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cinema 1966

Posted on Friday, 2006 May 12 by Anton

大菩薩峠 (Dai-Bosatsu Pass aka Sword of Doom) (dir. 岡本 喜八,). The fight scenes are more preposterous than average: not only do the red shirts attack the champion one by one rather than rushing him, they seem to be aiming to … Continue reading →

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a protected minority?

Posted on Friday, 2006 March 24 by Anton

Hee hee. The Economist says of V for Vendetta: . . . only fans of detention centres, torture, unfettered government surveillance, screaming-mad television pundits and laws against alternative lifestyles will find anything here that could possibly offend. Perhaps I’ll go see it … Continue reading →

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did you bring enough to share?

Posted on Monday, 2006 March 13 by Anton

In the old Bill Cosby Show, Chet Kincaid was a PE teacher who, in one memorable episode, substituted for an algebra teacher. (Come to think of it, that episode was probably my first exposure to algebra!) Does anyone remember the … Continue reading →

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cinema 1965

Posted on Monday, 2006 January 09 by Anton

侍 Samurai aka Samurai Assassin (dir. 岡本 喜八). Talk, talk, talk, talk, bloodbath, End. How To Murder Your Wife (dir. Richard Quine). Phooey. For comedy we make some allowance for a contrived story and an immoral resolution, but this one … Continue reading →

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my tastes are not always unshared

Posted on Sunday, 2006 January 01 by Anton

For Dad‘s birthday I sent him the first season of Northern Exposure and of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am gratified to hear that both he and Mrs Dad are enjoying them; Ruth particularly raves about NX.

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that’s one big ad

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 December 13 by Anton

words fail me. (cited here almost five months ago)

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flies on fire

Posted on Sunday, 2005 November 27 by Anton

It’s a fair bet that my readers include at least one Mutant Enemy fanatic. Got a couple of canon questions for ya. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, anyone seen smoking is either evil, under a spell or doomed. (There’s one … Continue reading →

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