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  • MY WEEK WITH MARILYN

    In the early 1950’s Laurence Oliver and Vivian Leigh (his wife at the time) enjoyed a great success in London West End’s starring in a new play by Terrence Rattigan called  ‘The Sleeping Prince’.  It told the story of a young actress who meets and ultimately captivates a Prince.  Marilyn Monroe bought the film rights…

  • HUGO

    Its initially hard to get your head around the whole idea that a Director famous for gritty violent R rated movies is going to film a children’s story, but when you discover that the Director is Martin Scorsese then you know that this is going to be something totally out of the ordinary.  It all…

  • ‘THE TAQWACORES’ & ‘TAQWACORE:THE BIRTH OF PUNK ISLAM’

    The intro to my Blog says when it comes to movies my preference is ‘the weirder the better’ and I guess this movie definitely falls into that category.  It’s title is an amalgamation of ‘taqwa’ an Islamic word denoting love & fear for Allah, and ‘core’ for hardcore as in punk music i.e. its about…

  • THE DESCENDENTS

    A boating accident has left Elizabeth King in a coma, and husband Matt, the self-proclaimed back up parent, is left in charge of their two daughters.  Scottie is a sassy 10 year old with a bit of a potty mouth on her that she has picked up from Alexandra her 17-year-old sister whose reckless ways…