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Steve Jobs

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There is nothing remotely conventional about the enthralling biopic that director Danny Boyle (“Slumdog Millionaire”)  and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (” The Social Network”) have made about Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) the iconic visionary with a major messiah complex.  Rather than try and pack in the man’s entire rather manic life in two short hours they focus … Continue reading



TELSTAR

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In the 1960’s when Phil Spector ruled American pop music, we Brits crowned Joe Meek as our king.  They were both very similar people.  Flamboyant eccentrics bordering on insane monsters and complete control freaks dependent on heavy drug use and exploiting young unknown talents, they were geniuses nonetheless. We learn in this intriguing bio-pic of … Continue reading



The Dancer

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When you see the spectacular and rather breathtaking dancing scenes in this movie you can understand why writer/director Stéphanie Di Giusto chose to make her very first feature film very loosely based on Loie Fuller the great French/American dancer of the Belle Époque period.  However Di Gusto takes great liberties with telling the dancer’s story and … Continue reading



HOUSE OF VERSACE

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Lifetime reached new depths with their latest TV Movie about poor wretched Donatella Versace that was excruciatingly painful to watch.  This bio-pic made without any input from family was mainly a work of fiction and essentially about how Ms V was really the power and talent behind the throne when her brother was the star … Continue reading




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