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Kelly Reichardt recommended Playtime (1967) in Movies (curated)

 
Playtime (1967)
Playtime (1967)
1967 | Classics, Comedy

"I used to use this in a class I taught on sound. There’s a part where Tati is in a waiting room and sitting on all these squeaky chairs, and then you hear clickety-clackety sounds in the hallway. I love the contrast between how clean and slick everything in that set is with his little umbrella and raincoat. It’s all so cartoony, but you’re worried about this character the whole time. Everything is done through gesture, and Tati’s performance is so brilliant it makes you feel such concern for this man drifting in this modern world."

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Ted 2 (2015)
Ted 2 (2015)
2015 | Comedy
The first film was hilarious and a fresh take on friendship that delivered big on laughs aimed squarely at adults.
Ted 2 is more of the same and is very satisfying although its lost some of its original appeal and charm.
The inclusion of Flash Gordons Sam jones is inspired and surprising which lends a comedy element to what is essentially a more prosaic plot centring around adoption.
It's still a very funny movie, but one that has reached an end, I for one have room for another Ted movie, but it's likely his last outing.
  
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Richard III: The Road to Leicester
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6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Call, me cynical, but this does feel like a bit of an attempt to cash in on all the interest stirred by the discovery of King Richard's last resting place. It's a pretty short book - around 90 pages of main text with colour plates and gives a brief overview. The problem is that there are lots of errors - the names of Elizabeth Wydevilles eldest children for starters and the rather sensationalist statement that Edward V disappeared into his room in the Tower "never to come out again" - well, he's evidently not still there, so he must have come out one way or another!

If you want something sensible and readable, John Ashdown-Hill is the author to go with IMO.