A Cogent & Concise Argument Against Gay Marriage
Posted on February 26, 2009 - Filed Under Film, Philosophy, Politics | Leave a Comment
Generation Kill
Posted on February 17, 2009 - Filed Under American Politics, Film, Iraq, Media | Leave a Comment
Generation Kill is a HBO miniseries about a platoon of marines involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In Ireland, it’s shown on FX on Sky Digital (channel 164). If you have any interest in the Iraq war, or like war movies, or just like good television, then you should probably check it out. It’s [...]
Bale Apologizes
Posted on February 7, 2009 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
I had as much fun as anyone with his outburst, but hopefully this will mark the end of the embarrassing episode. It would be a shame if this incident overshadowed his forthcoming films, because he’s a terrific actor. He’s probably just a bit intense while on set due to method acting. Or something like that. [...]
Christian Bale Meltdown
Posted on February 3, 2009 - Filed Under Film, Funny | Leave a Comment
I’m a huge fan of his films, but this is very, very funny.
Y So Psycho?
Posted on January 29, 2009 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
‘The Wrestler’ by Bruce Springsteen
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Film, Music | Leave a Comment
Following on from the last post, after having read some blogosphere reaction to the Oscar nominations, and after having seen the film earlier today, I felt compelled to post this YouTube video of Springsteen’s song for The Wrestler. It fits the mood of the film perfectly, but still somehow missed out on a nomination.
Oscar Farce
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Film | 3 Comments
I don’t think of myself as a film connoisseur, but I find it odd, perplexing and not a little outrageous that neither The Wrestler nor The Dark Knight are in contention for the Best Film award. Granted, Mickey Rourke is a nominee in the Best Actor Category and Heath Ledger is expected to posthumously scoop [...]
Israel and Gaza
Posted on January 7, 2009 - Filed Under American Politics, Film, International Politics | 1 Comment
I have nothing particularly original to say on this matter and I find the whole affair sadly reminiscent of other Israeli-Arab conflicts. It has a seemingly implacable militant group, unrestrained Israeli counter-aggression, a massively lopsided death toll (reports vary, but at the time of writing it stands at something like 600 Palestinian dead to under [...]
W.
Posted on October 17, 2008 - Filed Under American Politics, Film | 3 Comments
Oliver Stone’s biopic of the US president isn’t being released here until the 7th of November. That’s really annoying, and very bad business too, since Irish interest in US politics will have sagged considerably by that date. Still, I can’t wait for it.
What’s better than Clerks ?
Posted on October 8, 2008 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
Clerks 2!
American Psycho
Posted on July 26, 2008 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
I saw this for the first time last night and I love it! It’s very funny, and Christian Bale is typically outstanding.
Batman Begins
Posted on July 21, 2008 - Filed Under Film | 5 Comments
I saw this film earlier tonight on Sky One, and I swear it will be the last time I ever try to watch a movie on that channel. The ad-breaks are about 10 minutes long, and just when you think that you’ve seen the last idiotic commercial for their dreadful programming, along comes an advert [...]
Unforgiven
Posted on July 4, 2008 - Filed Under Film | Leave a Comment
I saw this again the other night. This is one of my favourite scenes from all the films I’ve seen. It comes right at the very end of the movie, so be advised that it’s quite a spoiler if you haven’t already seen it.
The Big Lebowski Abridged
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Film, Funny | 1 Comment
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Posted on February 19, 2008 - Filed Under Film | 2 Comments
I didn’t see all of this the first time I watched it (the disk was scratched), but I remember it was pretty damn hilarious. I really want to see the end of it now…
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