Fistful of Dollars
[See “Entry from July 25, 2007” under “My Diary”]
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[See “Entry from July 25, 2007” under “My Diary”]
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The best moment in the new movie-version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by Michael Hoffman, comes as Bottom (Kevin Kline) in the form of an ass is transported to the bower of Titania, the Fairy Queen (Michelle Pfeiffer), who has fallen in love with him (as the Shakespeareans among you will remember) because of…
The best movie version of a Bible story that I have seen
This hagiography of a pornographer is a perfect summing up of the culture of Hollywood today
Time and again Hollywood, wearing its artist’s beret, attempts to satirize the entertainment business, of which Hollywood itself is so huge a part. Time and time and again it fails. I wonder why that is? By coincidence, we have the two latest attempts opening in consecutive weeks. But where 15 Minutes is a typical failure…
You’ve got to hand it to Nicole Kassell and Kevin Bacon, for in making a hero of a child molester they haven’t taken the easy way to pleasing audiences
And here comes yet another baby-boomer with a lingering grudge against daddy. Stop the presses!
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