My Man Godfrey
[See “Entry from June 23, 2010” under “My Diary”]
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[See “Entry from June 23, 2010” under “My Diary”]
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A heart-warming tale of exile and loss and reconciliation
In The Theory of Flight, Helena Bonham Carter may have contracted Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known to Americans as Lou Gehrig’s disease, but her real-life beau, Kenneth Branagh, seems to have contracted an even worse case of Robin Williams’s disease. Both KB and RW are young men who labor under the burden of more blessings…
A paean to the sunshine and easy living of Provence inspired by Peter Mayle which stumbles in the attempt to turn itself into a romantic comedy
Once again, Clint Eastwood reaches after profundity and compassion but can grasp only conventional emotions and beliefs
A charming Australian coming-of-age tale in which Brenda Blethyn gets to polish up and make more sympathetic her now-familiar screen persona as a loud, vulgar woman of the lower classes
A remarkably compassionate and non-ideological portrayal of moral and social breakdown