The Simple Life. After reading a pretty funny article previewing this show the other week, I thought I’d give it a look. It sounded funny. And it was, kinda. I mean, I know they’ve probably spent a lot of time editing this show to make Paris and Nicole seem stupid, but they wouldn’t have been ... [More]
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Finally got around to seeing Return of the King yesterday. Mumble mumble, couldn’t get Gold Class tickets before now, mumble mumble. I’m a little miffed that on top of the $30/seat Gold Class price (expensive perhaps, but the service and comfort do make it worth it for movies like this) I was stung an additional ... [More]
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The Rage in Placid Lake. Very very enjoyable. Ben Lee not being a wanker. Hilarious parents played by Miranda Richardson and Gary Mcdonald. Sure on the face of it it’s a little Ab-Fabbish, but there’s enough other stuff going on to make it very funny — and the scene with the short film is hilarious. ... [More]
Driving along yesterday by a park, I spotted a row of people with their dogs all SIT!ting next to them. Probably an obedience class or something. Suddenly I heard a bark – one black and white dog had broken from the pack and was sprinting along. I was doing the speed limit or so – ... [More]
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"Love, Actually"… why would we go to see this rather than "Return of the King"? Well, because I had Gold Class tickets that had to be used up before the end of the year and ROTK was booked out for the next fortnight. Anyway, it was not very deep, not heavy (apart from the scene ... [More]
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Instant movie review: Spellbound
Spellbound: documentary following 8 fourteen-year-old American kids getting to the national Spelling Bee finals. The tension mounts as the competition goes on, and along the way there are some genuinely funny moments (well done to the Hooters restaurant people for cheering their local competitor with a big "CONGRADULATIONS" sign) as well as providing an insight ... [More]
Instant movie review: Matrix Revolutions. Visually spectacular, one would expect. Plot? Uhh, well they had a bunch of stuff to tie up, obviously. Probably less dialogue gobbledygook this time, more visual action. Yeah, it was okay. Someone, and I can’t remember who (it might have been my sister, it might have been someone at work, ... [More]
Instant movie review: Intolerable Cruelty. Didn’t seem as deep and complex as, say,O Brother, but very enjoyable, some great dialogue, some great laughs. Black vs. silver The topic of the colour of home entertainment equipment came up at Tony’s on Saturday. (Along with some other topics, including an innuendo-laden comment Tony would rather everybody forgot ... [More]
Top CDs/songs to play really loudly when you realise you no longer have neighbours to annoy, and even if you did annoy someone you can’t be evicted because you’re moving next week anyway: Hoodoo Gurus: 1000 Miles Away Paul Kelly: Deeper Water the Edge Of Darkness soundtrack Most of Who’s Next, obviously and Led Zeppelin ... [More]
Last night I was heading into the city in a hurry. I left the car at Caulfield Station (cuts on the waiting time when coming home late at night). As I got out of the car I looked over my shoulder at the platform. A city-bound train was just coming in. I locked the door, ... [More]
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Swordfish. What a crap movie. Computer clichés galore, not to mention that scene where Halle Berry earned US$250,000 per breast. Did it add anything at all to the story? Hell no. Was it a ploy to get teenage boys into the cinema? Looks like it to me. Saturday Night Fever. Second in the weekend’s Travolta ... [More]
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This boy needs therapy
Guest House Paradiso 5:45pm. I have just returned home, my pockets bulging and my arms stretching from the weight of, in no particular order: 2 litres of Apple/Blackcurrant juice 2 litres of milk 2 potatoes of the ilk that the supermarket describes as "Nadine" – one moderately large, and one absolutely fucking enormous – as ... [More]