Why Psychiatrists Are Called Shrinks
Psychiatric MDs and their psychoanalytical brethren probably don’t like it, but the term “shrink” has been around since the 1950s. Back then, the full label was “headshrinker.”
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I would classify things in this category that were related to arts, literature, cinema, performance. Things that make us and the world better.
War of the Worlds
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
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A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend’s birthday party.
Read moreThe Last Picture Show
The spirit of the novel is captured perfectly; that of the desperation and claustrophobia of small town life, where generation after generation undergo the same rites of passage, living out the same lives of frustration and unrealised dreams.
Read moreMadagascar
Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs.
Read moreOctober Sky
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner’s son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father’s wishes.
Read moreThe World Is Not Enough
Feeling responsbile for the death of a British oil tycoon and a friend, who died in an explosion in MI6 headquarters, James Bond takes position as bodyguard to the tycoon’s daughter, Elektra.
Read morePulp Fiction
The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Read moreBilly Elliot
A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
Read moreMission: Impossible II
A secret agent is sent to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called “Chimera”
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