Monthly Archives: November 2010

Defying Gravity Post: Man On Wire

How far would you go to follow your dream? Would you die for it? That’s one of the myriad questions posed by the excellent Man On Wire, the Oscar-winning documentary about Philippe Petit’s outrageous and very illegal high wire walk … Continue reading

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Tiny Dancer Post: Billy Elliot

Jazz Hands! Once upon a time, I donned the cap and bells to prance about on a proscenium stage to the strains of pre-recorded instrumental versions of the hits of yesteryear. Whether I was wearing tights and a dance belt(which … Continue reading

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Train Chasin’ BABY!! The Station Agent

I may have inadvertently started a trend. I show my wife Troll 2 and it’s populated by oodles of little people, and yet my antidote to that, i.e. showing her a GOOD film, is to screen a film which stars…a … Continue reading

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Troll 2 OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

“Oh my God, Nick!” This is the phrase I heard about 300 times from Becky during the course of watching a movie which has come to be regarded as one of the worst of all time. Usually we abstain from … Continue reading

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