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Review: Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Posted on March 23, 2023 by philipbrasor

Though I was the age that would have been the target at the time for the first of Bernard Waber’s series of children’s books about a singing crocodile that appeared in 1962, this live-action/CGI musical version is my first encounter … Continue reading →

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Review: The Roads Not Taken

Posted on February 27, 2022 by philipbrasor

Getting the viewer to believe Javier Bardem is the father of Elle Fanning is only the first of many points that director Sally Potter tries and fails to put across in her movie about a day in the life of … Continue reading →

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July 2011 movies

Posted on June 29, 2011 by philipbrasor

Here are the reviews I wrote for the July issue of EL Magazine of movies that are being released in Tokyo from late June to mid-July. The American Back in the day, smart European directors paid tribute to American noir … Continue reading →

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