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Tag Archives: Tom Hanks
LoCo’s Festival of Transformations has body-swap magic at Wilton’s Music Hall from 8-12 August
This year’s London Comedy Film Festival has found an eminently suitable venue for its Festival of Transformations – Wilton’s Music Hall, a place of wonder tucked away in a corner of the East End and the world’s oldest surviving Grand … Continue reading
Posted in Special Events
Tagged All of Me, Audacity Chutzpah, Being John Malkovich, Big, body-swap movies, east end, Effigy Actorum, Festival of Transformations, LoCo, London Comedy Film Festival, Matt Hennem, music hall, Nina Conti, Pete & the Pirates, Rubber Richie, Teen Wolf, Tom Hanks, Tootsie, Wilton's Music Hall
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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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Film review | Larry Crowne – Romcom pairing for Hollywood royalty Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts
In the early 1990s, a romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts would have had cinema audiences queuing around the block. In 2011, their pairing in Larry Crowne barely warrants a shrug. Hanks, who also directs and co-writes (with … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Releases, Reviews, The Best View
Tagged Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Julia Roberts, larry crowne, Nia Vardelos, Tom Hanks
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Coming Soon | trailers for Larry Crowne and Bad Teacher – on-screen chemistry
Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts? Romantically involved in Larry Crowne? The word ‘weird’ springs to mind. If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get … Continue reading
Posted in Coming Soon, Trailers
Tagged bad teacher, Cameron Diaz, jason segel, Julia Roberts, larry crowne, Tom Hanks
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The Polar Express Christmas Quiz
So did you get on board The Polar Express this festive season? Excellent! And remain sharp-eyed and sober while doing it? Even better. Then you should have a good chance of knowing what the heck we’re talking about in our … Continue reading
Couch Potato Pickings | 10 reasons why My Name is Khan is like Forrest Gump
A Bollywood Forrest Gump. This was a label applied to Indian movie My Name is Khan following its international release earlier this year. It’s the story of Rizvan Khan – a Muslim man with Asperger’s who lives happily in the … Continue reading
Posted in Couch Potato, Films on TV
Tagged asperger's syndrome, bollywood, Forrest Gump, Kajol, My Name is Khan, Robin Wright, Shahruk Khan, Tom Hanks
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At the Cinema | Toy Story 3
After the sublime wonder of Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 has been eagerly awaited with a mix of excitement and trepidation in our household. With two sons who have grown up thinking of Woody, Buzz and the gang as … Continue reading
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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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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