Mr. Turner covers the later part of the life of English artist JMW Turner, from the 1820s to his death in 1851. It is a long movie, 2 and a half hours. It has been attacked by IMDB commenters as being too long and boring and having no plot. But I loved it. I'm not going to go into any details, you will just have to see the movie yourself. This was ( Read more... )

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Britain's stupidest statutes
Poll shows law making it illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament to be the dumbest piece of legislation in the nation

PHILIP JACKMAN

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

November 7, 2007 at 4:45 AM EST

If you're ever visiting the British Houses of Parliament, don't die. You could be arrested and thrown in jail ( Read more... )