Day 14 Best Screen Kiss Happy Valentine’s day everyone. I saved this one for the 14th deliberately. My nomination for this goes to William Adama (Edward James Olmos) and Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) in Battlestar Galactica. It’s such a tender moment between two characters who share a deep bond. Their relationship is written and acted […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 14 – Best Screen Kiss"Day 13 Best ‘Femme fatale’ This award goes top Linda Fiorentino’s stunningly wicked portrayal of Bridget Gregory in John Dahl’s 1994 thriller, The Last Seduction. It’s great work, right up there with anything in noir film making of any period. Cheers and see you tomorrow, Richard #28DaysOfLoveOnScreen is brought to you in partnership with Serene […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 13 – Best ‘Femme Fatale’"Day 12 Best Use of a Love Song on Screen Another day, another David Lynch connection. My vote for best use of a love song on screen goes to Roy Orbison’s 1963 song, In Dreams, in 1986’s Lynch classic Blue Velvet. Dean Stockwell’s lip-synch performance is utter brilliance. Orbison wasn’t best pleased about how the […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 12 – Best Use of a Love Song on Screen"Day 11 Best couple who never were They never were, and that’s probably as it should be, but they’re just so wonderful together that it has to be Special Agent Dale Cooper and Audrey Horne. Those of you who know me and follow this site may be surprised that it has taken me so long […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 11 – Best Couple Who Never Were"Day 10 Best ‘opposites attract’ couple I was a day early with the last one – getting ahead of myself. Today I’m thinking about couples in films who are chalk and cheese. Opposites attract! I thought about Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in What’s Up Doc? from 1972 (which I love), but I’ve gone for […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 10 – Best ‘opposites attract’ Couple"Day 9 Character you know is going to get dumped by the lead as soon as you find out they are together You know the situation. The story starts and the lead character is seeing / engaged to someone. You know as soon as you see this person that they’re going to get the elbow! […]
Read more "28 Days of Love on Screen – Day 9 – character you know is going to get dumped by the lead as soon as you find out they are together!"Day 8 Most Annoying Thing In Fictional Relationships Without question, the way two characters can meet and the words “I love you” can be uttered within maybe ten minutes of screen time or a day or two of ‘real’ time. Doesn’t work like that, people! Ana and Hans are great examples of this but it’s […]
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