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…
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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
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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
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Posted in Movies and TV, News, Reading
Mr. Turner (2014) – Mike Leigh (Friday’s Finest)
Mr. Turner is the second movie to feature here from English writer / director Mike Leigh (pictured above directing Timothy Spall) after his previous entry Naked (1993). This is another movie I saw recently on the Film & Arts channel.…
The Killer (2023) – David Fincher (Friday’s Finest)
Sucking the cool out of James Bond and injecting formaldehyde into deadpan, this steel rail of a movie wisely adds humor to its calculations, the Reznor/Ross combo score defibrillates when needed, and Tilda Swinton brings the ice. Although I’m not…
The Phantom Thread’s New Year’s Eve Party
‘Phantom Thread’ Is The Perfect New Year’s Movie For A Cynical Year – Slash Film To share and celebrate making more cherished memories in 2024, I hereby inaugúrate what will become a New Year’s Eve tradition at Observation Blogger by…
Tagged with: cafe society, Daniel Day Lewis, it's a wonderful life, new years, new years eve, Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread, when harry met sally
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Posted in Movies and TV
