dramatized reallife
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J EDGAR
J Edgar Hoover ran the FBI as his personal fiefdom with a rod of iron for almost 50 years. He used his great position of power as the nations’ lead Investigator to compile secret files on all the most powerful men (and women) in this country, and it was these files that were alleged to…
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THE RUM DIARY
This is rather a rum film, which is not surprising when one considers its provenance. But first the plot. Set in a Puerto Rico in 1960 that looks like something out of a pretty picture book, it tells the tale of a newly arrived idealistic journalist Paul Kemp who’s perchance for doing good in the…
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All Good Things
In October 2001 Robert Durst, a member of a wealthy NY real estate dynasty, was on the run after being accused of murder/s, and he was eventually caught when simply trying to steal a chicken sandwich even though he had a stash of cash on him. I should add that at the time of his…
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ORANGES AND SUNSHINE
From the late 1940’s up to 1970 the British Government surreptitiously ‘deported’ 130000 children placed in their care to Australia for reasons I still cannot fathom. This movie is the true story of how Margaret Humphreys, a Social Worker from Nottingham, uncovered the scandal, and almost single-handedly and against overwhelming odds and even threats against…
