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Various writing on films, most of which I’ve seen. Warning: may contain opinions.
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03.05.01The Iceman ComethUnable to sleep last night, I ended up watching most of this terrible movie about a neanderthal that is brought back to life in an arctic substation in the mid eighties and then studied by an anthropologist. Although reviewed favourably in the imdb ("Actor John Lone's debut performance as the Iceman is wholly potent, as a rendition of our 'shadow side'"), I can testify that from both an Anthropological and Film-loving perspective, it was dreadful. Timothy Hutton is a convincing anthropologist in the same way that I am a convincing Miss World candidate. John Lone, who played the neanderthal, created ...
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03.04.01Unhappy, TexasI'm sorry, but the person who wrote the first review for Happy, Texas should be lobotomised - if, that is, they haven't been already, which I strongly suspect may be the case. "Laughed till it hurt"? More like "banged my head repeatedly on the tv screen till it hurt." Sigh. That's the last time Luke gets to choose a movie for a while, I swear.
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03.04.01PoundI've had a killer headache since Wednesday, and after days of trying the softly-softly approach (early bed, avoiding chocolate, caffiene, alcohol, msg, lots of water etc) I decided to take the opposite approach. So last night I went to see proof of life (ironically, the acting in this movies as as dead as a doornail) with the usual suspects (company was excellent, film was decidedly average - enlivened slightly by Luke's explosive noises of indignation from four seats away, and, I must admit, my strong urge to shout "COCK!" very loudly when Russell was looking all wistful and lonely at ...
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