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…
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Lost Horizon (1937) – Frank Capra
Tagged with: Frank Capra, James Hilton, Lost Horizon, Ronald Coleman, Shangri-La
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
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, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Music, Reflections
Crikey! ‘That’s a Tough Mother Bleepin’ Wooden Door’
A fellow Aussie’s commentary on the greatest police ‘fail’ ever.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9pVCcbt7i4 Related Articles:1. Comedy and the Ages. Lenny Bruce, Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson2. Gillette is on point3. Movies and TV menu
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
Two Astronomers Discuss Alien Lifeforms, Science Fiction Movies and Astrophysics
From the end of the much acclaimed 1997 Sci Fi Thriller ‘Contact’: ‘You are not real, none of this real….. You are an interesting species…In all our searching all we found is each other.’ If you are a Sci Fi…
Tagged with: 2001 A Space Odyssey, Alien Lifeforms, aliens, astronomers, astrophysics, Black holes, Contact, DNA, documentary, ET, event horizon, Gravity, Independance Day, Interstellar, sam Harris, Science, Science Fiction Movies, telescopes Parkes, truth, worm holes
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
Posted in Movies and TV, Science
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
