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My Cameo In A Scanner Darkly
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— 21 Aug 2006 Pete Baran 3 comments

Is A Scanner Darkly a faithful Philip K.Dick adaptation? I HOPE NOT. What is the point of a faithful adaptation of anything? What does it bring to the table, nothing new? So, instead Linklater’s rotoscoped (don’t say cartoon) version of t[…]

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Scissor Sisters: Don’t Feel Like Dancin’
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— 21 Aug 2006 Tanya Headon 15 comments

What a coincidence. The Scissor Sisters don’t feel like dancing. And I don’t feel like listening. And not just because they’ve updated their schtick from being Elton John copyists to Leo Sayer copyists*. Not even because the whole s[…]

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FIGS!
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— 21 Aug 2006 Sarah 9 comments

Figs, FT readers! I love them! My budget always breaks in the supermarket when I reach the fig aisle – oh some might go for the dried prunes inna bag, some might go for the dried APPLE inna bag (yuck!), but not for me! Sainsburys Organic Figs Y[…]

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