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6/5 – 12/5/24 – May Pang, Son of Man & Starfish
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Meeting May PangBlog article at PowerPop Max at PowerPop has made it no secret his adoration and fascination with the Beatles over the years.…
Tagged with: Ali Ataie, blogging theology, john lennon, MayPang, powerpop, Sharon's Writers Tidbits, son of man, Starfish
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
The Promised Land (2023) – Nikolaj Arcel (Friday’s Finest)
In Danish and Spanish this film title is translated ‘The Bastard‘. Why the innocuous ‘The Promised Land‘ was chosen for its English title is anyone’s guess, because this film is anything but banal. I saw ‘The Bastard‘ at the cinema…
Tagged with: Danish, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Arcel, the bastard, the promised land
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
15/4 – 21/4/24 – Apostle Paul, Classic Film & Mr. Hall
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Was the Apostle Paul the Real Founder of Christianity? With Dr James TaborVideo discussion at Blogging Theology I have been wading through a variety…
Tagged with: audrey hepburn, Bible, Daryl Hall, Dr James Taylor, Film, Hall & Oats, Nancy, Paris when it sizzles, Paul, Paul Williams, the elephant's trunk
Posted in Movies and TV, News
Posted in Movies and TV, News
Scoop (2024) – Philip Martin (Friday’s Finest)
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…
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
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…
