Category Archives: Films

Call me kooky-pants

Posted on Saturday 25 July 2009 by Hazel

Angel - "Apocalpyse, Nowish" (Steven S. DeKnight) WARNING: THIS CONTAINS RAMBLING I have been struggling to find a reason just why Angel just doesn’t engage me in the way that Buffy does. I have some idea: in "Apocalypse, Nowish",  Angel, … Continue reading →

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Bechdel (again)

Posted on Friday 5 June 2009 by Hazel

I just came across this website devoted to the Bechdel Test (via My Buffyholism is Showing). Why haven't I seen the Oscar winning film There Will Be Blood? Because a film styled as a "story about family, greed, religion, and … Continue reading →

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Random quote #4

Posted on Thursday 30 April 2009 by Hazel

I don't need the money. Not needing the money puts me in a magical place because I can say no. I like the idea of having good movies made or having no movies made. Neil Gaiman on The Anansi Boys, … Continue reading →

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Fahrenheit 451

Posted on Tuesday 28 April 2009 by Hazel

Apparently Terence Stamp turned down the role of Montag because he thought he would be overshadowed by Julie Christie. Well, to this set of eyes and ears he needn't have worried. I am at a loss to understand the attraction … Continue reading →

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The season finale revealed!

Posted on Saturday 28 March 2009 by Hazel

Doll House Crowd Convicted, originally uploaded by moley75. This is a poor screengrab of the final few seconds of Walk on the Wild Side (1962). The dollhouse in question is a brothel.

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Stranger Than Fiction

Posted on Sunday 22 March 2009 by Hazel

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. --Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar. in Following the Equator by Mark Twain (1897) I really enjoyed this film starring one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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It's going to be all right, son

Posted on Friday 2 January 2009 by Hazel

I love Christopher Nolan's Memento and The Prestige was interesting but felt like two films stuck together. It took me two viewings to appreciate Batman Begins – the first time I fell asleep - but second time I thought it … Continue reading →

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Favourite actresses

Posted on Thursday 11 December 2008 by Hazel

There is a meme going around the best film blogs but since no-one is likely to tag me I'm just going to produce my own list of my twenty favourite actresses. My first criterion is that the majority of the … Continue reading →

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Why, everybody in Mandrake Falls is pixilated - except us.

Posted on Sunday 9 November 2008 by Hazel

Mr Deeds Goes to Town Frank Capra was a genius. I have no idea how he managed it but every sentimental, corny, mushy, unlikely scene in this film just wasn’t. The dialogue (by Robert Riskin), acting and casting certainly helped. … Continue reading →

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How do you feel about Cleveland?

Posted on Monday 3 November 2008 by Hazel

Tootsie I haven’t seen this film in years but I have seen it several times as I realised when I watched it on DVD and found myself anticipating many of the scenes and the funny moments and lines. It has … Continue reading →

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