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07.21.08

Viktor D. Huliganov
Movies (4)
No movie comments today, even though Alexander Sedov brought up some good topics, and even though I just learned that the great actress, Nonna Mordyukova, died two weeks ago. Her passing deserves more than I'm going to have time to write about tonight. What I do have is a new YouTube link for learning Russian. It's a series of videos produced by Viktor D. Huliganov. My wife says he's like Garrison Keilor. Well, he does have a dry sense of humor and he sings well enough, too. I think he makes his living as an accountant. I found him by starting with ...
05.11.08

Irony of fate, the sequel
Andrei Myagkov, Barbara Brylska, Ironiya Sudba, Liya Akhedzhakova, Yuri Yakovlev (0)
Tonight we watched the rest of Irony of Fate, the Sequel. It was better than we had expected -- not bad for a sequel. It was fun to see all the actors again, 30 years older than in the original. Andrei Myagkov and Yuri Yaklovev have aged nicely. Barbara Brylska looks great, but surely has had some top-notch help from plastic surgeons to look that good in her mid 60s. It would have been nice to see Liya Akhedzhakova, too. She is the only character, other than the two mothers, who ...

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