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Sex as ‘making’ love: Reitman’s ‘No Strings attached’

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 13 March 2019

When is sex just sex, and when does it amount to ‘making love’? ‘Making love’ is an interesting construction, of course, and is usually a reference to having sex, but – considering the verb, ‘making’ in conjunction with the noun, ‘love’, implies much more than — even if it includes — sex. Ivan Reitman’s charming […]

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The actress who should have won the Oscar this year

Bert Olivier by Bert Olivier 13 March 2017

Although I have come across quite a few people who dismiss the richly ambiguous La La Land as an unsuccessful attempt at a musical – no doubt implicitly comparing it to traditional musicals like My Fair Lady or The Sound of Music – I do not share their view. It is an outstanding film that […]

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