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Week of February 2, 2018

For public speaking, just imagine your audience is taking a dump. First up…

Goodbye Christopher Robin

The hardest part of writing bedtime stories is constructing prose so boring it puts your audience to sleep.

The yarns penned in this drama, however, roused more than fatigued their readership.

After WWI, author A.A. Milne’s (Domhnall Gleeson) creativity is stifled by his PTSD. It’s not until he details the adventures of his son, Christopher Robin (Alex Lawther), and his stuffed bear Winnie – named after Winnipeg - does Milne find his hit.

But the stress from sudden stardom, a neglectful mother (Margot Robbie) and an opportunistic father, pushes Christopher Robin towards his nanny (Kelly Macdonald), boarding school and enlistment in the forthcoming world war.

The depressing origin of literature’s most gluttonous bear, this well told and finely acted true story focuses on the family drama behind Pooh, adding much needed depth to the generally juvenile brand.   

Incidentally, if Milne’s stories were set in Winnipeg they’d have more stabbings in them.  Green Light

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

Wonder Woman was created because Batman hitting Catwoman didn’t look good.

Ironically, this drama displays how the Amazonian Princess was forged from S&M.

Fired from his teaching position for his relationship between a student (Bella Heathcote) and his wife (Rebecca Hall), William Marston (Luke Evans) draws inspiration from his feminist viewpoint, his fetish leanings and his invention – the lie detector – to create the first female super-hero.

But when he and his publisher Max Gaines (Oliver Platt) are called before a decency commission for the BDSM imagery in the comics, Marston’s paradise comes crashing down.

The kinky beginnings of an icon of female empowerment, this Wonder Woman origin story doesn’t exploit the creator’s lifestyle choices, but instead offers compassion. With dedicated performances across the board, this titillating true tale shines a whole new light on the 75-year-old warrior woman.

And here everyone thought The Flash was DC Comics only sexual deviant.  Green Light   

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The Notorious Bettie Page 

As far as the general public is concerned Betty Page was a hair stylist.

Luckily, this biography about the infamous banged icon can elucidate for them.

After leaving her sexually abusive upbringing for a fresh start - and new hairdo - in NYC, good Christian Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol) takes an innocent modelling job for photographer Bunny Yeager (Sarah Paulson), alongside jungle cats.

Bunny’s muse attracts smut-peddling siblings (Lili Taylor, Chris Bauer), who take Betty underground where her bondage photos and films thrive on the fetish market.

Her erotic portfolio eventually lands the naïve bible thumper before a 1955 commission on youth and pornography.

An intimate and engaging study of history’s most elusive and influential pin-up model, this 2005 Indy darling from director Mary Harron beautifully tells Betty’s depressing story of faith, filth and accidentally infamy.

Nevertheless, the submissive in any BDSM relationship is always the one cleaning up afterwards.

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