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2 Days in Paris | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? 2 Days in Paris. Hreading on familiar ground with her second writer/director credit, Julie Delpy’s “2 Days in Paris” is just reminiscent enough of the Richard Linklater “Sunrise/Sunset” series whilst avoiding the pitfalls of rehashed material. Eeply funny and inevitably scary in how it forces us to view the distance between us and our partners, “2 Days in Paris” is far smarter than it ever lets on. Trackback ( 0 ). Comments ( 2 ). February 28th, 2011.
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The Jackanory | The embodiment of pedantry | Page 42
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? And they say we’re not open-minded. Boyzone, Irish first inept boyband has finally done something of note (besides holding a tune) – Stephen Gately has a male counterpart in the video. Won’t somebody please think of the children? Or at least Tom Baxter’s music? Right Wing Curmudgeon new WSJ Editor. Oh Mr Murdoch… How you continue to NOT surprise us…. Baker named WSJ’s deputy editor-in-chief. A sign of the apocalypse. The Gospel According to Miley. Here...
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The Jackanory | The embodiment of pedantry | Page 2
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? Ften with satire there exists a thin line between that which is too subtle and borders on undeveloped and pushing something too far. With regards movies, both can be seamlessly and beautifully amalgamated into one creature. A difficult taskmaster in and of itself, but another interesting instance is where the boundaries of reason are truly tested; and it succeeds. Inch’s articulation of Beale is mesmerising, terrifying in its wonder as is Dunaway in...
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The Kids Are Alright | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? The Kids Are Alright. Ositioning itself simply as any other family dramedy, Lisa Cholodenko’s third significant directorial outing goes to great lengths to create a self-superior attitude in order to mask its deeply neurotic and insecure base. Forming a close bond with Jules and the children, Nic becomes threatened, a fact that only escalates matters further. Trackback ( 0 ). Comments ( 7 ). January 26th, 2011. January 26th, 2011. A straight couple being ...
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Letter to Seán Gallagher | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? Letter to Seán Gallagher. 8216;ll admit outright, I’m not a Gallagher supporter. I believe him to be coasting by on his relatively clean image, a campaign which has nothing to do with the office he seeks and generally keeping his mouth shut. But given his climbing poll numbers, he must be taken seriously, which is why I emailed a few points to his campaign for clarification. I do not expect a response. Trackback ( 0 ). Comments ( 0 ). Letter to Seán Galla...
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Tron: Legacy | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? In a lot of ways I knew never to expect too much, as the story was always in some way ancillary to everything else going on with the original and in most ways, it would not stray too far from its namesake. Oth positively and negatively my expectations were met and often exceed in this Joseph Kosinski feature debut. That he achieved earlier, entertaining but rather empty. Verall, despite the failings of the plot, there is plenty here to build upon for anot...
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The King’s Speech | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? The King’s Speech. S awards season moves closer and closer to nominations and the inevitable big events that we both deride and celebrate in equal measure, it falls on the studio to push the last of the hopefuls before the deadline approaches, hoping that they might grasp a nomination of some sort. This drive to get nominations can indeed be called cynical but simply look at the atrocious. I simply can’t stress it enough. But the passage of time and truth...
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? Hose of you who read these reviews regularly or have talked to me in general will remember my mantra about a well executed movie – keep it simple, high quality and differentiated where possible. Well Rodrigo Cortés’ newest picture “Buried” couldn’t possibly question the very same idea any. Ever content with merely damaging his own reputation, M. Night Shyamalan has expanded from ruining franchises. To mentoring those he considers innovators In their field.
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X-Men: First Class | The Jackanory
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The embodiment of pedantry. What’s the jackanory? Adly this prequel at best offered a slight variant of “Kick Ass”. Which was at least bordering on the median. Lot points such as personal acceptance (in the form of Mystique and Beast) or backgrounds easily explained (Xavier and Magneto) are plodded through in such leaden detail for what is now the fourth time, it’s a mystery why such things even had to be revisited. Trackback ( 0 ). Comments ( 2 ). June 7th, 2011. As always, a very erudite skewering!
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