Tony Klinger

Most people will have noticed that the best films are always released around this time of year. The reasons for this is commercial. Starting in the USA there are the Thanksgiving holidays, followed by Christmas. These holiday seasons generate huge revenues to the film studios.
Also of huge importance to the studios and their potential revnues [...]

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I was talking to a friend recently about the wages of Kaka, the Brazilian footballer. I shall quote what the man said to me, “My daughter is a health worker and she earns less a year than that b….  is given  a day!”
Notice the use of the words. His daughter “earns” her money, whereas Kaka [...]

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This is the first step of my twelve step program to release me from my addiction. Hello my name is Tony Klinger and I am a new technology addict. The crowd will all nod and greet me as we seek release from this terrible affliction.
It started like this. I always prided myself on being on [...]

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I have a friend in the States who is a habitué of a Los Angeles restaurant that allows smoking in an outside-tented area. Most nights you can see a sad looking man with a mashed up, plastic looking face sitting at a corner table, he looks like an old pro boxer who has had too [...]

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“Slumdog Millionaire” is a modern fable, a feel good movie that is wonderful, heartwarming and richly rewarding. I don’t quite accept the critical claims for this film being great, but it does deserving the avalanche of accolades it has already amassed, and all the awards it is likely to receive.
In his latest film, “Slumdog Millionaire,” [...]

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