Articles for tag: Caligula, Gore Vidal, Penthouse

Karla News

Movie Review: Caligula 3-disc Imperial Edition

Caligula, to sum up an epic mess, is one of the worst films ever put on celluloid. The entire production has an epic story behind it, one more interesting than the film itself. Gore Vidal wrote the original script. He had become friends with Bob Guccione, Penthouse publisher, who gave a ton of money towards ...

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Funny Writer’s Quotes

Writers are some of the most humorous people on the planet and I find that their funniest quotes are often concerned with the shortcomings of other writers! Of course the majority are not averse to the odd quip about themselves either. Here are some of the quotes that highly amuse me: “This is not a ...

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A Review of the Thomas Jefferson Hour

A few months back I discovered pod casting. After sampling various genres of this free information buffet I found myself drawn in particular to history pod casts. In my exploration I stumbled upon “The Thomas Jefferson Hour.” This pod cast is refreshing and entertaining. The show basically follows an interview format with host David Swinson ...

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Marlon Brando: The Godfather of American Actors

Marlon Brando is widely acknowledged to be the greatest movie actor of all time, yet, in America, there is still a lingering sense of disappointment in his career, the feeling that he did not extract the most from his phenomenal talent and thus, had cheated his audience. (In their feelings of cultural inferiority vis-à-vis Europe, ...