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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...
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Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: I Do – a clever & entertaining take on American...
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 beyond just love and commitment. But not for...
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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 comic fantasy tale about a...
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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 a Mexican...
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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 Lautier) and...
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Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: A happy family torn apart by 70s prejudices in...
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 portrait of 70s gay life, or...
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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 grows, the...
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Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings – A Map for Love, a skillfully-sketched triptych...
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 she do? She...
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Couch Potato DVD Pickings: The Adored – a disconcerting thriller for very...
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 Singh would be...
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Couch Potato’s DVD Pickings: Witty, bitchy high school fun in G.B.F.
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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