Author: Dave Franklin
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Bitches
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Read more: BitchesNow I’m never gonna try to argue this all-over-the-place sex comedy is high art, but it’s brave, unconventional, fitfully funny and manages to capture teen heartbreak very well
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Corporations: Part 2
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Read more: Corporations: Part 2Our new boss Ahmed walked in and told us he had no doubt that some teachers would not be up to scratch and they’d be fired
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Corporations: Part One
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Read more: Corporations: Part OneMovies generally do their best to convince us that corporations are bad. Common themes include a stratospheric level of greed, an acceptance of environmental destruction
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Starring Debuts #30: Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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Read more: Starring Debuts #30: Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde (1967)Back in the day critics complained Arthur Penn’s directorial masterpiece glamorized crime, desensitized folks to violence, made them more aggressive, was a terrible influence on the young
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Cream Turning Sour: Episode 2: Crichton
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Read more: Cream Turning Sour: Episode 2: CrichtonMichael Crichton was a creative powerhouse and so successful across a variety of fields that even though he’s dead I still feel like a sniveling booger on the underside of his boot
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The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 7
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Read more: The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 7I imagine you’ve got some sort of career going on. Presumably you’d like it to end on a high. Or at least suggest an upward trajectory, perhaps rounding things off with a nice, gentle plateau. You certainly wouldn’t want it to finish in ridicule, would you?
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The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 6
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Read more: The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 6After the big success of his razor-wielding ladyboy turn in Dressed to Kill, Michael Caine put his hand up for another spell of horror. Amazingly, this one was written and directed by none other than Oliver Stone
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The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 5
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Read more: The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 5First things first: who thinks it’s a good idea to call an action movie Pentathlon? I bet a fair few people don’t even know what the hell one is.
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The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 4
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Read more: The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 4Faye Dunaway took a slightly less stellar path after her victorious turn in Network. She chose the trashy, red herring-filled Eyes, a box-office hit that mixed horror and thriller elements with unadulterated nonsense.
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The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 3
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Read more: The Amusingly Bonkers: Part 3How often do you find a good movie? I mean, what’s your success rate? Nowadays I guess mine’s pretty low.