Viewed from my sick bed — how apt! — Tom Six’s The Human Centipede was a perfectly good horror tale of power. Two American women and a Japanese tourist find themselves in the clutches of a mad scientist, Teutonic Doctor Heiter (creepy Dieter Laser), in his modern house deep in a German forest, so it […]
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Yes, yes, I know you’ve all seen it, but as a superior example of car-crash politics and a lesson in how not to give an interview (there but by the grace of god, etc), Ed Miliband’s loopy loop deserves a place of (dis)honour at Madam Miaow. I’d previously seen Ed as a Nick Parks character
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If the Age of Enlightenment was about proving certainties, we’re entering the time of unravelment when everything falls apart. Talk about the centre not holding! My cinematic popcorn experience has been more interesting of late than for ages. We may no longer have the agitprop output of the post-World War II cultural boom, but serious
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So sad to learn that the funny and impossibly beautiful Tony Curtis died on Wednesday. I had such a major crush on him as a child. The film clip above of Curtis leading the heroically suicidal “I am Spartacus” declaration of freedom and solidarity still makes my eyes well up. Other favourite Curtis moments include,
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So there I am in a nice frock and scrubbed up a treat, and the actual event only takes three minutes. A scenario familiar to many of us laydees. Monday’s appearance on the Sky News skynews.com programme, where I was expected to inject wit and knowledge into a round-up of breaking news, was fun but
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Hey, look what turned up! Thanks to CSM and the scamps at Harmony Central Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
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