Daily Archives: March 11, 2012

The Shawshank Redemption

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Houyhnhnm

Why is this a bad film? Because it’s not true to life. The goodies are unrelentingly good, so it’s sentimental, and the baddies all bad, so it’s brutalised. Typical moronic box-office desperation: crank up the violence to make ’em feel … Continue reading →

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Rowan the wizard

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Houyhnhnm

Rowan Williams is how we imagine Pozzo’s Lucky in the days when he used to delight his master with his ‘thinking’ (Waiting for Godot, Act One:) He even used to think very prettily once, I could listen to him for … Continue reading →

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