I came across ‘The Nothing Song‘ song some years ago when I watched the final scene in the movie Vanilla Sky. Cameron Crowe, the director of Vanilla Sky has such a great taste in music as seen by the song…
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Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) (2002) – Sigur Rós
Tagged with: Álmost Famous, Bob Dylan, Cameron Crowe, Njósnavélin, Sigur Rós, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The nothing song, Vanilla Sky
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Physics Teacher Dr Brian Keating explains Oppenheimer – Special Edition Post
Save yourself a movie ticket and watch this. I’m kidding of course since Dr Brian Keating even described Nolen’s movie ‘Oppenheimer‘ as spectacular. This video and the movie probably go hand in hand. I would also point readers to Reely…
Writer/Actor Strikes: Why They Matter – Chris Stuckmann
“I think the biggest reason I wanted to make this video which is extremely alarming is about what Hollywood was proposing to SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and SAG said no f%&king way to. Was this idea of owning a background…
Moon Boat (2018) – Kendra Smith, Dickon Hinchliffe (and The Magician’s Orchestra)
I first heard this song in the end credits of the above movie, Leave No Trace. It’s so atmospheric and mellow, but I love the ride it takes me on. The lyrics below are fantastic as well. My reflections and…
Mia & Sebastian’s Theme – La La Land (2016) – Justin Hurwitz
This look by actress Emma Stone and this song combined is one of the most impactful and romantic scenes I’ve seen in cinema. Well, there are actually three of those scenes in the movie. How is that? I’ll lay it…
Mr. Plinkett’s Cop Dog Review – Friday’s Finest
There was this one guy Mr Plinkett who did these movie reviews. I’m not going to add anything more. Below is Mr Plinkett reviewing Cop Dog.
Whiplash (2002) – Damien Chazelle (Friday’s Finest)
I mentioned J.K Simmons (image above) imposing bit part in the movie Up In the Air two weeks ago. Today we get to revel in what he is truly capable of as an actor. This independent psychological drama is as…
Tagged with: Damien Chazelle, J. K. Simmons, La La Land, Miles Teller, whiplash
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
About a Boy (2002) – Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz (Friday’s Finest)
I had an animated discussion about this movie recently and assumed I had written about it here at ‘Friday’s Finest‘. When About a Boy comes on cable I find myself compelled to watch it. I don’t know how many times…
Up In the Air (2009) – Jason Reitman (Friday’s Finest)
Five films have already featured here starring George Clooney and today’s Up in the Air will be the sixth. That surprised me when I looked that up since I wouldn’t have classed myself a George Clooney fan, but he obviously…
3/4 – 9/4/23 – Nick Cave, Paul Rosolie & Russell Crowe
Welcome to Monday’s News on the March – The week that was in my digital world. Some enticing video interviews came to my YT news feed in recent days including the following from three of my favourite podcasts: Nick Cave:…
Tagged with: Lex Fridmen, nick cave, Paul Rosolie, russell crowe, the critical drinker, The Pope's Exorcist, UnHerd
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Posted in Movies and TV, Music, News, Sport and Adventure
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