His Hideous Heart
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Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved...
David McK (3676 KP) rated The Italian Job (2003) in Movies
May 2, 2021 (Updated Aug 4, 2024)
As such, I'm not sure whether to class this as a remake, a reimagining or something else entirely!
This version stars Mark Wahoberg, Cherlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Jason Staham and Oz-from-Buffy (Seth Green) and starts with a heist in Venice: a successful heist, with the perpetrators then betrayed by Ed Norton's 'Steve', who leaves them all for dead.
The rest of the film - mainly set in the States - then follows the remainder of the crew and their quest to get even against Steve, in a plot that yes, once again, involves the use of Mini Coopers!
It would hardly be The Italian Job without said cars, after all ....
My People
Steffan Donnelly and Caradoc Evans
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In a chapel service in rural Wales, all is not what it seems ...A stage adaptation of one of the...
Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure
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In the 1970s a group of pioneering feminist entrepreneurs launched a movement that ultimately...
The Blind Roadmaker
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If the starting point for a number of poems in Ian Duhig's richly varied new collection is Sterne's...
Secrecy at Work: The Hidden Architecture of Organizational Life
Christopher Grey and Jana Costas
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Secrecy is endemic within organizations, woven into the fabric of our lives at work. Yet, until now,...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Misbehaviour (2020) in Movies
Aug 12, 2020
The behind-the-scenes at the actual show is fascinating, occasionally thoughtful, and does a good job of showing just what an absurd and unpleasant anachronism Miss World was, even fifty years ago, all without labouring the issue. Unfortunately, all the scenes with the protestors are clompingly nuance-free and simplistic (NB I am not of the target demographic for this movie, probably; your mileage may vary). Nevertheless, a very fine performance from Gugu Mbatha-Raw, an enjoyable comic turn from Rhys Ifans, and at least the glimmerings of recognition that things aren't quite as one-sided as they sometimes seem keep it watchable.
David McK (3676 KP) rated Lady and the Tramp (2019) in Movies
May 16, 2020
Sticking pretty faithfully to the same beats as the animated original - spoiled Cocker Spaniel, Street Dog, the famous Spaghettis scene (which I can't watch now without thinking of the version with Santa's Little Helper in The Simpsons) - this nonetheless does slightly change parts of the story, with the most noticeable (to me) being the Siamese Cats, who here have a completely new song but are still responsible for Lady ending up on the streets (see, I told you: all Cats are evil!).
The Restless Girls
Jessie Burton and Angela Barrett (Illustrator)
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Jessie Burton’s first children’s book with Bloomsbury’s Children’s Books will be a feminist...