I hadn't planned to say anything about Bob Dylan’s Modern Times; what would be the point, with all those words already flyin’ about the æther? But then Neddie went and posted a fine item on the structure of songs, and I felt I had to. Actually, it isn’t only about the structure of songs. It’s ab...

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The opening title sequence was really wonderful. That’s not to denigrate the rest of the film, which was just the job for a slightly morose Monday evening. But the book of Thank You For Smoking is funnier and perhaps more interesting. Of course a film can’t often be as nuanced as a book, but fre...

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The DVD of Bad Santa skipped badly, so I sent it back. But I asked filmacasa.it to send me a fresh copy, because I just had to see whether and how Billy Bob Thornton's Santa could possible redeem himself. Which, being a Hollywood movie, he obviously had to. But they left it awful late.

My ratin...

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