Tag Archives: Star Wars

Film review | John Carter – Disney add CGI muscle to Edgar Rice Burroughs’ seminal sci-fi yarn

Posted on 9 March 2012 by Jason Best

Before he created the iconic character of Tarzan, prolific pulp author Edgar Rice Burroughs dreamed up an even more fanciful hero – John Carter, a Confederate army captain turned interplanetary warrior whose exploits form the basis of this rollicking fantasy … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cracker #11 | Today: A Tacky Prize

Posted on 27 December 2011 by heidi

Apparently the Worse Movie Mistake Ever! But only if you watch carefully and happen to be extremely anal… Needless to say, several thousand Star Wars junkies disagreed! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Today’s … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Worst Accents in Movies

Posted on 6 July 2011 by Movie Talk

It doesn’t matter how famous a Hollywood actor you are, if the accent ain’t right, it’s just plain obvious. Our guest writer Sabrina Dougall from London shares her top 10 worst accent imitations in cinema: 1. Dick van Dyke (Bert/Mr. … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato prefers Spud Wars to Star Wars

Posted on 23 October 2010 by Beth Williams

There are thousands of Star Wars references out there in popular culture aren’t there? It seems that there’s no escaping this franchise. It will have played a part in pretty much everyone’s life at some point, even if it’s not … Continue reading →

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Couch Potato Pickings | An American sitcom and American Graffiti

Posted on 21 May 2010 by Beth Williams

I expect you know that this 1973 coming-of-age film set in 1962 was directed by Star Wars creator George Lucas. But, did you know that it also inspired a popular 1970s-80s American sitcom? You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view … Continue reading →

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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, and four Star Wars episodes from my life

Posted on 21 November 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings There are people of a certain age who hold the original Star Wars trilogy (Episode IV – A New Hope, Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back and Episode VI – Return of the Jedi) in high … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Outlander – Beowulf meets Alien in a Viking/sci-fi monster mash-up

Posted on 23 April 2009 by Jason Best

As if yesterday’s Muppets/Ocean’s 11 mash-up wasn’t goofy enough, we’ve just come across an even loopier fanboy homage – a zanily recast trailer for the new movie Outlander, which comes out in UK cinemas tomorrow. A shot-by-shot revamp of the … Continue reading →

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Jaws and other well known movie themes

Posted on 14 January 2009 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video That Jaws music has to be one of the best known film themes, what do you think? Here are some other classic movie themes: Psycho … Continue reading →

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The Best view | The Happening is a non-event: Has M Night Shyamalan lost the plot?

Posted on 4 November 2008 by Jason Best

What has happened to the career of M Night Shyamalan? Less than a decade ago, after the shock success of The Sixth Sense, the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised director was being spoken of in the same breath as Spielberg and Hitchcock as … Continue reading →

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