We
turn to France today,
where Jennifer
Lauret and Cecile
Caillaud flashed
some flesh in the
latest 1080p episode
of that long-running
national institution,
Une
famille formidable.
Samples below:
Lauret
Caillaud
*
Yellow
asterisk:
funny (maybe).
*
White
asterisk:
expanded
format.
*
Blue asterisk:
not mine.
No
asterisk: it
probably
sucks.
OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
While
I'm finally starting
to cap some Wendy
Hughes films, how
about one of her
many appearances in
a Paul Cox film.
Lonely Hearts is a
romantic drama about
two people who are
set up through a
dating agency. Peter
(Norman Kaye) is a
50-something man who
fixes pianos for a
living, wears a
toupee, is a bit of
a kleptomaniac and
is feeling lonely
after the death of
his mother. Patricia
(Wendy Hughes) is a
shy 30-year-old bank
clerk, who is
inexperienced with
relationships and
still lives with her
domineering parents.
They meet up and
seem to hit it off
well. Peter
encourages Patricia
to join him in the
amateur play and she
does so well she
ends up getting the
lead. But, Peter
wants more from the
relationship,
Patricia is
reluctant, but gives
him a chance to go
further, but he goes
too far and Patricia
leaves and ends the
relationship. Peter
is distraught and
the play is in
chaos. Can Peter win
her back?
As
I've said a thousand
times before, Paul
Cox films are an
acquired taste. Some
are pretty good, but
others are
insufferable. Lonely
Hearts is a winner
because it feels
right even though
the ending is overly
dramatic. While it's
played pretty
straight, there are
doses of gentle
humour which feels
very much like they
come from co-writer
John Clarke, an
excellent satirist
(The Games is a well
known example of
this). So, this is
one of the good Paul
Cox films and thank
fuck for that.
Our
first non-cam
look at Rooney
Mara in The
Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo
(2011).
Unfortunately,
the quality is
not
significantly
better. These
scenes will wow
you when you see
them in HD.
