sentimentalised, but it's a childhood view — it's a memoir about childhood. it's fiction, but it's clearly inspired by real life, and as you said, from watching that clip, if that clip didn't sell you the movie, nothing well, frankly. yes! it sounds — it sounds delightful. and it's funny because british people, ithink, think of kenneth branagh still as a classical stage actor, but actually, he has directed a lot of films, and this is a... 0h, he's a — he's a very accomplished film—maker. i will still fly the flag for frankenstein, which is much derided, and i think that is a very, very underrated film. 50, second film this week. total change of gear. nightmare alley — new film by guillermo del toro who, obviously, shape of water, but this actually dates back to when he was making cronos, which was like a vampire movie. and this is based on a novel from the �*a05 that was first filmed in 1947 — a kind of a film noir. story is bradley cooper is a natural born con man. he's running away from his past. he takes up with a carnival. he learns the tricks of mentalism — like a coded way in which you can do an act that makes you look like a mind reader. first half of the film takes place in a carnival, the second half takes place