I saw the almost universally praised war-film 1917 in the cinema this week. While I discuss this movie I want to compare and contrast it to Peter Weir’s Australian movie Galipoli. 1917 like Gallipoli is set in World War 1…
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‘The Golden Touch’ – By Ron and Toby Blanchard
For today’s Wednesday literature excerpt we take a look at an Australian theater script which was written 33 years ago. What makes today’s post slightly offbeat is I played the original protagonist of this oddball play The Golden Touch which…
21/01 – 27/01/20 The Fall of Star Wars, Global Warming and Islam
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. I’m coming out of my month long hibernation to resume my posting routine. I don’t know how astute I will be maintaining it because…
Comedy and Woke Culture
HI there. I’m coming out of temporary slumber to present this video which appeared in my you tube feed recently which I thought was very engaging. It is a piece by radical feminist and socialist Tatiana McGrath written by Andrew…
17/12 – 23/12/19 Woody Allen, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Lynyrd Skynyrd
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Woody Allen – A Real Package of What Not To Say Interview excerpt from the Dick Cavett show: Although the title of this video…
Phar Lap (1983) – Simon Wincer (Friday’s Finest)
Sub Editor: We have two versions ready to go. If he wins, “Australian wonder horse beats the world.” News writer: And if he loses? Sub Editor: “New Zealand horse fails in Mexico.” (Referring to Phar Lap’s last race in 1932…
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) – George Clooney (Friday’s finest)
Edward R. Murrow: We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract,…
I Origins (2014) – Mike Cahill (Friday’s Finest)
This week on Friday’s Finest we showcase another recent low budget – independent Sci-Fi movie called I-Origins. Like last week’s movie The Man From Earth, this movie probes profound questions about the human existence. I-Origins is a highly original movie…
26/11 – 2/12/19 Movie Stars, Little Books, The Moon, The Buddha and Jazz
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Deepfake Roundtable: Cruise, Downey Jr., Lucas & More – The Streaming Wars | Above the Line Roundtable video discussion at Collider Videos: With the…
The Man From Earth (2007) – Richard Schenkman (Friday’s Finest)
Imagine you are at an impromptu farewell party for a work colleague and it becomes a mysterious interrogation and the retiring scholar whom you are fare-welling reveals he has a longer and stranger past than you could possibly imagine. The…
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