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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (2006)
A very sad story about a very sad man
I cried all the way through this film, and am not ashamed to admit it. An Asperger like myself, Ken Williams lived with a disability he probably never knew he had. This disability has turned both Ken and l into living cartoon characters because we can only think in pictures and has dictated the course of our daily lives since infancy. Yet we both have very strong emotions, and of these emotions, we feel love most strongly, so please love both Ken and l despite our disability.
The film itself is a very accurate summary of Ken's life from boyhood to his death in 1988 from an accidental overdose.
Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983)
The mysterious Sidney Reilly
This is a splendidly done tribute to Sidney Reilly, the greatest spy of all time. Unfortunately for the eager filmmakers, however, a picture exists showing a young Reilly below his parents and beside them, his cousin and HER parents as well. The very existence of this portrait means Reilly had to be legitimate. This was the picture Cook showed in his book, which was in our Ottawa library system for years. I first saw this series as a boy, but was prevented from seeing the final episode by my mom. In fact, I first saw episode twelve on YouTube just this year, while we were still on vacation in Southern Ontario.
The Royal: Sins of the Father (2005)
One of this series's best episodes.
This is, however, the episode that caused TVO to not rerun Season Four of this series - for not only does the young man kill his father in self-defense, but these events impinge on the privacy of an Ontario man who actually did kill his father in self-defense years ago and was acquitted by a local court. This man's act was carried out under very different circumstances than depicted in the episode itself, he shot his father in his bed while he slept. He turned himself in and was acquitted on the basis that the situation with his father could have ended in no other way. The father was abusive both in the court and in real life as well.
Curfew Breakers (1957)
l agree that this looks like two different films spliced together
Having seen this film myself under the title "Narcotics Squad," l can only assume - given its original title - that it was originally a more violent film, so much so that Peters's scenes were added later in postproduction to salvage the project, even including the closing scene.
Mission: Impossible: The Princess (1989)
l really enjoyed this particular episode.
Having finally seen this 1989 episode of Mission lmpossible, l liked the idea of an unknown assassin stalking the team, but l was somewhat confused by the plot's execution: it appeared to me that Coyote and his female contact were originally meant to be two people but were later amalgamated into one single composite character (with the cologne he was wearing changed to perfume). Coyote even poses as a male waiter in the show's climactic sequence, a tactic both horribly dated and unnecessary by even the standards of the day. Nevertheless, this is still one of the better episodes of this version of the show, and so l give it eight stars
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
l cannot see what the fuss is all about
l cannot see what the fuss over Scarlet Johanssen's casting is all about. Don't people realize that as a cyborg, she could choose any physical appearance or gender she wanted? Moreover, don't they realize she could be anyone she ever wanted to be? l just can't believe people could get upset over a damn cyborg!
The F.B.I.: A Mouthful of Dust (1965)
l enjoyed this FBI episode.
This was the first episode of the series to be set in a reservation. The portrayal of the Apache people and culture was excellent, but there was a gross misjudgment in casting the Hispanic actor Alejandro Rey as Joe Cloud when there were Native American actors available. He is very manic in his personality and body language which is not necessary for a role of this type, and his accent is wholly wrong. Ironically, though, because Rey was cast in the role, it wasn't whitewashed in the usual sense of the word. Other that this fault, Ephraim Zimbalist turns in his usual excellent performance as the chief agent, believably struggling to get around in Joe's world and even pursuing him into the desert after he escapes from jail. All in all, a most enjoyable episode with a most satisfactory conclusion.