You know that pop art picture where Bogie and Marilyn and James Dean are hanging out at Phillie’s night diner? Elvis is the bar-keep? That one. I was (bizarrely) reminded of that picture in the first few episodes of the award-winning HBO mini-series John Adams; just about everyone you’ve ever read about in connection with…
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They fuck you up, your Mum and Dad. They don’t mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had, And add some extra, just for you. So sayeth the bard Philip Larkin, and he was surely talking about The Savages. Emotionally damaged, self-destructive and increasingly estranged, brother and sister Jon and…
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There’s a joke doing the rounds at the moment that goes: I just saw that Harry Potter film. A bit unrealistic if you ask me. I mean, a ginger kid, with two friends. But last night I saw Driving Lessons on TV, starring Harry’s ginger mate Rupert Grint, and Julie Walters as ageing diva Dame…
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