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Christmas Cracker #9 | Today: A Bad Joke

Uma Thurman doesn’t get much of a laugh out of John Travolta in Pulp Fiction… I wonder why? Mia: Three tomatoes are walking down the street – a poppa tomato, a momma tomato, and a little baby tomato. 

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Couch Potato Pickings | Slumdog Millionaire – is this film overrated?

Is Slumdog Millionaire overrated? I’m afraid that I think so. It’s not a bad film. The photography is stunning and it’s an obvious crowd pleaser, but it also suffers from weak acting on the part of its two leads and … Continue reading

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The Best view | Luc Besson, Nikita & le Cinéma du look

Luc Besson is better known these days as the producer of high-octane Euro thrillers in the Taxi and Transporter series, but from the mid-1980s to the mid-90s he was one of the principal exponents of the so-called Cinéma du look, … Continue reading

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The Best view | Mickey Rourke bounces back from the ropes with The Wrestler

Mickey Rourke was out for the count in Hollywood, but with his gutsy performance as a washed-up wrestler in, yes, The Wrestler he has bounced back from the ropes in triumph. It’s an astonishing comeback for Rourke, who spent so … Continue reading

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