I am a big fan of Wikipedia, and often use it on my blog to provide greater detail if my readers want to delve deeper in to a topic that I briefly discuss. In the same way, I will use Wikipedia to further illustrate each film I am watching on my scratch poster. One of the main reasons that I choose to use Wikipedia is due to the lack of advertising content. This is very important to me. I even pay a significant sum – in my opinion – to WordPress so that visitors don’t get distracted by adverts and can just concentrate on what I have written.

I originally planned to watch many of these feature films on Amazon prime video, I even added the vast majority of titles to my watchlist. However after ordering Raising Arizona to enjoy one afternoon, I was frustrated to find it did not come with subtitles. This forced me to request a refund from Amazon as I am not in the habit of throwing money away for an inaccessible film. I thought this might be a one-off and a few days later I ordered Sex, Lies and Videotape in the hope of conjuring a little afternoon delight, but this title also did not have subtitles. As I am hard of hearing, I rely on subtitles to keep up with the story of the film. Again I received a refund with no real problem, but I was surprised and disappointed that Amazon do not offer subtitles on every film. 

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Well, 4 out of 5 doctors agree that I am actually insane.

February 1st: Watched Hard Candy: – This film is both gruelling viewing and oddly captivating at the same time. I believe this is due to the high degree of emotion in a film that deals with the tough topic of paedophilia. Credit must go to the two main actors – Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page.

I could spend many paragraphs talking about Ellen Page, who now identifies as Elliot Page. I have total respect for this actor and do not want to say the wrong thing by accident. Subsequently, I have provided a link to Elliot Page’s Wikipedia entry which explains Page’s story. 

I actually watched this film twice as I was uncomfortable with one of the major scenes. Once I realised that what I thought was happening, did not actually happen, I was happy to watch this film again. You will know what I mean if you invest some time in this movie. 

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Hard Candy panel from my scratch poster: