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writerzblog: Anne Patchett's State of Wonder
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This is a general blog for readers and writers. Sunday, August 07, 2011. Anne Patchett's State of Wonder. State of Wonder is the story of Marina Singh, who enters the jungle with reluctance but a sense of purpose. Marina needs to find out the details surrounding the death of her co-worker, who preceded her to the Amazon. His death was announced in a letter from the doctor on site, stating simply that he had died of a fever. Will he transform those around him? I will chew on this for a while. Im glad I di...
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Runs like a gay: June 2012
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Runs like a gay. Saturday, 30 June 2012. Haven't they seen "Double Indemnity"? Out this week - 29/06/12). It's an Italy vs Spain final on Sunday that promises great football, even if it's narratively unadventurous and Andy Murray is still performing well at Wimbledon so the studios can be forgiven to going slightly easy this weekend on the big ticket releases. So much so that the largest roll-out is only 265 cinemas, over 100 less than Men In Black 3. Actually took the most with The Five-Year engagement.
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Runs like a gay: April 2012
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Runs like a gay. Sunday, 29 April 2012. It's a Man's World (Out this week - 27/04/12). Not really counting) we also see the official end to 2011 Oscar season with the last mainstream feature nominee (excluding Foreign language and documentaries) getting it's UK release. Naturally the contest for the RLAG film of the week lies between these two extremes - the box office behemoth and the art-house breakout - but in the end a man can't change who he is so I opt for Albert Nobbs. As the top choice. Glenn Clo...
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Runs like a gay: August 2012
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Runs like a gay. Thursday, 30 August 2012. 2012 Dir: Sarah Polley. Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Luke Kirby and Jennifer Podemski. ●●●○○. The second feature from Canadian Sarah Polley, starts beautifully, ends gracefully with real truth in it's resolution and characters. Unfortunately there's one very troubling scene about 30 minutes in that nearly made me walk out, and consequently makes me very reticent about recommending the film. Posted by Runs Like A Gay. As you probably ...
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Runs like a gay: January 2012
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Runs like a gay. Saturday, 28 January 2012. Reflecting on what you didn't know (Out this week - 27/01/12). Was the biggest new release just beating Underworld: Awakening. But missing out on the top spot to the second week of release from Spielberg's horse epic. I'm learning from my mistakes and given the imbalance in screens and it's likeable, kid friendly trailer I predict Monster in Paris. Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●●●●●●○. It's Liam Neeson versus the wolves, as the Ulsterman's later career as a ...
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Runs like a gay: May 2012
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Runs like a gay. Saturday, 26 May 2012. Following your own formula (Out this week - 25/05/12). Was instantly compared to Anderson's work. Unsurprisingly then the runs like a gay film of the week is Moonrise Kingdom. Last week The Dictator. Did indeed climb it's way to the top of the box office charts, taking nearly double Avenger Assemble. Runs like a Gay Excitometer: ●●●●●●○○○○. Read on for a unique take on fairy tales, time travelling aliens and the ultimate in self help book adaptations. The classic F...
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Runs like a gay: You won't believe your ears (Out this week - 31/08/12)
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Runs like a gay. Saturday, 1 September 2012. You won't believe your ears (Out this week - 31/08/12). Last week I massively overestimated the popularity of TV celebrity character Keith Lemmon and failed to take into account the largely absent reviews and bus-side advertising. It didn't flop like a fat man on a diving board achieving the highest gross for a newly released movie, but it did struggle to make much of an impact on the top ten, with Pixar's Brave. Pips it to the post. Clearly the most bonkers f...
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Runs like a gay: Wild and Windy weather (Film News - August 2012)
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Runs like a gay. Thursday, 13 September 2012. Wild and Windy weather (Film News - August 2012). Crazy for the Storm. Sean Penn is back behind the camera with Norman Ollestad's survival memoir, and if the central storyline of a young protagonist forced to struggle in extreme weather conditions before finding his way back to civilisation sounds a little similar to Into the Wild. But in reverse then you're not too far off. Shirley Maclaine may be lording it up over at "Downton Abbey" at the moment, but it's...
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Runs like a gay: Take This Waltz
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Runs like a gay. Thursday, 30 August 2012. 2012 Dir: Sarah Polley. Starring: Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman, Luke Kirby and Jennifer Podemski. ●●●○○. The second feature from Canadian Sarah Polley, starts beautifully, ends gracefully with real truth in it's resolution and characters. Unfortunately there's one very troubling scene about 30 minutes in that nearly made me walk out, and consequently makes me very reticent about recommending the film. Posted by Runs Like A Gay. On New Horizons:...
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Runs like a gay: Some body count (Out this week - 21/09/12)
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Runs like a gay. Sunday, 23 September 2012. Some body count (Out this week - 21/09/12). There are lies, damned lies and statistics. So said Mark Twain in his autobiography. So bearing that in mind I'm calling last weekend's box office prediction a success. What? But RLAG said it would be ParaNorman. Yet any idiot with a Guardian can see it's The Sweeney. To edge ahead, making it the first time in ages the film of the week is also predicted as box office champ. Never a film maker renowned for his subtlety...
