Enemy (2014)
Jun10

Enemy (2014)

Caught in the Web: Enemy (2014)   ‘Chaos is order yet undeciphered’.                                                                                                      —José Saramago, The Double     At least Isabella Rossellini, veteran of Blue Velvet, must have felt right at home; because David Lynch moments abound in director Denis Villeneuve’s strange, enthralling film Enemy. First, however, a couple of personal...

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Godzilla (2014)
Jun10

Godzilla (2014)

Prehistoric Eco-Warrior: Godzilla (2014)   This reboot of the modern-day Godzilla franchise which–thanks to director Roland Emmerich– had died before it really got going back in 1998 is directed by Gareth Edwards.  And if I tell you that Edwards is the guy who gave us the 2010 Monsters for under $500,000 and add that it is one of my all-time favourite low-budget masterpieces then you’ll understand that I was looking...

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Normal Service Has Been Resumed
Jun10

Normal Service Has Been Resumed

Normal Service Has Been Resumed     Well, I’m hoping that at least somebody out there missed me.  I haven’t been on either of these two blogs— www.charleybrady.com  or its companion   www.cbsays.com   for quite some time. The Horrible Political Side I don’t know how other bloggers manage it when they are also working a day job, but because of that, plus ‘personal problems’ (or more than the normal, that is) I just couldn’t...

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Funny Games with Darby O’Gill; and Images of the Beast: A Rambling Look at Guilty Pleasures
Jun10

Funny Games with Darby O’Gill; and Images of the Beast: A Rambling Look at Guilty Pleasures

Funny Games with Darby O’Gill; and Images of the Beast: A Rambling Look at Guilty Pleasures     I’ve often wondered why we call them ‘guilty pleasures’, these little obsessions of ours?  Certainly I don’t particularly think that I have anything to feel guilty about in having something of a fixation on old black-and-white horror movies, just for example.  However, in the past I’ve dated women who found something just a bit off...

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