I recall in my adolescent years seeing Prince Andrew, Duke of York in his naval uniform and reading about him being a hero in the Falklands war as a helicopter pilot. I couldn’t help but look up to him; he…
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Scoop (2024) – Philip Martin (Friday’s Finest)
Tagged with: Billie Piper, Gillian Anderson, Philip Martin, Prince Andrew, Sam McAlister, Scoop
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
The Road (2009) – John Hillcoat (Friday’s Finest)
Many years ago, I read the Cormac McCarthy novel from which today’s featured movie The Road was adapted. Cormac McCarthy is the author of No Country for Old Men which the Coen Brothers adapted for the screen in their Best…
Whistle Down the Wind (1961) – Bryan Forbes (Friday’s Finest)
Whistle Down the Wind is an apt movie to present here on Good Friday. It is also my first recalling of a movie which impacted me as a youngster. As someone as curiously engaged as the young actors, I found…
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) – Sara Colangelo (Friday’s Finest)
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.…
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
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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…
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