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The Tax Man by Bruce Jay Friedman

  The Tax Man by Bruce Jay Friedman This short story is extremely funny, it deals with moeurs, sexual inclinations and exploration, the absurd and…the tax man. Dealing with taxes and the individuals involved in this game can be frustrating, excruciating and ridiculous. Especially in countries where one hates to see his taxes- way too big always- being wasted on various white elephants or corrupt public servants or politicians- on my blogs I have videos with the police sleeping on their job, in cars that they use as dormitories, with engines running, using the fuel to allow them to sleep in cool or warm temperatures, according to the season. Then of course we have the outrageous case of the leader of the free world, an orange clown alas, who refuses to let the public see his taxes, maybe because he is worth less than he brags, or, more heinously, on account of possible entanglements with the Russians or other devious financial schemes. Ullman is the hero of this story and he has a l...

Spinning Man, based on the book by George Harrar

  Spinning Man, based on the book by George Harrar Guy Pearce has had much more challenging and rewarding roles than that of Evan Birch, including those of King Edward VIII in the King’s Speech, the sympathetic Detective Senior Nathan Leckie in the fabulous Animal Kingdom, The hurt Locker, Leonard in Memento, the complex Ed Exley in L.A. Confidential and last but not least, the radiant gay man in the flamboyant The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. In Spinning Man, Guy Pearce is Evan Birch, a sophisticated, intelligent, rather dark, complex, erudite, forgetful, elusive philosophy professor, who may or may not be implicated in a crime that has been committed in the neighborhood, although even on the nature of the disappearance of the girl there are questions- is she missing, only to return, has there been a kidnapping, or even worse of all, maybe she had been killed. Joyce has been in the class of this well liked teacher and since she has been absent for quite some time,...

Tom Jones by John Osborne Nine out of 10

  Tom Jones by John Osborne Nine out of 10 Tom Jones has been nominated for no less than ten Academy Awards, out of which it has won four of the most important ones, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Writing It has also won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Comedy and Most Promising Newcomer, for Albert Finney and Best British Film, Best film from Any Source and Best Screenplay at the BAFTA Awards, all in 1964. The film is also included on The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made list: https://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made/checklist/23 Albert Finney is astounding, charming, scintillating in the leading role of Tom Jones, based on the novel by Henry Fielding. The actor is just mesmerizing in his outstanding work – nominated for an impressive five Oscars! For: Tom Jones, Murder on the Orient Express – so superior to the recent, flawed adaptation – The Dresser – a fantastic film, where Tom Courtney is also fabulous – Unde...

Note on Wuthering Heights

  Note on Wuthering Heights | realini

Note on The Year of Living Dangerously

  Note on The Year of Living Dangerously, directed by Peter Weir, with Mel... | realini

Trouble in Paradise by Samson Raphaelson is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and you find more than five thousand notes on films from that and other lists, together with about the same number or more reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html

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  Trouble in Paradise by Samson Raphaelson is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and you find more than five thousand notes on films from that and other lists, together with about the same number or more reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html                                    8 out of 10   Trouble in Paradise is one of The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, at least according to The New York Times, more exactly, I think there is a critic there who is the author, for some entries do not have a respectable Metascore, take Videodrome, which has only 58 of 100, that is in the yellow aka alert zone, and I will avoid it   Besides, Videodrome has ...

Going Places aka Les Valseuses written by Bertrand Blier and Philippe Dumarcay, directed by the former, with Gerard Depardieu, Miou Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Jeanne Moreau and Isabelle Huppert – this work has been included on Variety’s Top 100 Comedies of All Time list – you find more than five thousand notes on films from there, The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists, plus another about five thousand reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html

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  Going Places aka Les Valseuses written by Bertrand Blier and Philippe Dumarcay, directed by the former, with Gerard Depardieu, Miou Miou, Patrick Dewaere, Jeanne Moreau and Isabelle Huppert – this work has been included on Variety’s Top 100 Comedies of All Time list – you find more than five thousand notes on films from there, The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists, plus another about five thousand reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html     Going Places is an outré, challenging, amusing, sometimes revolting motion picture which makes the viewer look at the screen, but also within himself, herself, to see if the erotic images prompt the moral reaction, for me it is interesting to see how I balance the pleasure offered by this remarkable feature, with the distaste provoked by it   Gerard Depa...