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Tag Archives: Terence Stamp
Christmas Cracker #10 | Today: A Silly Hat
Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp and Guy Pearce are having a Big-Bad Hair Day in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! Today’s Silly Hat Cracker was brought to you by the letter: R NB: The letters in our Crackers … Continue reading
Pete’s Peek | Modesty Blaise is cheesy retro for the connoisseur
When it comes to kitsch-trash cinema, the late-1960s/early-1970s was a time when the genre was at its zenith, with Jane Fonda’s sexy space vixen Barbarella leading the way, followed closely by her blind angel co-star John Philip Law’s Danger: Diabolik. … Continue reading
Posted in DVD Releases, Pete's Peek
Tagged Dirk Bogarde, kitsch-trash cinema, Modesty Blaise, Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp
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Does Colin Firth have a point about the plight of gay actors?
Earlier this week A Single Man star and Oscar nominee Colin Firth voiced some long overdue statements about the problem that exists for gay actors in Hollywood. Click here for the full news story. “If you’re known as a straight … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV, News
Tagged A Single Man, alan cumming, Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Colin Firth, Cynthia Nixon, Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven, Four Weddings and a Funeral, gay actors, gay roles, Guy Pearce, Heath Ledger, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, Imagine Me and You, Infamous, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Wilby, John Leguizamo, jude law, Julia Roberts, Kevin Spacey, Lena Headey, Mamma Mia, Maurice, Meryl Streep, midnight in the garden of good and evil, Milk, My Best Friend's Wedding, nathan lane, Patrick Swayze, Philadelphia, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Piper Perabo, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Robin Williams, Rupert Everett, Sean Penn, simon callow, Stephen Fry, Terence Stamp, the birdcage, to wong foo thanks for everything julie newmar, Toby Jones, Tom Hanks, wesley snipes, wilde
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Out on DVD | Valkyrie
Despite the looming presence of two major stumbling blocks, Valkyrie, Bryan Singer’s true-story movie about a plot to kill Hitler at the height of World War Two, makes a surprisingly effective wartime thriller. The first obstacle in the viewer’s path … Continue reading
Win a copy of Yes Man on DVD
This competition has now closed. Jim Carrey stars as a persistent naysayer who changes his ways in the comedy Yes Man, which comes out on DVD on Monday 20th April. Based on the book by British humourist Danny Wallace, the … Continue reading
Posted in Competitions, DVD Releases
Tagged Danny Wallace, DVD competition, Jim Carrey, Terence Stamp, Truman Show, Yes Man, Zooey Deschanel
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At the Cinema | Valkyrie
As the tide of World War Two turns against Germany, an aristocratic army colonel joins a clandestine group of disillusioned fellow officers who are conspiring against the Führer in this gripping wartime thriller. Appalled by Nazi atrocities, Tom Cruise’s wounded … Continue reading
The Best view | Tom Cruise plays a one-eyed German officer plotting to kill Hitler in Valkyrie – how close does he get?
After all the pre-release fuss over Tom Cruise playing a German hero, how does the famous Scientologist and sofa jumper’s movie about the soldier who tried to blow up Hitler in 1944 measure up? Is Valkyrie a sober retelling of … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, The Best View
Tagged 20 July 1944, Adolf Hitler, Baader Meinhof Complex, Bill Nighy, Bryan Singer, Christopher McQuarrie, Claus von Stauffenberg, Downfall, Eddie Izzard, Kenneth Branagh, Operation Valkyrie, Terence Stamp, Tom Cruise, Usual Suspects, Valkyrie
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Couch Potato Pickings – Mrs Doubtfire
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Personally, I think this is Robin Williams’s best film. It’s certainly his most memorable role. To be an actor surely it’s essential to drag up at least once? … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged A Woman, Amanda Bynes, Big Momma's House 2, Boy's Don't Cry, Charlie Chaplin, drag, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Murphy, Felicity Huffman, Hairspray, Hilary Swank, Jack Lemmon, James Garner, John Travolta, Julie Andrews, Le Jazz Hot, Linda Hunt, Martin Lawrence, Mrs Doubtfire, Norbit, Patrick Swayze, Robin Williams, Shakespeare, She's the Man, Some Like it Hot, Terence Stamp, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Associate, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Year of Living Dangerously, Tim Curry, To Wong Fu, Tootsie, Transamerica, Twelfth Night, Victor/Victoria, Whoopi Goldberg
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Couch Potato Pickings – The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Last week it was Transamerica, this week it’s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – transsexuals are all the rage on TV at the moment it seems, and there’s more to come on Thursday. This road movie is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Springs, Charlene, Fernando, Finally, Guy Pearce, Hugo Weaving, I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine, I Love the Nighlife, I Will Survive, I've Never Been to Me, Mamma Mia, Save the Best For Last, Sydney, Terence Stamp, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Transamerica, Virgin 1
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