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Aug
21

MOVIE OF LAST WEEK #4

I always felt MGM's 'On The Town' (1949) was trying a little too hard to please
1 min read
Aug
21

DODGER STADIUM

Seeing the latest pictures of a flooded Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California as a result of the destructive, Oz-like
2 min read
Aug
19

THE GREATEST STREET IN THE WORLD

I lived in the greatest street in the world and for the longest time I didn't even realise,
8 min read
Aug
19

BEFORE BARBIE THERE WAS ...

Well, I finally saw one half of the 'Barbenheimer' duo and it wasn't the 'heimer&
4 min read
Aug
18

BRIT POP

Dear Alex, You've only gone and blown the bloody doors off. Damon must be seething. Oh, and word
2 min read
Aug
17

SGTS HARTMAN & TOOMEY

Two sergeants, two movies, two different wars. Parallels between both representations of military patriarchs ('father surrogates') in the
2 min read
Aug
17

BRAINS DAMAGED, SOULS HEALED

Two British fighters of two different generations, both permanently brain damaged as a consequence of fighting two Eubanks (Chris and
1 min read
Aug
16

BUTTERFLY VS BUTTERFLY

Not that we would have ever come to blows over the matter but it was at least fair to say
2 min read
Aug
16

LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG

Last night when we were young Love was a star, a song unsung Life was so new, so real, so
2 min read
Aug
15

HOCKNEY’S MOUNTAIN DRIVE AND THE THEATRE OF DREAMS

Most of us will remember those endless car journeys as kids where we were held hostage by our parents'
4 min read