Word: grahams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thesis has been sharply criticized by other experts who question both his credentials as a papyrologist and his methodology. Says Klaus Wachtel of the Institute for New Testament Exegesis at the University of Munster: "Thiede's paleographic arguments for an early dating are demonstrably untenable." The British scholar Graham Stanton insists that "the case for a first-century date does not stand up to scrutiny...
...Young Poisoner's Handbook" is the true story of a young 14-year-old psychopath who becomes obsessed with different types of poisons and uses them on his family, classmates and co-workers. Graham Young (Hugh O'Conor) is obsessed with chemistry and studies it with a passion. One day he learns all about Isaac Newton's lifelong obsession with antimony, a highly poisonous material, which when heated appears to transform itself into a diamond of breathtaking beauty. However, when Graham attempts to recreate the experiment it blows up in his face. And thus begins the life of the Poisoner...
...Graham's first victim is his school friend Mick, who was planning to take young Sue the librarian to the "Dickie Boon Show." Mick did not know, however, that Sue was the object of Graham's affection. Soon after Mick, Graham decides to use the poison on his step-mother. When she doesn't go quickly enough, Graham decides to try another poison that he'd read about in the comic books, thallium. Excited about his new discovery, Graham starts to use thallium on other members of his family, until he is caught by the police and sent...
After several years at the institution, he is selected to undergo a new treatment for the criminally insane. Dr. Ziegler (Antony Sher) works with him for months on end, until he feels that Graham has become fit for society. Graham is finally allowed to leave the institution; but he is given a job at a photographic parts factory, where he rediscovers his old friend thallium and is tempted to use it on his co-workers...
...those with strong stomachs. The cinematography and casting don't, however, make up for the lack of characterization and thin humor in a movie that is supposed to be a black comedy. The film is so long and meandering that, in the end, we simply become desensitized to Graham's crimes. Gentle souls should stay far away...