Tony Klinger

“Doubt” is a film that makes you think about your faith and the doubts we all harbor from time to time. The stars are the versatile and excellent Meryl Streep as the nun who runs the Catholic school and the compulsively viewable and gifted Philip Seymour Hoffman as her priest. They are both wonderful, if [...]

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For the record, this film is a great movie, not just of this year as it will stand the test of time and be recognized as the minor classic it surely is.
Taken from the slight short story by one of America’s outstanding novelists, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the screenplay is by Eric Roth who never misses [...]

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A Gran Torino from the 50’s is a very desirable vintage car; it is also a very desirable film that you should consume as soon as it has arrived at a cinema near you. The Gran Torino in question is owned by Clint Eastwood’s character, `Kowalski, in this truly excellent motion picture.
There have been two [...]

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The Day The Earth Stood Still is a 20th Century Fox release and the company needs a big success as it has had a pretty rough time of late. It’s the only major science fiction film on release for this festive season, and as this is a genre I particularly enjoy it would be great [...]

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You would imagine and hope that the BBC is going to be extra vigilant about what it broadcasts right now. This is particularly so in light of the huge public scandal  still swirling around and under Aunty BBC’s skirts following its disastrous handling of the recent Brand / Ross broadcast; That cost the former broadcaster [...]

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