Posted in Television on Jan 15th, 2009
The Prisoner has escaped the Village, this world of sorrows and strife. The great Patrick McGoohan has passed on, at age 80. His most enduring legacy (and what a legacy!) will no doubt be his brainchild, The Prisoner, a surreal and visionary 60s TV show that was a strange brew of James Bond, George Orwell, [...]
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Posted in Drama, Puzzles on Jan 13th, 2007
The Prestige is a smart and stylish mind game. Directed by Christopher Nolan, best known for the ingenious narrative gambit of Memento (the story’s told backwards) and for the psychological complexity he brought to the Batman franchise with the Bale-starring Batman Begins, the Prestige is an enjoyable brain-bender/puzzle movie – smarter than your average popcorn flick, [...]
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