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No 105 – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Director – Milos Forman The first thing that strikes me about this film is the sheer number of exciting young actor’s and awesome cameos which appear in it. Look at them all: Very exciting. Can I just say that young Danny DeVito looks a bit like a squashed Matt Le Blanc ? Or is that insulting to everyone in the world? Can I also say how weird it is to see Christopher Lloyd playing a bit of a tough nut – rather than the goggle eyed freaks he usually portrays. Now…. I know that Nurse Ratched is supposed to be bad. I know she is supposed to be viewed as the oppressive dictator of the psychiatric ward – and I’m not ashamed to say that most of my knowledge is down to the excellent Spaced parody. However…. Jack Nicholson’s McMurphy is a prick. He is a pain in the neck and a shit stirrer. So… yes… Nurse Ratched may be quite harsh and overly cruel, and yes…Louise Fletcher plays Ratched with glorious cold eyes. However, for the most of the fil...

No 288 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Director - Robert Zemeckis Sometimes, you rewatch films from your youth and realise that they should not be children's films. Some films are far too harrowing . Others are far too adult. I'm sure I enjoyed the cartoons in the real world or the bright colours but I don't think I appreciated Roger Rabbit till I became an adult. This may be a PG, this may be a world populated by cartoons . But this is a genuine film noir . The only thing that isn't in this film is serious swearing or violence. But swearing and violence is there in moderation, as is sex, death, blackmail and scandal. There are also some moments of true horror. We are in Hollywood, circa 1946. A fabulous time (made even better by all the cartoons) Eddie Valient is a private eye. He used to be a private eye for ' toons . Until a ' toon dropped a piano on his brother and killed him. He has never gotten over the death of his brother and has become an alcoholic. A sha...