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asterisk: not
mine.
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probably
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OTHER
CRAP:
Catch
the deluxe
version of
Other Crap in
real time,
with all the
bells and
whistles, here.
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"Parade's End"
BBC mini-series
1080p
Episode One
Rebecca
Hall
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Night of the Beast
1993
Clips
and collages from some
rotting driftwood of a
movie sometimes called
Night of the Beast and
sometimes Lukas'
Child. Here are the
reasons to nominate it as
a bottom ten stinker - 1)
The lead actor, an old guy
with a few teeth missing,
is simply the worst
performer in the history
of cinema. How
someone can simultaneously
underact and overact is a
mystery but this guy hits
it. His delivery is
either wooden or
over-caffeinated, often in
quick succession.
Some folks IMDb praise him
but that has to be his mom
writing the review.
He blows and he is on
screen all the fricking
time. 2) A bunch of gals
show up in one role or
another and wind up in
lingerie, get to speak a
few lines (badly... real
badly) as potential
victims of a winged
humanoid creature called
The Child, but they add
nothing to the plot.
And they don't get nekkid
so they add nothing there
either; 3) The police are
idiots, with deductive
skills akin to those of
Officer Barbrady from
Southpark, but their
stupidity is not played
for laughs or irony - it
simply must be for the
movie to continue. I
hate that crap. So
in the end a few veterans
of the Funhouse get down
to some level of
undress. Lisa
Comshaw does, as one of
three women who beds the
chief detective, even
though they are parts of
the investigation.
Toni Alessandini sort of,
kind of shows off the
hooties in ritual dance of
some sort but get this -
it is the same
performance/dance that
showed up a year earlier
in a movie entitled Mind,
Body and Soul (Tuna's caps
are in the
Encyclopedia).
Former pornstar Jacqueline
St Claire (she is called
Jacqueline Gorman in this
movie) shows off some T
and a little A. Then
there are the
one-time-wonders.
Elizabeth Young strips
down, talks on the phone
and takes a shower, all
the while showing off one
rockin' bod. And
Jacqueline Moen shows off
her mighty-fines while
demonstrating her own
style o' acting, which
incorporates mouth agape
with eyes a-bug.
Look out Meryl Streep.
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Bathing
Franky
2012
Bathing Franky is a drama
about Steve (Shaun Goss),
who has just got out of
prison and wants to get on
with his life. He attempts
to pick up his
relationship with Susie
(Bree Desborough) and gets
a job delivering meals to
old and frail people.
During his deliveries, he
encounters Rodney (Henri
Szeps) and his invalid
mother Franky (Maria
Venuti). Rodney is a man
who loves to entertain in
the old vaudeville way
like his mother and father
did before him. Over time,
Steve, still haunted by
prison, moves away from
Susie and after being
beaten up, Rodney offers
Steve a bed at his place.
Things then become
complicated as Steve and
Rodney's relationship
develops, but Steve has
one thing he needs to do
to expunge his past.
An OK drama that is
definitely better because
of the great performances
by both Goss and Szeps who
help steer the film when
it seems to go off into
its own wild tangents.
Maria
Venuti film
clip (summary below)
Taj
2011
Taj is a drama about
Vjay (Mahesh Jadu), a
writer of teen fiction
who is currently living
life in his own
self-absorbed way. When
he discovers a lump in
his testicles, he
decides to take stock of
his life. His friend
Harish (Sachin Joab)
tells him he can start
by rekindling his
relationship with his
young daughter who he
has neglected lately. He
also finishes his first
adult novel and hopes
this will break him out
of his current slump.
Things start to look up
for Vjay as his
relationship with his
daughter redevelops, but
when his grandmother
dies of a stroke before
he can get to Fiji to
see her and his novel is
rejected, he goes off
the rails. And it
doesn't help when his ex
tells him that she is
moving to Singapore with
their daughter. Can Vjay
get through this tough
patch in his life and
find some sort of peace.
Not a bad little low-key
drama, but boy, does
Vjay go through a lot of
hardship along the way.
No wonder he goes off
the rails. And it's rare
to see an Australian
movie where the lead
cast is Indian. But one
thing that baffles me is
local comedy legend Mark
Mitchell turning up as a
drug dealer. That, I
cannot explain...
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Collages/Pics
Kate Moss for
San Tropez
Rebecca Azan
in On the
Other Side of
the Tracks
(2012)
Sabrina
Ouazani, also
in On the
Other Side of
the Tracks
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