Movies and Books no more….

Couch Potato has been inactively updating this blog for several months. That is because I have shifted my old couch into a new place. Not sure if I am still going to put updates on movies or post book copies here anymore. There were changes on the file hosting site I’m using. There might be other issues that might surface as well which prompted me to consider discontinuing featuring such stuff. Seems this site will turn out to be a personal one… (I previously said I don’t want a personal blog again!!!)

The Darkest Hour

Once again, I was dragged off my couch the other night. Had a sip of green tea cream frappé, stroll in the mall and later decides to watch a film. I was surprised not to see at least one good film that I want this time. Underworld is there but because I was not able to catch the other parts of this movie – it did not become our pick. We decided to watch The Darkest Hour in 3D. I have no idea what this film is about because lately I have not been checking out movies and synopsis. We went to check the poster first and feels like maybe it is an okay movie to watch. So we bought the tickets. Read More!

Beyonce’s baby Blue Ivy – what’s with the name?

The fake Beyonce pregnancy didn’t get any further proof. And now that Bey has already given birth, there were numerous name conspiracies on Jay Z and Beyonce’s baby daughter who was named Blue Ivy Carter.

Apparently there were “experts” saying that when spelled backwards, Blue Ivy becomes Eulb Yvi which means Lucifer’s daughter in Latin. I tried google translate and it gave me this translation “Luciferi filia.” It did not gave me at least the word Eulb or Yvi. While if you enter the name Blue Ivy, the Latin translation would be Aenean Ivy. So this rumor has spread online because some people quickly believed it without Read More!

Latifah and Dolly’s Joyful Noise

Genres: Musical, Drama and Comedy

Rating: PG-13 for for some language including a sexual reference.

Director: Todd Graff

Main Cast: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Jeremy Jordan, Keke Palmer, Courtney B. Vance, Dexter Darden and Kris Kristofferson

Joyful Noise is a musical film to be shown in theaters on 13^th January. It stars country music and hip-hop royalty Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah. The two icons will play a pair of ladies who will work to stop the closure of a gospel choir after the untimely death of a small-town choir director played by Kris Kristofferson. The small town of Pacashau, Gerogia, has fallen on hard times, but the people are counting Read More!

Beneath the Darkness

“After the mysterious death of his best friend, a 16-year old boy struggles to expose the grim secrets surrounding a suspicious neighbor and his apparently haunted house.”

Genres: Suspense, Horror, Thriller

Rating: R for for some violence and language.

Director: Martin Guigui

Main Cast: Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden, Tony Oller, Stephen Lunsford, Devon Werkheiser, Brett Cullen

Beneath the Darkness which is already playing in the US Cinemas, January 6th 2012 is a horror-thriller film directed by Martin Guigui.

Dennis Quaid plays the character of Ely Vaughn, a small-town psycho killer mortician in the film. He is a pillar of the community in tiny Smithville, Texas. Ely has been revered since his days as the high school’s star quarterback. But since the tragic death of his wife two years earlier, Ely has withdrawn from his neighbors, while local teens spread stories of supernatural goings on at Ely’s mansion which is also the funeral home. Read More!