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  • Hard Days Rut

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    The Rutles  (1978)

     Obviously i have loved this since 1978.. Neil Innes created such brilliant ,affectionate parodies/pastiches of the entire span of the Beatles catalogue. I'm prompted to add a few lines,after spotting a glaring error in the above review. .. To work properly ,each song has to be a slightly "off" version of the original.  So It's "Please please Hold MY Hand".. as opposed to "i wanna hold your hand".(It's certainly NOT "please please let me hold your hand" ).soppy inadequacy ,replacing assertive sassy presumption. All the Beatles totally approved of and loved "the Rutles" George Harrison appears adding a further layer of irony ,as he reports on the looting of "RutleCorp" ("Apple").. Some of the songs are  as good,i would contend as the "real" thing... from "Number One" to  "Get up and Go"  Neil ,singing "Cheese and Onion" on Saturday Night Live was ,apparently mistaken by many for John Lennon ...


  • "Todo Sobre Mi Madre"

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    RED RED RED ..red hair , transvestite male prostitutes, tragic loss of children Lesbian love, motherly love , and fatherly love , fathers with breasts, Bette Davis reference, Black hair ,Penelope Cruz speaking her own language and seeming like a totally different person, heartbreak, Divas , " A street car named desire" , crying, lots of crying..crying while you watch it..fantastic..!. 9 out of 10...
    I'm done for now... Chrissie J


  • Happy-Go-Lucky

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    Happy-Go-Lucky  (2008)

    No not the 1942 musical with Betty Hutton..but Mike Leigh's latest slice of life affirming life...As a dedicated  fan ,i went to see it when it started showing,in the U.K....I heard Leigh talking about it on the radio a week before and knew it would be right "up my street" ,Sally Hawkins,is fabulous and this is her first "leading role"(she was in "Vera Drake",loads of other things including good t.v. and radio ).. Her character may seem unbelievably positive, optimistic,and irritating , to some, but i know people like this,and she is credible as a primary school teacher... Leigh fans will not be dissapointed..the female/family banter is wonderfully funny and engaging,and these scenes, along with the "Flamenco" classes, are intelligent fun, going down a storm in the cinema.We know that there will be a strong counterpoint coming ,a rude awakening.. We get a totally unrealistic one that strikes a completely false note,manipulative and just a bit daft (reminicent of the excesses of "Naked")..but,leaving that aside,there is a "tour de force" of a performance from the superb Eddie Marsan ,as "Scott" the dysfunctional driving instructor..Breathing a sigh of relief ,,the key phrases ringing in your ears will be:Enra Ha!   "MySpace!"(no not that one) and something like "cheer up it might never 'appen"...


 

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