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Half Nelson

Only watched this 2006 film today and had yet another “why am I only seeing this now?” moment. Ryan Gosling gives a great performance as a drug-addicted school teacher in Brooklyn, New York. (read more…)

Real Girls

On deciding to take a break from watching films about fake girls, I watched two films today called “Lars And The Real Girl” and “All The Real Girls”. The three pertinent questions of (i) whether the films are related in any way, (ii) is it significant that they both star Paul Schneider and Patricia Clarkson and (iii) is there a reason I watched them both on the same day can all be answered with one word – no. (read more…)