THE IDES OF MARCH

Most of the key people that take part in this crucial Democratic Presidential Primary are hard-nosed jaded campaign veterans who are realists and who fight hard, and sometimes dirty, to win, Trying to ensure that Pennsylvania Gov. Mike Morris (George Clooney) is the victor is a Team led by his uncompromising Campaign Manger Paul Zara … Continue reading

THE ILLUSIONIST

Based on a script by the late great Jacques Tati the French comic genius and directed by Sylvain Chomet (‘The Triplets of Belleville’) one knew that this film would have to be good.  And probably even much better than that.  And it was, and more. The story involves a sad lanky French magician named Tatischeff … Continue reading

THE IMPOSTER

This is the implausible true story about a young dark French man passing himself off as a blond American teenager who had been missing for some years. I actually remember reading this story in The New Yorker a while back and was flabbergasted then, but now seeing the whole scenario skillfully re-enacted on the big … Continue reading

THE IRON LADY

Ask any Brit and they will most certainly know when the first started disliking That Woman.  For me it was 1971 when in her first Cabinet job as Education Secretary she cut out free milk to school kids to save a few pounds and earned herself the moniker ‘Milk Snatcher’ which still sticks to her … Continue reading

The brilliant Kenny Everett as Cupid Stunt

Kenny Everett was an extraordinary comic genius who started his professional life as the enfant terrible in early days of British pop radio in the 1960’s and after being constantly fired, ended up with his own outrageous TV Shows, the best of which was The Kenny Everett Video Show in 1978.  They were all done, … Continue reading

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