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Julien Allen
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Film critic and essayist: Reverse Shot; producer: THE WYRM OF BWLCH PEN BARRAS (wyrmfilm.com); editor: orsonwelles.co.uk; trustee: The Bach Choir; founder: Arkadin Cricket Club; French rugby fan; father; husband; lawyer.
Don't get me wrong. It's a good problem. But I'm thinking the number for X is probably 2, now.
April 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Don't think that really reduces the anxiety. I mean just having more than one would be psychologically taxing to start with.
April 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I would obviously rather have Danny DeVito around a hundred different times than SS once, but 100 Danny DeVitos in one go, I don't think I could take.
April 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Would the x Danny DeVitos be all at the same time? This has a considerable bearing on my own answer.
April 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thanks for the correction!
April 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
They are a guilty pleasure! Not because they are badly written (the contrary) but because they are so very aspirational (independently wealthy jet setters) 😊
April 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Short for Gin & Italian, a favorite of Frances Durbridge's upper class sleuth, Peter Temple (and his journalist wife, Stevie).
April 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They set their store out hiring Brian De Palma for the first one. They were going to let talented expressionistic sensurramic auteurs do their thing with the material. On reflection it was a brilliant idea. The last four have been directed by Chris McQ I think. They're much more po-faced.
April 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I've also loved John Woo ever since a retrospective in the main quarter in Paris while I was at uni. Woo is playing with his own aesthetic with this film and as usual gets lovely performances from the heavies: Dougray Scott and especially Richard Roxburgh. "Aa braouwk hiz jaw."
April 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hands down the sexiest human in movies. Words simply cannot describe...
April 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The ratio between preposterousness and believability in this series is remarkably small. It has a way of making you want to go with it.
April 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Either Vanilla Sky or MI:2. I think he has even more hair in MI:2
April 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Similarly, the mere need to even impose such a ban is preposterous, as it should obviously be disqualificatory at the ballot box anyway, but in this age of Trump, it isn't. If you're a criminal and commit crimes but you are also a politician, you get to condemn the courts for doing their job.
March 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I loathe and fear the far right, Le Pen, Bardella, Zemmour, Marion Maréchal and the rest. But wherever it appears in the report, not to comment on the constitutional ability of a court to ban someone from running for office would be egregious.
March 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
😂 It's really only red onions sliced thin, plus harissa-laced vinegar and chives. No thumb included.
March 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I microplaned the top of my thumb off a fortnight ago making these...not worth it. #pain #weirdhealshape
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Agreed! 😊
March 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thanks Scott, we hope you'll enjoy Fairy Moon, which will be playing at a festival or two near you this summer, with any luck.
March 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM