At the festival…

In our mini-mini-mini version of the Toronto International Film Festival, we’ve seen two films that really grabbed us.Walk on Water, an Israeli film written by Gal Ochovsky and directed by Eytan Fox, is just brilliant. It’s entertaining, deeply moving and...

Ich bin ein Vienner

Five other things Arnold Schwarzenegger misremembered from his childhood in Austria:”Terminator T-1000 units prowled the streets of Saltzburg, while the last remnants of humanity took refuge in the Eisriesenwelt Caves.””Communist alien predators...

Insolent swine!

Just watching The Last Samurai on DVD. One of the samurai warriors who have captured Tom Cruise’s character has just barked “Insolent swine!” at him.The writer must be especially adept at stifling his gag reflex to have penned a line like that. (So...
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