Tag Archives: The Full Monty

Couch Potato Pickings | Save the Last Dance, and other dancing movies

Pirouetting, toe-tapping, hoofing, gliding, stepping, strutting. Dance moves in the movies are certainly not in short supply. Ballet meets hip hop in tonight’s dancing drama where Julia Stiles plays a bereaved middle class teen who has her love for dance … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings | The Full Monty

A British setting, a great use of Yorkshire slang, a cast of great Brit actors including Robert Carlyle and Tom Wilkinson, a serious message delivered with lots of wit, a soundtrack that includes Donna Summer’s Hot Stuff, Hot Chocolate’s You … Continue reading

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Couch Potato Pickings – Educating Rita

On UKTV Drama tonight at 11.15pm How many non-American movies can you think of that have been remade for US audiences in recent years? The Ring The Grudge The Omen (if you like the original, you might want to come … Continue reading

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