Taika Waititi is a wonderful film maker who has a great eye for framing a scene and a deft touch that takes what may be the most tritely sentimental scenarios and without manipulation but through storytelling skill renders them in a way that is warmly affecting. Great visuals and great stories. A recurring theme seems …

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Sweet Charity is a crossover between classic and contemporary musicals. After a bit of a wait for a region B blu-ray release, and then a bit of a wait while UK company Indicator sorted through some rights issues, my copy arrived today. While the advertising posits it as ‘The Musical Excitement Of The Seventies’ it …

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