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Lovers Walk
A cracking episode that brings to a head a storyline I really wasn't enjoying. Poor Cordelia (and poor Oz too but it seems less awful for him since I know what happens...), she did give up so much for Xander … Continue reading
Relevations
Even when the actor is English, English characters always sound fake in the Buffyverse; consequently anybody from or purporting to be from the Watchers' Council automatically puts my back up. I like that the writers try to get English colloquial … Continue reading
Band Candy
That was a bit of a break, wasn't it? Too much soppy Angel and Adam lost interest so we watched other things but I missed it so much that here I am again. This episode was derailed by shirtless Tai … Continue reading
Couch to 5k
Today, Andy and I ran around Elthorne Roughs and a bit of the canal under the influence of Laura, the NHS, and Couch to 5k. The actual running lasted about 8 minutes while the walking part was 22 minutes. It's … Continue reading
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Time After Time
I think New Year's resolutions are a bit pointless because they tend to be quickly forgotten but I will make just one and that might be to blog more often. I may even start watching Buffy again. 2011's Hootenanny might … Continue reading
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Meryl Streep channels Brad Pitt
There is a scene in The Hours where Meryl Streep's Clarissa anxiously discusses the perceived triviality of her life with her daughter and she waves her hands about in a way that is just like Brad Pitt's Jeffrey Goines in … Continue reading
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Winter's Bone (2010)
When will I learn that a film about poverty described with such adjectives as chilling, searing, rawest, gritty, genuine, shabby, grimly and unflinching, is not a film for me? And I'm not sure the poor people of the Ozarks deserve … Continue reading
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Arrietty (2010)
My expectations for this were set too high by the general tone that headed my way via the Internet. It is certainly a lovely simple film for children but really it is no more than that. It looked gorgeous and … Continue reading
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The Company of Wolves (1984)
This may be the first 18 certificate film I saw at the cinema. I wonder at what cinema I saw it but I can't remember that because it was nearly thirty years ago. It's remarkable just how much I recalled … Continue reading
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Merrily We Go To Hell (1932)
I really, really like this film. It's not that it's perfect, far from it: Jerry's sobering up is too neat and his return to Joan comes at a considerable price for her, but the first two thirds of it are … Continue reading
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