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MOVIE TRIVIA – PT47.

August 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Hugh Glass Man in the Wilderness (1971) is often mistakenly thought to be a sequel to the 1970 film A Man Called Horse, presumably because Richard Harris stars in both pictures, but Harris plays two entirely different characters in each picture. The 1971 film is based on a true story about a trapper named Hugh Glass who, in 1823, really did set his own broken leg and then crawl 200 miles [...]

MOVIE TRIVIA – PT 24.

June 21, 2018 // 4 Comments

In the 1983 feature Cujo, the St. Bernard at the centre of the action was played by a combination of five live animals, one mechanical head, and a man dressed in a dog-suit. The five live dogs had to have their tails tied down because they were having such a good time that their tails were forever wagging! In order to get them to attack the car, their favourite toys were concealed inside it. The [...]

THE LOVE LIFE OF ELIZABETH HURLEY

December 9, 2017 // 4 Comments

HURLEY, ELIZABETH (1965 – ) Born in Basingstoke, England. Here is a chronological account of the love life of actress/ beauty consultant Elizabeth Hurley, starting in 1982 at age 17 and concluding with her most recent relationship (June 2017). I have uncovered eighteen lovers and her husband, but on no account do I regard the list as [...]

IN THE BEGINNING…PT 3.

December 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

in the Austin Powers franchise ELIZABETH HURLEY (1965 – ) Liz Hurley began life in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England in 1965. Her mother was a teacher, her father an army major. In her early teenage years Liz was a pseudo-punk rocker, spiked, brightly coloured hair; bolt through her nose, the works. When she moved to London chasing fame and fortune, her stunning looks soon brought her [...]

‘NOTTING HILL’ (1999) – easy to watch and easy to fault.

November 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

NOTTING HILL (1999) The 1999 romantic comedy Notting Hill was a huge success at the box-office, grossing a staggering $363.1 million worldwide. What started out as a ‘small picture’ evolved into a ‘blockbuster’, one that emphasized the pulling power of both its leads, Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. [...]

‘LOVE ACTUALLY’ – the ultimate ‘feel-good’ movie?

March 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

There have been a great many ‘feel good’ movies made down through the decades, but in my opinion Love Actually (2003) resides at the top of the list. My wife and I have watched it many times and it never seems to lose its appeal. The performances are strong, the script is easy on the ear and not too complicated, and the score throughout is ideal for the fare being dished up. And whoever [...]

Tom Sizemore – a great talent wasted.

July 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

Tom Sizemore – Saving Private Ryan Tom Sizemore’s drug problem was common knowledge in the movie business when he was given the chance to perform in Saving Private Ryan (1998) by Steven Spielberg. ‘Steven said he was going to give me a second chance, but that he would have me tested throughout the shoot’, he recalled. ‘He said that even if I only started using on the [...]

Emma Thompson – making a difference.

May 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Emma Thompson is a Londoner born into a family of actors in 1959, hence she developed a strong, witty personality, no doubt honed around the kitchen and dining table at home while growing up. Studying English literature at Cambridge University, and becoming part of its Footlights Group, where most of the Monty Python Group once got their starts, sharpened her wits and her performing [...]

The Best Movie Music?

May 4, 2015 // 0 Comments

Brief Note: At last, the day has arrived! After years of research, and months of hard work from my son Peter setting up this site and connecting with Amazon and Kindle, today we launch book two, ‘Movies Based on True Stories’. It is 626 pages in length (on Kindle), covers 400 movies, most of which are ‘based on true stories’, and has been priced at just $5.99 US and $7.66 in [...]

HUGH GRANT – The jury’s still out.

March 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

While making the enormously successful film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1993), Hugh Grant, its male lead, privately stated that in his opinion the picture was just plain ‘awful’. Andie MacDowell got the female lead at the last minute after it had been turned down by both Melanie Griffith and Brooke Shields, but she liked the picture and agreed to take percentage points in lieu of a straight [...]