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1. Wake up, Britain: we gays have moved on: thirty years ago, outrageous camp might well have been the preferred public image of homosexual men. But no longer, writes John Lyttle. So why won't television executives acknowledge it?

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Homosexuality -- Analysis, Literature/writing, Political science, Analysis
Abstract

Once upon a time--as every fairy story must begin--Camp was something that could be spelt with a capital C. Well, it wasn't the Daddy Studs or the butch leather tops [...]

Published
2004

2. The eastern affront: this depiction of oppression is decorously polite

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Memoirs of a Geisha (Book) -- Marshall, Rob -- Gong Li -- Zhang Ziyi, Memoirs of a Geisha (Novel) -- Movie reviews, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Memoirs of a Geisha (12A) I'm one of those people who feel passionately about Arthur Golden's novel Memoirs of a Geisha--I hated it. I hated that Golden never really got [...]

Published
2006

3. Gorilla warfare: epic tales of good versus evil must be shamelessly vulgar

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
King Kong (Motion picture) -- Movie reviews -- Jackson, Peter -- Darrow, Ann, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

King Kong (12A) The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (PG) It will come as no surprise that Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong includes the [...]

Published
2005

4. Shoot 'em up: forget acting--cinema-going gamers just want violence

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Doom (Motion picture) -- Pike, Rosamund -- Urban, Karl -- Hoskins, Bob -- Leguizamo, John, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Doom (15) There's a scene about 25 minutes into Doom when the genetic archaeologist played by Rosamund Pike is dissecting mutant corpses in her besieged laboratory on Mars--everyone should have [...]

Published
2005

5. Victorian virtues: black-and-white morality takes on an unexpected colour

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Gardeners -- Services, Morality -- Analysis, Literature/writing, Political science, Analysis, Services
Abstract

The Constant Gardener (15) The Constant Gardener is the latest white man's burden movie so, of course, Ralph Fiennes plays the male lead. Well, who could be whiter? Or politer? [...]

Published
2005

6. Up to his old tricks: Gilliam's grotesque fairy tale lacks the sparkle of real magic

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Brothers Grimm (Motion picture) -- Gilliam, Terry -- Bellucci, Monica, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

The Brothers Grimm (12A) The Daily Mail is correct. Movies do corrupt. Monica Bellucci plays the prototype evil fairy-tale queen in Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm, and the Italian supermodel [...]

Published
2005

7. Criticism: Keira's tears

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Fascists -- Interpretation and construction -- Achievements and awards, Literature/writing, Political science, Interpretation and construction, Achievements and awards
Abstract

Like all journalists, I often daydream about being threatened with death over a fearless article I've written, like those tenacious, giants of the profession Woodward and Bernstein, Emile Zola and [...]

Published
2005

8. Hit woman: almond eyes are not enough to turn a star into a bounty hunter

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Television programs -- Evaluation, Actors -- Performances, Actresses -- Performances, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Domino (15) I have just come back from watching Keira Knightley play a bounty hunter in the incoherent action thriller Domino and, I have to tell you, I'm not waiting [...]

Published
2005

9. Blood-red army: vampires stalk Moscow's dark streets in a grim horror parable

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Night Watch (Motion picture) -- Criticism and interpretation, Horror films -- Criticism and interpretation, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Night Watch (15) Call it a conundrum. The Russian zombie-bloodsucker-demon-shape-shifter apocalypse picture Night Watch is almost slavishly modelled on such humongous Hollywood horror-fantasy blockbusters as Blade, Underworld and The Matrix, [...]

Published
2005

10. Sole sisters: fabulous shoes and Britflick cliches save more northerners

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Kinky Boots (Motion picture) -- Ejiofor, Chiwetel -- Jarrold, Julian -- Movie reviews, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Kinky Boots (12A) There's a one-word compliment that drag queens pay other female impersonators whose attitude they respect, and that one wonderfully revealing word is 'fierce'. And if nothing else [...]

Published
2005

11. Kind of magic: an anime wizard in fabulous drop earrings? How improving

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Howl's Moving Castle (Motion picture) -- Miyazaki, Hayao, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Howl's Moving Castle (U) It never ceases to amaze me how a generation of the left breastfed on semiotics, postmodernism and Jean Baudrillard has turned a sharp right when it [...]

Published
2005

12. Fight the power: a Depression-era hero strikes a blow for America's underdogs

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
Cinderella Man (Motion picture) -- Howard, Ron -- Crowe, Russel, Motion pictures -- Movie reviews, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Cinderella Man (12A) The excuse--pardon me, reason--Universal Pictures proffered for the spectacular flop of Cinderella Man in the US is one of New Hollywood's hoariest: the marketing division screwed up. [...]

Published
2005

13. The eastern affront.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
MEMOIRS of a Geisha (Film), MARSHALL, Rob, GONG Li, 1965-
Abstract

The article reviews the motion picture "Memoirs of a Geisha," directed by Rob Marshall and starring Gong Li.

Published
2006

14. Gorilla warfare.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
CHRONICLES of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The (Film), KING Kong (Film : 2005), JACKSON, Peter, ADAMSON, Andrew, 1966-, BRODY, Adrien, 1973-, WATTS, Naomi, 1968-, SWINTON, Tilda, 1960-, NEESON, Liam, 1952-, BLACK, Jack, 1969-
Abstract

The article presents reviews of two films including "King Kong," directed by Peter Jackson and starring Adrien Brody, Naomi Watts and Jack Black, and "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe," directed by Andrew Adamson and starring Tilda Swinton and Liam Neeson.

Published
2005

15. Shoot 'em up.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
DOOM (Film), BARTKOWIAK, Andrzej, URBAN, Karl, PIKE, Rosamund, 1979-
Abstract

This article reviews the motion picture "Doom," directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, and starring Karl Urban and Rosamund Pike.

Published
2005

16. Keira's tears.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*MASS media & public opinion, *THREATS, *HARASSMENT
Abstract

The article relates the author's thoughts about being a journalist. The article he wrote about Keira Knightley and her performance in "Domino" was criticized and the author states he was threatened with physical harm. He questions how the callers found his telephone number.

Published
2005

17. Blood-red army.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*RUSSIAN films
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture "Night Watch," directed by Timur Bekmambetov and starring Konstantin Khabensky.

Published
2005

18. Kind of magic.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*ANIME, *JAPANESE films
Abstract

Reviews the Japanese anime motion picture "Howl's Moving Castle," directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

Published
2005

19. Fight the power.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
CINDERELLA Man (Film), CROWE, Russell, 1964-, BRADDOCK, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1974
Abstract

Reviews the film "Cinderella Man," starring Russell Crowe in a movie about the boxer, "Gentleman" Jim Braddock.

Published
2005

20. Victorian virtues.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*FILM reviewing, *AIDS treatment
Abstract

This article presents a review of the film "The Constant Gardener," starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz.

Published
2005

21. Hit woman.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*FILM reviewing, *ACTION & adventure films
Abstract

The article reviews the action thriller, "Domino," which features Keira Knightley and is directed by Tony Scott.

Published
2005

22. Sole sisters.

Author

Lyttle, John

Subjects
*FILM reviewing, *COMEDY films
Abstract

Reviews the comedy film, "Kinky Boots," starring Chiwetel Ejioforis and Joel Edgerton.

Published
2005

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