2012
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SIGHTSEERS
Sometimes I can be a real glutton for pain (the cinematic kind I should quickly add). As I state at the top of this Blog one of my big no-no’s are horror flicks, and yet hear I am again in a cinema (I’m back in London) to see yet another one from Brit Director Ben…
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Amour
There should be a warning given to anyone over a certain age (like me) before they see this powerfully uncomfortable and uncompromising movie about an elderly couple that makes you confront the unavoidable consequences of all the suffering that one must deal with before finally shuffling off this mortal coil. And certainly one should definitely…
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Cheerful Weather For The Wedding
But not such good spirits for the family or the guests in this vacuous trite period British costume drama that never rose above being anything other than grossly irritating and very tiresome indeed. The year is 1923 and its a glorious early Fall day at the Thatcham’s Family’s large Country House. It’s just a…
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STEP UP TO THE PLATE
This latest documentary on another culinary genius goes beyond his kitchen and shows a family dynasty beginning to come to terms with the patriarch as he tries to step down and out of the limelight. It is in fact the dynamics of the relationship between master chef Michel Bras and his son and heir Sebastian,…
