They Were Expendable (1945)

A heroic tale of the sexual revolution which can be judged either by the heroism or by the sexual revolution

A very funny movie, as you would expect from Ricky Gervais, but sadly lacking in ambition

James Cameron”s latest record-breaker is a triumph of the new, video-game arts but a grievous defeat for the Western mimetic tradition

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Bulworth is Hollywood political fantasy from one of Hollywood’s inveterate political fantasists, Warren Beatty, who is both director and star. Like The American President, which starred Beatty’s wife, Annette Bening, this movie proposes that the ticket to electoral success in America is a frank and robust avowal of socialist principles by hitherto cowardly and mealy-mouthed…

A Western’s themes and a Western’s morality work surprisingly well among Britons of the Midlands and the lower-mid social status