Archive for August, 2009

“The Double McGuffin” - The Kids Are All Right, Sorta - (No Comments)

By Richard Murphy, posted on Monday, August 31st, 2009

It is the story of four schoolboys, who come upon evidence of skullduggery and work together to stop a murder. The lads are a mischievous gang who are always cooking up some scheme. Dion Pride, yup, son of country music legend Charlie Pride, is Specks. Vincent Spano plays Foster. Diminutive Greg Hodges is Homer and Jeff Nicholson plays Billy Ray, always in cowboy hat.

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“Fat Head” - Now you know, Where’s the Beef? - (No Comments)

By Richard Murphy, posted on Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

Occasionally, I come across a movie I want to love even before I see it. Tom Naughton’s Fat Head is one of those. As a gourmand, it is certain that a movie that says you can eat all you want of what you like will be watched with fervor by those of us seeking justification for our love of meat in quantity.

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“3 Blondes In His Life” - Can there ever be enough? - (No Comments)

By Richard Murphy, posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The film is most instructive in a sociological sense. In that era, there were commercials with taglines such as Is it true blonds have more fun? and If I have one life, let me live it as a blond. Three Blondes in His Life certainly deconstructs that thesis. Being blond led only to problems.

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