Rate This Movie The 1909 edition of the Oxford English Dictionary gave the first definition of ‘camp’ humour as, “Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical, effeminate or homosexual.” This interpretation was probably derived from the French term ‘se camper’ meaning ‘to pose in an exaggerated fashion’. The term became commonly used after Susan Sontag published a landmark 1964 essay on the subject …
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TV Review: Highway to Heaven (TV Series) Season 1 (1984 – 1985)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A probationary angel sent back to earth teams with an ex-cop to help people. REVIEW: You might find this choice to review on this site to be a bit outside our usual genre. This is true, though due to the metaphysical aspect, even if religious, I thought the series to be right in line with some …
Read More »Film Review: The Other (1972)
SYNOPSIS: Down in the farm country of the US twins are born. One of them turns out to be good, while the other becomes rather evil. REVIEW: Robert Mulligan’s The Other (1972), based upon the 1971 novel of the same name by author Thomas Tryon who also penned the film’s screenplay, is a gem of a film. Once a staple …
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