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Japan Japan
Any movie that starts off with a large naked erect penis can’t be all that bad can it? The answer is Yes it can. I know. I’ve just watched it. This very sloppy visual mess is of an Israeli slacker that spends his entire day either looking out of the window, or at his own…
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An Island Calling
The legacy of colonialism in Fiji led to a tragic end for gay couple John Scott and Greg Scrivener, who were brutally murdered in 2001. The Scotts, part of a long line of prominent white colonial Fijians, enjoyed privilege and status not afforded to the indigenous people. Post-independence, John attempted to rectify this by serving…
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Private Lessons aka Eleve Libre
This is a drama set in Belgium about a teenage boy who keeps failing his examinations and therefore cannot graduate from high school. He desperately wants to be a tennis pro, but sadly flunks at this too. The alternative future of being forced into going to a training school fills him with such dread he…
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20.13: Purgatory
Set in the 24 hours of Christmas Eve 1969 in a Portuguese Army Camp in a remote part of Mozambique where for some reason (that I sure I should remember from my history lessons) they are involved in a civil war. As night-time falls the ‘rebels’ attack the camp and as the soldiers lives are…
