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• Helen Branscome wrote a new blog post: The crux of the problem arise…   5 hours, 18 minutes ago
  

  The crux of the problem arises in a scene where matchmaker/Beverly Hills princess Cher (Silverstone) tries to teach her project Tai (Murphy) what the word "sporadically" means (it refers to how often Silverstone sees new scripts): rather than let the moment play out in its own spectacularly ironic way, it comments on it with an [...]

• Helen Branscome wrote a new blog post: Breakheart Pass (1975)   1 day, 19 hours ago
  

  Tolerably typical Alistair MacLean adventure with all the usual failings: minimal characterisation, severe dialogue, too much cook up, and too ungenerous real, congenital dynamism as opposed to weightily set up action pieces. This people manages to combine a basic Ten Trivial Indians plot with assassinate on a train à la Orient Accurate, set in the [...]

• Helen Branscome wrote a new blog post: The Girl (2001)   4 days, 11 hours ago
  

  “The Iron Ladies” depicts such testaments to the athletic spirit. Based on
  the story of a real-life Thai men’s volleyball team composed of gay,
  transvestite and transsexual players, “Iron” is queeny, corny and impossible
  to resist.
  Barred by prejudice from competing in their up-country village,
  transvestites Jung and Mon win spots on a top-flight team in [...]

• Helen Branscome wrote a new blog post: Woman on Top (2000)   6 days, 5 hours ago
  

  Reviewed: September 23rd, 2000

  How is it possible for a silver screen about two hot Latin lovers and full-bodied South American comestibles, to be so unruffled? You wouldn't cogitate on it would be easy to achieve, yet
  Woman on Top
  in one way manages it.

  All through this dismal love story, I kept waiting for something to happen [...]

• Helen Branscome wrote a new blog post: Military Intelligence and You! (2008)   1 week, 1 day ago
  

  Fractured or twisted fairy tales can translate into highly entertaining movies, like “Ever After” or “The Princess Bride.” Mark Palansky’s “Penelope” is a nice try at the genre, but falls short.
  It has a good cast and a few funny and affecting moments, but it sets up too many stumbling blocks to succeed. When [...]

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