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…
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Rocketman- Elton Hercules John!
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
Sleeper (1973) – Woody Allen
Sleeper is a scantly known Woody Allen movie recommended to me by fellow blogger badfinger20. I was enthralled by it and frankly it remains a mystery how it isn’t more widely known. I cannot remember the last time I laughed…
Tagged with: 1984, brave new world, comedy, Diane Keaton, Dystopia, Sleeper, Woody Allen
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Reflections on the ‘Who Killed JFK’ article
I wrote an article here in 2014 about the documentary – The Kennedy Assassination – Beyond Conspiracy. I wrote excerpts from the documentary in an attempt to expose the hypocrisy and misleading farse that which is the famous JFK movie directed…
Tagged with: Beyond conspiracy, JFK, Oliver Stone, The kennedy Assassination
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
A little known Australian movie called ‘Candy’ and Tim Buckley’s ‘Song to the Siren’
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…
Tagged with: Brokeback Mountain, Candy, Daniel Day Lewis, easydiet.blog, Heath Ledger, Lincoln, The Dark Knight, Tim Buckley
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
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
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