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Tag Archives: The Silence of the Lambs
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Trivia – Red Dragon and Anthony’s anti-ageing secrets
. When the producers of The Silence of the Lambs decided to turn Thomas Harris‘s first book Red Dragon into a film in 2002, they couldn’t ignore the opportunity to cash in on Anthony Hopkins and his most infamous role. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Red Drgaon, The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris
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Name That Chest: You’re Lookin’ at Country
Today’s mystery chest has a country feel (ooh er) to mark the release of Country Strong in the UK this week. And that’s right, it’s not Dolly Parton! If you’re struggling with this one, then come back this weekend for … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, country strong, Dolly Parton, The Silence of the Lambs
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Couch Potato Pickings | What makes a great horror movie?
I love horror films, but it really annoys me when I tell people this and they assume I’m into extreme slasher movies. This is clearly the fault of the contemporary ‘horror’ movie. You know the thing – sick, twisted, limb-cracking, … Continue reading
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Tagged A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss, Bride of Frankenstein, Cat People, Doctor Who, Halloween, I Walked With a Zombie, Psycho, Rosemary's Baby, Severance, The Fog, The League of Gentlemen, The Omen, The Orphanage, The Ring, The Shining, The Silence of the Lambs, The Wicker Man
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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
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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
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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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The Silence of the Lambs and a question of taste
Couch Potato Pickings The Silence of the Lambs has to be one of the best serial killer films (after Psycho of course). What do you think? Here’s a stomach-churning question: if you were a cannibal, which film star would you … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Hopkins, Cannibal, The Silence of the Lambs
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Couch Potato Pickings – The Silence of the Lambs
If you’ve been visiting Movie Talk for a while then you might recall that I’ve posted about this film before – back in September. I could make out that I’m tempted to watch it tonight as ITV2 are also showing … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings – The Silence of the Lambs
On ITV2 tonight at 11pm Type fava beans in to Google and you’ll see that more often than not The Silence of the Lambs comes up too. This innocent veg (better known as the broad bean over here) will now … Continue reading
