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 | Reviews Reviews and criticisms of classic and contemporary literature, movies and art, including the occasional review of the slightly offbeat, fill this section. | |
| | | | | |  A Festering talent by Asa Butcher
Today is Christopher Lloyd's 70th birthday and when faced with what to review to honour this special occasion I just couldn't resist Christopher Lloyd in a fat suit! | | | |  Lights! Action! Mascara! by Asa Butcher
There is a film on general cinema release called 'The Women' and, unbeknown to me when sitting down to watch it, the entire film, albeit one very brief appearance of a baby boy at the end, consists of women. | | | |  "Minä elän" Finnish literature by Thanos Kalamidas
Today Finland's flags are flying in honour of Aleksis Kivi Day, also known as suomalaisen kirjallisuuden paiva. Kivi was the pioneer of modern Finnish literature and deserves greater recognition, Thanos explains why... | |
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| | |  The Entertainer by Asa Butcher
Across the world media are reporting the death of Paul Newman at the age of 83 describing his passing as a great loss to Hollywood, but I want to offer a different stance - calm down, it isn't that different. | | | |  The Culture: An introduction by Asa Butcher
Originally published in 1987, 'Consider Phlebas' introduces us to Iain M. Banks' Culture and its galaxy-wide war against the Idiran Empire. | | | |  Lobster, Zen & motorbikes by Asa Butcher
In honour of Robert M. Pirsig's 80th birthday today, Ovi has republished its past review of his book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'. | | | |  I want to believe by Asa Butcher
I want to review the new "X-Files" movie 'The X Files: I Want to Believe' in honour of Gillian Anderson's 40th birthday today. I wish the review was going to be a wholly positive affair for her landmark anniversary. | | | |  $2,000 dollars an ounce by Asa Butcher
Thirteen Woody Allen films over the course of six days. However, I consciously decided to end my journey with 'Annie Hall' and it was the perfect conclusion to my Woody Allen education. | | | |  On Being Mystical and Mad in Mongolia by Valerie Sartor
On June 26 at 7:30 PM Mr. James Palmer, a youthful but quite knowledgeable historian, gave a talk at The Beijing Bookworm about his first and already highly acclaimed book: The Bloody White Baron. | | | |  Sand in my living room by Asa Butcher
Heroic, momentous, significant, vast and monumental are just a few of the synonyms suggested by my thesaurus when looking up the word 'epic', and I can declare that 'Lawrence of Arabia' deserved the AFI's declaration that it is the best epic film. | | | | next | | |
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