I had A Separation on the back-burner to watch for far too long and when I eventually saw this Academy award winner for best foreign film, I was kicking myself I hadn’t seen it sooner. It is currently sitting 9th…
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Picnic at Hanging Rock 1975- Peter Weir (Friday’s Finest)
On Fridays I intend to post about relatively obscure movies which deserve in my estimation more widespread appreciation. They might be art-house, foreign or low budget films or a combination of all three. I have already posted about many films…
A Lovely Night – Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)
Perhaps my least favourite genre in cinema was the musical, that is until I saw La la Land. Wikipedia: La La Land is a 2016 American romantic comedy-drama musical film written and directed by Damien Chazelle. It stars Ryan Gosling…
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Put to Seinfeld… ‘Actor, Writer, Producer – Which of Larry David’s Skills do you admire the most?’
Posted in Movies and TV
The highly anticpated ‘The Irishman’ – Martin Scorsese
The year was 1995. Scorsese, De Niro, & Pesci teamed up in CASINO (and GOODFELLAS in 1990) and De Niro & Pacino in HEAT. And now all four have finally come together in Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’. Arguably the greatest cast…
Rocketman- Elton Hercules John!
As I alluded to in a recent post there is a plethora of music homage movies set for release in 2019, Rocketman is one such feature which centers on the musical-life of Elton John. This review does contain spoilers so…
Tagged with: bernie taupin, Elton John, Rocketman, taron egerton, your song
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (adapted and directed by Orson Welles)
When I was a child, I used to play this record incessantly. Today, as a 45 year old man, it still brings a tear to my eye! It remains the most beautiful and heart-wrenching fable I have ever had the…
Tagged with: bing crosby, Citizen kane, orson welles, oscar wilde, the happy prince
Posted in Movies and TV, Reading, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Reading, Reflections
Music homage films abound in 2019 (Beatles, Springsteen, Elton John & Bob Dylan)
After the big box-office smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody, film studios must have been wiping the dust off dozens of musical homage scripts faster than they could sing: ‘We will, we will rock you!’. Yesterday and Blinded By The Light In…
Tagged with: beatles, Blinded By the Light, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Film, IMDB, Martin Scorsese, music, Rocketman, Rolling Thunder Revue, Yesterday
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
The Master (2012) – Paul Thomas Anderson
Lancaster Dodd: I am a writer, a doctor, a nuclear physicist and a theoretical philosopher. But above all, I am a man, a hopelessly inquisitive man, just like you. While Paul Thomas Anderson’s film catalogue may not be expansive his…
Lost Horizon (1937) – Frank Capra
Along with Woody Allen’s Sleeper, Lost Horizon is another movie recommended to me by fellow blogger Badfinger20. It is a Frank Capra film based on the 1933 novel of the same name by James Hilton. IMDB storyline: British diplomat Robert…
Tagged with: Frank Capra, James Hilton, Lost Horizon, Ronald Coleman, Shangri-La
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
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