Royal Marines Directed by Visconti, Choreographed by Richard O’Brien – Sponsored by WKD
(Be sure to watch all the way to the ‘climax’.)
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“You people are insane!! These movies are TERRIBLE!!!”
What’s your favourite scene in Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Bill Murray and Martin Landau’s best movie? (I’ve written an appreciation of Ed Wood for the new online arts mag Culture Kicks.) Here’s mine.
‘Get Your Filthy Hands Off Me!’ Gorgeous George’s Glamorous Legacy
Rather than watch the Olympics, and all that noble, serious sporting uplift, I’ve been reading a book about a carny, corny, shameless 1940s-50s American wrestler: Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad-Boy Wrestler Who Created American Pop Culture, by John Capouya. My American… Read More »‘Get Your Filthy Hands Off Me!’ Gorgeous George’s Glamorous Legacy
Shameless Slashiness
I’m not much of a Robbie Williams fan. ‘Bromance’ leaves me cold. And I hated Brokeback Mountain. But perhaps I’m a big softy really because I rather like this video for Williams’ single ‘Shame’ which brings all these themes together,… Read More »Shameless Slashiness
Army Dreamers: A Backwards Salute to Recruitment Films
by Mark Simpson, (The Guardian) As a boy growing up in the 1960s and 70s I was raised to fight The Second World War all over again. Airfix models. Commando comics. Air tattoos in June. Watching The Battle of Britain and… Read More »Army Dreamers: A Backwards Salute to Recruitment Films