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• Movie Review – El Dorado (1966)

  In this Western ‘The Duke’ John Wayne plays a veteran gunslinger who teams up with his old friend, an aging sheriff played by Robert Mitchum, a young... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Last Tycoon (1976)

  Legendary director Elia Kazan directs this Harold Pinter-scripted adaptation of an unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald novel about a Hollywood producer Monroe Stahr... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Big Miracle (2012)

  In this film a family of Whales are trapped under the ice so the crew of the Enterprise (albeit in a Klingon bird of prey) slingshot around the Sun and travel... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Messenger (2009)

  The basic synopsis given for this when I looked at it on my tv provider was something along the lines of “A solider returns home and becomes involved with the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Gallipoli (1981)

  

  Mark Lee and a young Mel Gibson star in this film as two young sprinters who run away to join the army and take part in the attack at The Nek. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Teacher’s Pet (1958)

  

  Clark Gable and Doris Day star in Teacher’s Pet, a romcom about a hard-headed reporter who believes that experience is the greatest teacher of all, and a... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Ernest Hemingway on Writing

  

  This is quite a cool collection of excerpts taken from letters, stories and interviews in which Hemingway talks about the writing process. Larry W. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Robocop (2014)

  

  Robocop is a remake of the classic 1980s film about a police officer who gets brutally murdered, but the remains of his body are salvaged and merged with machin... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

  

  The synopsis for this said it was set in 19th Century China and focuses on two women who strive to maintain their friendship through the changing courses of... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – David and Bathsheba (1951)

  

  Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward star as the titular characters in this version of the Biblical story of how King David fell in love with Bathsheba.  Oh man was... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Only Yesterday (1991)

  

  This is another film by Isao Takahata, who directed the amazing Grave of the Fireflies and the okay Pom Poko (for which you can read my review here). Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Hulk: The End by Peter David

  

  This actually collects two stories, Future Imperfect by Peter David George Perez and The Last Titan by Peter David Dale Keown. Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Nine to Five (1980)

  

  One annoying thing about this film is that I’ve have the song running around in my head ever since I watched it. I actually like the song, but I don’t want it i... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

  

  With this I’ve seen most of the BIG classics, the only other massive one I haven’t seen is Citizen Kane. For those of you that don’t know, Lawrence of... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES