Jemima 'Genghiz' Khan, the famous racehorse owner.(Apologies to those who have been waiting for this.)
Synopsis: The explosive, action-packed adventure in one of the all-time most popular superhero sagas unfolds with a cure in reach for the world's most primal force of alcoholic fury - Jemima "Genghiz" Khan. We find torch-inventor and scientist Stephen Hawking (Tom Hanks)living in shadows, scouring the planet for an hotel or a set of bagpipes. Either will do. But the tiny warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone, as they run hither and thither making strangely-arousing noises. And then of course there is his aching need to be with the only woman he has ever loved: Mama Cass, Renee Fleming, and Wonder Woman (all played brilliantly by a lacklustre Hermione Gingold).
Probably a ray-gun used in the middle bit. WHAAA-AAAM! Lots of circus folk.
Upon returning to civilization, the genius Hawking is ruthlessly pursued by the Witch Queen of New Orleans (Carmen Miranda) - a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match Genghiz's own, but with enormous bags of flour. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues as Hawking must call upon the hero within to rescue Wheathampstead from total destruction. The scientist must make an agonizing final choice - accept a peaceful life as Stephen Hawking or rejoin the circus. The circus wins.
Col's commentary:To be stricty accurate, I've not actually seen this film all the way through, being evicted from the cinema immediately after the title sequence for what some jumped-up jobsworth described as - pardon my language -'stinking of piss'. Despite my efforts to reassure him it was merely my after-shave (L'eau d'homme) he was having none of it and ejected me. I have therefore relied pretty much on what I could gather from hearing the film retold by the extremely narcotised fantasist Jools Hallam.
I give it a well-deserved four out of five stars.
Synopsis: The explosive, action-packed adventure in one of the all-time most popular superhero sagas unfolds with a cure in reach for the world's most primal force of alcoholic fury - Jemima "Genghiz" Khan. We find torch-inventor and scientist Stephen Hawking (Tom Hanks)living in shadows, scouring the planet for an hotel or a set of bagpipes. Either will do. But the tiny warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone, as they run hither and thither making strangely-arousing noises. And then of course there is his aching need to be with the only woman he has ever loved: Mama Cass, Renee Fleming, and Wonder Woman (all played brilliantly by a lacklustre Hermione Gingold).
Probably a ray-gun used in the middle bit. WHAAA-AAAM! Lots of circus folk.
Upon returning to civilization, the genius Hawking is ruthlessly pursued by the Witch Queen of New Orleans (Carmen Miranda) - a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match Genghiz's own, but with enormous bags of flour. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues as Hawking must call upon the hero within to rescue Wheathampstead from total destruction. The scientist must make an agonizing final choice - accept a peaceful life as Stephen Hawking or rejoin the circus. The circus wins.
Col's commentary:To be stricty accurate, I've not actually seen this film all the way through, being evicted from the cinema immediately after the title sequence for what some jumped-up jobsworth described as - pardon my language -'stinking of piss'. Despite my efforts to reassure him it was merely my after-shave (L'eau d'homme) he was having none of it and ejected me. I have therefore relied pretty much on what I could gather from hearing the film retold by the extremely narcotised fantasist Jools Hallam.
I give it a well-deserved four out of five stars.
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