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One’s a hardened cop, the other a lonely widow. It sounds like a heart-to-heart in a pulpy romance novel. But in Witness (1985, USA), it’s not. Detective John Book’s sister says having kids will do him good. The unmarried Book (Harrison Ford) does not seem the type. The detective work has taken him to another place, a…

Harrison Ford in Witness in a ‘serious’ film. After swashbuckling in Indiana Jones and being cool in The Empire Strikes Back, Harrison Ford took on the role of a detective in Witness (1985, USA).     If we know Harrison Ford the actor and star, his transition to a ‘serious’ film is smooth. The serious Witness…

I’d like to see another sport included at the Olympics. What about cricket? If the Olympiad can keep on adding sports every four years, why not another? Not that everyone has heard of the game cricket. But if you are one of those people, then I recommend seeing Fire in Babylon (2010, United Kingdom) to…

Sydney Schanberg died in July 2016, aged 82. Schanberg was an award winning New York Times columnist who covered the war in Cambodia in the 1970’s. His experiences reporting in Cambodia was featured in a very well regarded film in the 1980’s. The film received three Academy awards and swept the British Academy awards as…
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