, Braveheart, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Charlize Theron, Colin Firth, Crazy Heart, Daniel Day Lewis, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Erin Brokovich, Extras, Forrest Gump, frankly my dear i don't give a damn, Geoffrey Rush, Gone With the Wind, Goodfellas, Hannibal Lecter, Harvey Milk, Heath Ledger, Helen Mirren, Hilary Swank, I Am Sam, i see dead people, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Jeff Bridges, Jerry Maguire, Joan Fontaine, john wayne, Judi Dench, Julia Roberts, june carter cash, Kate Winslet, Kathryn Bigelow, life is beautiful, life is like a box of chocolates, Martin Scorsese, Mel Gibson, Mickey Rourke, Milk, Million Dollar Baby, monster, mrs brown, my left foot, my precious, Oscar, Peter Jackson, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, raging bull, Rain Man, ray, Ray Charles, Rebecca, Reese Witherspoon, Rosemary's Baby, ruth gordon, Scent of a Woman, Sean Penn, Shakespeare in Love, Shine, show me the money, Sixth Sense, suspicion, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight, The Departed, The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, the lord of the rings: the return of the king, the lord of the rings: the two towers, the queen, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wrestler, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, true grit, Truman Capote, Walk the Line, who's afraid of virginia woolf, William Wallace, you talkin' to me
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