Les Compères
Synopsis: When her teen-aged son (Stephane Bierry) runs away and the police are noncommittal, a woman (Anne Duperey) convinces two old flames — a crusading journalist (Gerard Depardieu) and a […]
Monthly Archives: June 2012
La mala educación
Synopsis: From two-time Academy Award®-winner Pedro Almodovar (2002 Best Original Screenplay, Talk to Her, 2000 Best Foreign Language Film, All About My Mother) comes Bad Education, an outrageous tale of […]
The Dead Pool
Synopsis: Fame isn’t detective Harry Callahan’s style. He dislikes being grouped with a rock star, a film critic and a TV host, all slain celebrities in a macabre betting pool […]
Lenore, vol. 2, issues 1-3
Lenore, vol. 2, issues 1-3, by Roman Dirge 7.25 I picked up a set of Lenore comics for peanuts (I think it was all three for 1$) at a garage […]
Leave Her to Heaven
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Ben Ames Williams, Leave Her to Heaven is a stylish psychological thriller starring Gene Tierney as Ellen, the stunningly beautiful wife of handsome […]
C’est pas moi, c’est lui
Synopsis: Pierre Richard directs and stars in this comedy about a ghost writer employed by a successful comic. He assumes the comic’s identity and talks his way into a joint […]
Punch-Drunk Love
Synopsis: Barry Egan is a socially impaired owner of a small novelty business, who is dominated by seven sisters and is unlikely to find love unless it finds him. When […]
Carlin at Carnegie
Synopsis: Taped before a full-house at New York’s Carnegie Hall (October 12, 1982), this performance represents an important creating resurgence for Carlin, following a heart attack earlier that year. He […]
Sudden Impact
Synopsis: Sensitive to outcries of police brutality, the superiors of San Francisco Detective Harry Callahan have sent him on an out-of-town assignment until things cool down. But wherever Harry goes, […]
Chew, vol. 2
Chew, vol. 2, by John Layman and Rob Guillory 7.75 Following ‘Chew, vol. 1’, I made a point of requesting all the other paperbacks of Chew that my local library […]
Les Schtroumpfs et le Cracoucass
Les Schtroumpfs et le Cracoucass, by Peyo and Gos 7.75 By 1969, Peyo’s Smurfs had been met with massive success. This was unexpected, as they were originally only supposed to […]
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Synopsis: This Movie Is Totally Out Of Control! From the director of Animal House and the creators of Airplane and The Naked Gun, comes the original madcap, most out-of control […]
L’Oeuf et les Schtroumpfs
L’Oeuf et les Schtroumpfs, by Peyo and Delporte 8.0 This book is a compilation proper, with no recent (at the time of publication) material included herein. It was likely a way to […]
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