Paris, Texas was one of the first indie movies I got addicted to watching….. although it kinda ripped my guts out. This film is an early warning to us all of how life can easily overwhelm without us realising it.…
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A Separation (2011) – Asghar Farhadi (Friday’s Finest)
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…
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)
According to Oscar-nominated cinematographer Linus Sandgren, the roughly six-minute uninterrupted take, which was shot in September 2015 in Griffith Park overlooking Burbank, required a lot of careful planning. “We found a very remote spot — a paved road with no…
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 Anticipated ‘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…
Low on Fuel and Off Course. Relive Apollo 11’s Touchdown
As we quickly approach the 50th year anniversary of Apollo 11’s remarkable feat of touching down on the surface of the moon (July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC), I wanted to relay this stunning recreation of the event by the…
Tagged with: 50th anniversary, ABC news, Apollo 11, Touchdown
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, Science, Sport and Adventure
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
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 LightIn similar…
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 Puss’ Bus is for Us
Some Navy members referred to their vocation as the ‘Puss’. Personally, I found it an ill-bred term because I was a stuck-up son a of a bitch. But I cackled when a drillie berated our whinging group, “Build a bridge…
Posted in Movies and TV, Reflections
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