Lisa Spinelli: Talent is so fragile and so rare. And our culture does everything to crush it. I mean even at four or five, they’re coming into school attached to their phones, talking only about TV shows and video games.…
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4/3 – 10/3/24 – Dune 2, Ping Pong & Fastest Man
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Awe Strikes Back in Dune 2Movie Review at Reely Bernie Before I read Bernie’s article, I was willing to hold out for the weekend…
Tagged with: Dune 2, Fastest Man, ping pong, reely bernie, Roger Federer, Usain Bolt
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Sport and Adventure
Flight of the Bumble Bee (1900) – Rymsky Korsakov
I presented Flight of the Bumble Bee (possibly the most recognisable classical piece in popular culture) in my post about the Australian movie Shine. That movie is based on the life of piano genius David Helfgott, a child prodigy whose…
The Machinist (2004) – Brad Anderson (Friday’s Finest)
The Machinist was Christian Bale’s break-out movie as an actor. He deserves all the plaudits for his dedication here, not just because of his preparation having lost 62 pounds (28 kg) for the role, but his chameleon-like envelopment of the protagonist…
Concrete Utopia (2023) – Um Tae-hwa (Friday’s Finest)
Concrete Utopia (Korean: 콘크리트 유토피아) is a 2023 South Korean disaster-thriller film which I had the good fortune to see at the cinema here in Bogota, Colombia. The premise was one of the best I had heard as far as disaster movies go, so…
American Beauty (1999) – Sam Mendes (Friday’s Finest)
Ricky Fitts: It was one of those days when it’s a minute away from snowing and there’s this electricity in the air, you can almost hear it. Right? And this bag was just dancing with me. Like a little kid…
Planetarium from ‘La La Land’ (2016) – Justin Hurwitz
What I love most about this scene (and you could say the whole movie) is that you can’t really tell where reality ends and fantasy begins. The Planetarium scene from La La Land is one of my favourite scenes in…
First Man (2014) – Damien Chazelle (Friday’s Finest)
First Man is the third movie by Damien Chazelle to be presented here after his previous entry Whiplash. It is a 2018 American biographical drama film developed from a screenplay by Josh Singer, based on the 2005 book of the same name by James R. Hansen. The project was…
Tagged with: apollo, Damien Chazelle, First Man (2014) - Damien Chazelle (Friday's Finest), moon, nasa, neil armstrong
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Phar Lap Soundtrack (1983) – Bruce Rowland
If I was to choose just one Australian movie to take away with me on a Desert Island it would be Phar Lap. It is based on the true story of legendary Australian racehorse Phar lap which I showcased on…
8/1 – 14/1/24 – Alvvays, Addiction, One Life & The Bible
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Music representing the dissonance of loss: Molly Rankin and ‘Archie, Marry Me’Blog article at mialondonblog The author at Miolondonblog commented on my post Ones…
Tagged with: Addiction, Alvvays, Anthony hopkins, Archie Marry me, Bible, Joyful moments in Christ, Mailondonblog, Michael Easter, one life, Peter attia, the critical drinker
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
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