City of Stars is the third song to appear here from my favourite musical La La Land. It won the Academy Award for Best Music (original Song). The music of the song was composed by Justin Hurwitz while the lyrics…
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Buena Vista Social Club (1999) – Wim Wenders (Friday’s Finest)
Director Wim Wenders and guitarist Ry Cooder team up again to present this marvellous music documentary Buena Vista Social Club. Cooder did the slide guitar soundtrack for Wender’s Paris, Texas 1984 which featured here recently on Friday’s Finest. Buena Vista…
Circle of Life (1994) – Elton John
I was iffing and butting as to whether to include today’s song just because of how commercial – certainly for its time and mainstream it is. So I listened to it again and it pricked my ears as it has…
Moonstruck (1987) – Norman Jewison (Friday’s Finest)
Loretta Castorini: Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been two months since my last confession. Priest: What sins have you to confess? Loretta Castorini: Twice I took the name of the Lord in vain, once I slept…
The Hugh Jackman Interview on the Tim Ferriss podcast
Yesterday morning I was trying to spice things up a bit by changing my morning routine. We are in strict quarantine here in Bogotá, Colombia, and my sector will be in it until the 18th of January. We have been…
Tagged with: Dorothy Walton, Hugh Jackman, Jordan Peterson, Tim Ferriss
Posted in Movies and TV, politics, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, politics, Reflections
Mississippi Grind (2015) – Friday’s Finest
Ben Mendelsohn was one of the first young Australian actors I admired growing up. He appeared in the little known Australian movie The Year my Voice Broke (1987) alongside Noah Taylor who I also liked. Both of these actors have…
What’s Your Greatest Comedic Moment? Larry and the Battered Women
Larry David goes to see some battered women (women who have suffered from domestic abuse)…You might recall the fabulous actress Ma’am’ here as Eddie’s wife Catherine in the 1983 Vacation movie – Miriam Flynn. She made this scene work as…
The Ghost Writer (2010) – Roman Polanski (Friday’s Finest)
When we started to bunker down in our respective COVID-19 shelters I went through my DVD archives and chose some movies I wanted to revisit. One such movie The Ghost Writer which I just finished watching features today in Friday’s-finest.…
Coronavirus IV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Coronavirus IV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) Video news report at Last Week Tonight: I normally find John Oliver a bit smarmy and his humour hit and miss, but this episode was a gem. At the start he…
Coronavirus & Curb Your Enthusiasm (Random Thoughts on Both)
COVID-19 I hope this message finds everyone well as we enter ‘Lockdown’ mode. It feels to me like we are living in our very own Science Fiction movie. Certainly we haven’t lived in times comparable to the these. Perhaps psychologically…
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