5 Shadows Over Scotland trailing their foul corrupting spoor and spawn behind them. - I n t r o d u c t i o n - Still others make puppets of men, bending their minds and moving them like pawns, amidst the industrial reek and “You know that saying about things goin’ bump in the...
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Of Mice and MenGary Sinise (left) and John Malkovich inOf Mice and Men(1992), directed by Sinise. In 1984 Malkovich made his major motion-picture debut as the blind boarder inRobert Benton’sPlaces in the Heart. His performance earned him the first Academy Award nomination of his career....
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