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[See “Entry from July 16, 2008” under “My Diary”]
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[See “Entry from July 16, 2008” under “My Diary”]
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Here’s a good example of what happens when talented and amusing people get together to air their prejudices without bothering about what those who are opposed to them really think
Comic gangsters reassure us that, even in the most civilized of countries, civilization is for suckers.
A Western’s themes and a Western’s morality work surprisingly well among Britons of the Midlands and the lower-mid social status
The title of the latest movie to come out of the Evil Empire is Disney’s “The Kid”, possibly because the filmmakers were afraid that people might confuse it with the Charlie Chaplin classic of 1921—though more likely because Disney’s appalling hubris just can’t bear not to have its loathsome name on everything it produces. The…
It pains me to have to criticize William Friedkin’s movie, Rules of Engagement, because it is that rare thing, a pro- military movie out of Hollywood. Moreover, its scenes of combat are well-made and gripping to watch — both those set in Vietnam in 1968, when a younger Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) saved the…