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Category: Movie Commentary

  • Churchill: The Hollywood Years – Background and Commentary

    Origin: England Churchill: The Hollywood Years was a production of the English film industry. This movie is less how Americans remember the WWII and more how the English think Americans remember WWII. The jokes are also geared to a specific subset of the English that find Harry Enfield and testicle  jokes funny. That is not to say the movie is…

  • The Pirate Movie – Background and Commentary

    The Pirate Movie Background: The Pirate Movie is a modern interpretation of Gilbert’s and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, one of their better know works. The Movie is told in a dream sequence by the unconscious Mabel, played here by Kristy McNichol. The original light opera was mainly told, like most operas by G&S, through the point of view of…