Category Archives: Movies / TV

Oh You Roue

January 26, 2015 – 12:23 pm

‎ “The only horrible thing in the world is ennui, Dorian. That is the one sin for which there is no forgiveness.” Lord Henry Wotton explains to a young Dorian Gray in Oscar Wilde’s PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GRAY

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Quelle Cad

January 26, 2015 – 3:40 am

“If I could get back my youth, I’d do anything in the world except get up early, take exercise or be respectable.” Lord Henry Wooten from THE PORTRAIT OF DORIAN GREY

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American Sniper

January 24, 2015 – 4:39 pm

AMERICAN SNIPER has fast become a national hit. The ‘hero’ kills and kills and kills only the bad guys. Every one of his targets deserved a tap on the head or a shot through the heart. Audience cheer the death of Iraqi insurgents without remembering that the USA’s occupation of Iraq was a complete failure […]

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Very Seriously Cool

October 26, 2014 – 11:01 am

Jacquiline Bisset Steve McQueen. BULLITT Steve had his hands full.

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BULLITT 1968

October 24, 2014 – 11:46 am

Last night I returned from dinner. AP was in the TV room. His children were asleep. I poked my head into the room to say hello. AP motioned for me to sit down. “BULLITT. It just started.” I needed no further encouragement. No man had been cooler than Steve McQueen in 1968 and I joined […]

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