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I know it’s a big claim to make of any film, let alone one made over 70 years ago whose reception can only be described at best as mixed, but I’m throwing down the gauntlet and making it – yes, there is such a thing as a perfect film.
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Trigger Warning: ‘A Clockwork Orange’ features images of sexual violence and torture “I’m cured! Praise God!” “You’re not cured yet, boy…” How did my fascination with ‘A Clockwork Orange’ begin? Well, from the snapshot of a forgotten edition of the Guinness Book Of World Records, of course! From
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In 2006, a writer by the name of Anaïs Mitchell wrote a song called ‘Why We Build The Wall,’ created for the first-ever version of her musical Hadestown. It’s sung by Hades, the King of the Underworld, contextualised in Hadestown as some kind of capitalist hellscape populated by
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“You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses
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Whether you roll your eyes or adore its flashy, maximalist aesthetic, leopard print has clawed its way through centuries of fashion history to remain an undeniable staple. From ancient royalty to early 2000s pop icons, this fierce pattern shows no signs of fading from the spotlight. A Print with Power
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I have read Small Things like These twice now. And both times I have had the same reaction; complete awe at Keegan’s ability to write something so reflective and truthful in such few words (it’s only 114 pages long!). The book was published by Irish writer Claire Keegan
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“I know a little German. He's sitting over there.” There is no film with a denser joke per second ratio than Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker’s (ZAZ) 1984 comedic masterpiece, Top Secret!. The follow-up to their 1980 spoof hit, Airplane! (or Flying High as it was initially
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“I done wrestled with an alligator. That's right. I have wrestled with an alligator. I done tussled with a whale. I done handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail. That's bad! Only last week I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick! I'm
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If you’re looking for a simple autumn read that you can have a crack at while having brekky, I can recommend a cosy series about a time-travelling café that provides its customers the closure they so desperately seek (with some caveats). As fond as I’ve grown to
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Sometimes the real horror of a scary movie isn’t the demonic plaything, the alien monster or the immortal butcher who can stand against 5 shotgun blasts to the face. Sometimes the real horror is the evil that men do. When I say that, I don’t mean getting revenge
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“A very very distant second is a Ferrari. Charlie, give me your hand. This is just the start of your education, son.” - Colonel Frank Slade I can’t explain how this film found a way to my heart. Maybe I was feeling depressed when I saw it for the first
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“You go through stages in your career that you feel very good about yourself. Then you feel awful, like, ‘Why didn't I choose something else?’ But overall, I'm pretty satisfied that I made the right choice when I decided to be an actor.” For a long