Don’t you just love the high school movie genre? There’s something comforting about watching others going through the horrors you went through at school. While details change from generation to…
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Couch Potato DVD Pickings: The Adored – a disconcerting thriller for very personal reasons.
This movie was a very disconcerting watch for me. And, since it’s a psychological thriller I guess that’s the sort of reaction and description its directors Carl Medlund and Amarjeet…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings – A Map for Love, a skillfully-sketched triptych of female dynamics
Imagine the situation – a young Chilean woman with a complex character of a girlfriend realises that it’s time to tell her conservative mother about their relationship. So, what does…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Free Fall – a German Brokeback mountain
An intense and unforgiving portrayal of raw irrepressible desire, Free Fall is the tale of two German police officers who fall in love while training together. As their mutual attraction…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: A happy family torn apart by 70s prejudices in Any Day Now
British star Alan Cumming plays a drag artist in late 70s Hollywood in this powerful and emotional drama, directed by Travis Fine, but don’t be misled. This isn’t some OTT…
Couch Potato DVD Pickings: Margarita – a warm and funny domestic drama
In this breezy Canadian drama, a brilliant – and beautiful – Mexican nanny (Nicola Correia Damude) quietly eases the busy lives of unmarried parents Ben (Patrick McKenna) and Gail (Claire…
Win Canadian family drama Margarita on DVD
Margarita, a warm, funny and loving Canadian family drama, is coming out on DVD on Monday 25th November. Tackling race, class and immigration issues, Margarita is a sweet story about…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: A Magnificent Haunting
As its title suggests, this is a ghost story, but don’t expect any chills or scares from this Italian haunted house movie. There’s nothing scary about it. It’s a lightweight…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: I Do – a clever & entertaining take on American marriage rights
They’re just two short words, but when ‘I’ and ‘do’ are uttered – in the context of a marriage – those words have the power to bestow rights that go…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Bashment – a thought-provoking urban fairytale
There’s something distinctively theatrical – almost Shakespearean – about this very urban movie from writer/director Rikki Beadle Blair. That’s not surprising really as it’s an adaptation of his stage play…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Beyond the Walls
Ignore this film’s forgettable title. It sheds little light on either the style or content of this hard-hitting relationship drama, which features two stars of the popular French zombie thriller…
Thought for the Day from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“We accept the love we think we deserve.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) Logan Lerman – star of this teen drama – can be seen in his role…
Thought for the Day from Cleopatra
“There are never enough hours in the days of a queen, and her nights have too many” Cleopatra, (1963) Cleopatra returns to the big screen in a 50th anniversary re-release…
Couch Potato at the cinema: A controversial depiction of real life in I Want Your Love
This daring and honest depiction of life for a group of thirtysomething gay men in San Francisco has been banned in Australia, and has caused headaches for film censors across…
Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom – a ‘must see’ for all Dolly fans!
For cute 11-year-old Elizabeth (Julia Stone) in Tara Johns’ film The Year Dolly Parton was My Mom, puberty’s not much fun. Her classmates are starting their periods and allegiances are…
Who won flashy period crime movie Gangster Squad on Blu-ray?
To celebrate the release of GANGSTER SQUAD on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download on 27th May, we’ve got three copies to give away on Blu-ray. Pre-order your copy here. An…
Name That Chest… Hurry Up!
The mystery owner of this frontage won an Oscar for his performance in this film. He’s since been nominated for another three. His latest movie sees him playing a struggling…
Name That Chest: Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film
The character pictured utters this profound line in this biopic, and the star playing him has a Marvel-ous movie out this week… Guessed it yet? How about last week? Our…
Name That Chest: Man in a white coat
Who is this and what’s the film? The strange eye in the right of the picture is probably the biggest clue. However, if you’re still stumped, it might help to…
Name That Chest: It’ll take your breath away
Whose chest is this? The star has a film out this week… Last week’s mystery chest was a particularly challenging one since the actor doesn’t normally look so broad. Did…