Belgian Dominique Abel and his Australian wife Fiona Gordon are probably the best burlesque couple in movies today. Both rather angular and gaunt, this odd looking pair who are such gifted physical comedians would undoubtedly be super stars in old Hollywood where are any form of slapstick was both loved and respected. In their latest, … Continue reading
Ellie is a rock journalist who covers Seattle’s thriving indie music scene. She’s been at it a little too long and is getting a tad too old to keep having so many late nights drinking and hooking up with much younger musicians. In fact the story opens with her putting her clothes back on as … Continue reading
This movie from 2010 is the true a group of some 180 women machinists in the Ford Factory in Dagenham, a London suburb, who in 1968 defied the fiercely male entrenched society at the time and did the unheard of thing by going out on strike and demanding equal pay. Lined up against them were Trade Union Officials … Continue reading
In 1968 a group of some 180 women machinists in the Ford Factory in Dagenham, a London suburb, defied the fiercely male entrenched society at the time and did the unheard of thing by going out on strike and demanding equal pay. Lined up against them were Trade Union Officials that cozied up to Management, … Continue reading
Within a few minutes after the opening of this movie …. Woody Allen’s 46th, and probably one of his most tedious … it is very obvious that the magic in the title refers strictly to the staged tricks created by the two leading characters and not to the film itself. Allen’s very thin story, set … Continue reading