5 min movie guide
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An Honest Liar
Born in 1928, when he reached the ripe old age of 17 James (The Amazing) Randi ran away from home to join the circus as he wanted to become a escape artist like The Great Houdini. By all accounts from this engrossing new documentary on his life by filmmakers Tyler Measom & Justin Weinstein he eventually…
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Alive Inside
I cannot remember exactly how social worker Dan Cohen came across his amazing discovery but what we can see from this heart-warming documentary about him putting it in to practice is the undisguised joy from all the people who are reaping from his ‘invention’. Cohen established that elderly hospitalized patients numbed the cruel ravages of…
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LOVE CHLD
In 2010 a young South Korean couple were charged with manslaughter after their malnourished 3-month-old baby starved to death after they had abandoned her to go play online games at a cyber cafe for 12 hour stints. The Judge had been persuaded that their gaming addiction was technically an illness and made them not culpable…
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A Perfect Plan aka Un Plan Parfait
Isabelle is in love with Pierre. She has been so since they met at Dentistry school and now that they are all grown up and working together in their own Practice in Paris, life is perfect for the pair. Well almost. Isabelle would like to get married, start a family and spend the rest of her life…
