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FDR: American Badass! 2012
Directed by - Garrett Brawith
Written by - Ross Patterson
Starring - Barry Bostwick, Lin Shaye, Ray Wise, William Mapother, Jesse Merlin, Paul Ben-Victor, Jamison Yang, Paul Willson and Ross PattersonThis is arguably the greatest film I’ve ever seen. Ripe with stunning imagery that guides the audience through a deep exploration of one of the most interesting periods of American history, FDR: American Badass! is a film brimming with political and social commentary. It tells the forgotten story of…
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Straw Dogs 1971
Directed by - Sam Peckinpah
Written by - Sam Peckinpah and David Zelag Goodman
Based on The Siege of Trencher's Farm by - Gordon Williams
Starring - Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Del Henney, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, T.P. McKenna, Jim Norton and Ken HutchisonThe seventies were awash with controversial films that, by today’s standards, seem very tame indeed. Films such as The Exorcist and A Clockwork Orange have garnered a huge reputation based largely on controversy (though I happen…
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Taken 2 2012
Six Things I Learned from Taken 2:
1. Randomly chucking grenades around in a crowded city is the best way of gauging someone’s location.
2. American citizens are free to kill random, innocent police officers provided one of their mates has contacts at the American Embassy.
3. Typing “US Embassy” into the GPS works every time.
4. Slamming the gearstick of a taxi down will make it go faster.
5. Albanians speak English in their own country but speak… -
Carrie 1976
There are few things more awkward in this World than watching the opening credits of Carrie in the presence of your parents. Any teenage boy who has had to endure such a scenario will know just how uncomfortable it is. You just don’t know where to look! Worse still, if you’re in the boat that I was in when I first sat down to watch it, you’ve got the added dilemma of pretending that you’re enjoying it – but…