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I'm still waiting for someone to explain the plot of Quantum of Solace to me. (although curiously, I seem to be the only person on the planet apart from the script-writer who understands what what title was all about,) but I'd heard huge things about Skyfall and I didn't go in with low expectations ( Read more... )

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This Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of an extremely significant, but largely forgotten incident in British history, an incident which quite possibly altered the direction of the entire twentieth century. The incident was what history recalls as The Battle of Cable Street1936 was a year of great uncertainty. The world economy was ( Read more... )

Bonjour Tristesse

The Pelican Club's doors have been closed far too long of late, and what better excuse to throw them open again than to welcome home one of our favorite patrons, quatrefoil from what I can only describe as a European jaunt. In her report of her adventures, Dr. Q mentioned that she'd discovered that her understanding of spoken French had ( Read more... )

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What a hoot! This is such a fun and pitch perfect piece of escapism.

I had grave fears about this movie, because in the wrong hands this character could be disastrously one-dimensional and jingoistic. (And indeed it has been done so, go here to read my good friend Bully, the Little Stuffed Bull's re-examination of the official ( Read more... )

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I never really caught up with Amy Winehouse's music, but I did pay enough attention to recognise her as an awesomely talented person who could go on to do anything. Sadly, her demons got her first.

She's not the first and I think this song is as valid for Amy as it was for Janis.

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