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Joe Wilkinson’s Home Movies: the mother of all episodes

1 March 2013 at 10:58 am

‘Psycho’. ‘Mommy Dearest’. ‘East of Eden’. It’s clear that many of Hollywood’s top screenwriters have a few mother issues. To put it mildly.

Barbra Streisand’s ‘Guilt Trip’ character is just the latest in a long line of oedipal nightmares to emerge onto our cinema, but why has Hollywood got a thing about mothers?

Why are they all so barmy?

Our Joe investigates…

Check out Joe’s other Home Movies

Episode 1: why Zombie movies are not like they used to be…

Episode 2: our tribute to Die Hard

Episode 3: is Hollywood cashing in on fairy tales?

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