Heath Ledger was at the peak of his acting prowess when he sadly departed from this great play we all take part called ‘Life’. He was posthumously awarded the Oscar for best supporting actor in his role as the Joker…
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A little known Australian movie called ‘Candy’ and Tim Buckley’s ‘Song to the Siren’
Tagged with: Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Daniel Day Lewis, easydiet.blog, Heath Ledger, Lincoln, The Dark Knight, Tim Buckley
Posted in Music, Movies and TV
Posted in Music, Movies and TV
Crikey! ‘That’s a tough mother bleepin’ wooden door’
A fellow Aussie’s commentary on the greatest police ‘fail’ ever. Related Articles: 1. Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson 2. Gillette is on point 3. Movies and TV menu
Could watching the Phantom Thread become a *new* New Year’s tradition?
What movies do you enjoy watching at New Year? The Phantom Thread is so damn good. It gets better on repeated viewings. I always felt that Paul Thomas Anderson‘s There will be Blood was a homage of sorts to Orson…
Tagged with: Citizen kane, Ingmar Bergman, love, new year, new years, orson welles, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, There will be blood
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Roma – A Latino Cinematic Masterpiece (2018)
I watched Roma two days ago and I felt that as an ‘art-house’ feature it was a masterpiece. I think unless you have lived in Latin America for an extended period it may be difficult to become emotionally attached to…
Posted in Movies and TV, Reflections
Moneyball and Wallstreet
One of my favourite sporting movies is Moneyball. Those outside of the US may not have watched it or even heard of this Oscar nominated picture. It’s a movie about the adaption of innovative saber-metrics which changed how the game…
Tagged with: baseball, bill james, billy beane oakland athletics, michael lewis, MLB, saber, sabermetrics, scouts new york yankees moneyball, wall street
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Sport and Adventure
Keep On Sleeping With Ham Sarris #1 – Against Empathy (With Plaul Boom)
I am a big fan of Ham Sarris’ podcasts and this one in particular really got me thinking: If you are after more insightful podcasts by Ham, tune into the follow up podcast with Peter Jordanson: Related Articles: 1. What…
Tagged with: Ham Sarris, Jordan Peterson, Keep On Sleeping, Paul Bloom, Peter Jordanson, Plaul Boom, podcasts, sam Harris, Waking Up Podcast
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
I think Neil deGrasse Tyson just invented Intellectual Porn
Watch from 3.44 on mute… Warning the following You tube viewer comment may offend some readers: Related Articles: 1. Reflections on ‘The Many-Worlds’ Theory by Sean Carroll 2. Two Astronomers discuss Alien Lifeforms, Science Fiction Movies and Astrophysics 3. World…
Tagged with: astrophysics, Black holes, Intellectual Porn, Interstellar, Neil deGrasse Tyson, pink holes, Pornography, science fiction
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
The greatest cover up in history – The unheralded Robert Zimmerman
Few Hollywood insiders know that Robert Zimmerman’s nuanced acting performance in The Night We Called It a Day landed him a tonne of movie scripts. If you have seen Robert in this short music video; his manner holding the gun…
Tagged with: Bob Dylan, Cecil B DeMille, Don't Look back, Masked and Anonymous, Nobel Prize in Literature, oscars, Renaldo and Clara, Robert Zimmerman, Sidney Poitier
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Did the RIO Olympics Deliver?
Just finished reading this article on BBC about Rio Olympics 2016: Did the IOC’s gamble pay off or did Brazil fail to deliver? What are your thoughts? I personally feel the Olympics didn’t pay off. Sure there are always stellar…
Tagged with: Athletics, catholic, corrupption, IOC, latin america, marathon, rio olympics, south americ
Posted in Movies and TV, politics, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, politics, Sport and Adventure
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