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TV Round-Up
Borgia
is back. No, not
The Borgias, the
one with Jeremy
Irons. That one
has been
cancelled. The one
still playing is
the
French-German-Czech
one, and that one
just started
season three,
having aired the
first two episodes
on Monday. Here's
the nudity
rundown:
Map to the Stars
2014
(It has never
been released in
the USA. My
Magic 8-Ball
says "Signs
point to next
year.")
Maps to the Stars
( Wikipedia
page) is the
latest film from
the eccentric
Canadian auteur
David Cronenberg.
It was praised at
Cannes, earning
especial plaudits
for Julianne
Moore, whose gutsy
performance is
expected to net
her another Oscar
nomination. You
will see from the
clips below that
the film, although
theoretically a
black comedy, is
not a cheerful
one, to say the
least.
Julianne
Moore bares
her bum in an
imaginary
conversation with
her dead mother.
Julianne also
bares her bum and
(very briefly) her
breasts in
a threesome with
Jennifer Gibson
and Jonathan
Watton. The
scene is a bit
confusing, so let
me explain that
Gibson is really
there but towards
the end Julianne
imagines that the
other woman in the
threesome is her
deceased mother,
played by Sarah
Gadon. We
therefore get to
see both Gibson
and Gadon at
various times, as
clarified in the
caps below.
Meanwhile,
in another movie
(or at least
another
sub-plot), Olivia
Williams
is topless in
the tub.
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* Yellow
asterisk:
funny (maybe).
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White
asterisk:
expanded
format.
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* Blue
asterisk: not
mine.
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No
asterisk: it
probably
sucks.
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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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Tears
for Sale
(2008)
Johnny's
comments:
Carlston
za Ognjenku (Tears For
Sale) is a comedy drama
about two sisters Ognjenka
(Sonja Kolacaric) and Mala
(Katarina Radivojevic) who
live in a small Serbian
village that consists
pretty much only women.
This is because all of the
men have gone off to war.
And things are getting
desperate as the only man
is a bedridden old man and
when the sisters attempt
to have relations with
him, they are repulsed and
decide that they must do
something about this. So,
they head to the big city
to find themselves a man
each to take back to their
village. Ognjenka meets
Dragoljub (Nenad Jezdic),
a performer who gets shot
out of a cannon and it's
love at first sight, while
Mala pushes her way
through the crowds to get
the only other man,
Dragoljub's promoter Arsa
(Stefan Kapicic). They all
head back to the village,
but bringing back two men
to the love and sex
starved village women is
not going to end well.
Interesting movie, very
different from the average
Hollywood fair and feels
and looks more like a
fantasy movie. There are
some truly absurd moments
in this movie as it is a
world so very foreign to
what I know. And I kinda
liked it too, an
interesting story with
some intriguing, well done
ideas.
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