For our latest flashback we take you on a trip back to 1969 – the year of Woodstock and Altamont when peace and love co-existed with the fallout of the turbulence of the previous year’s wave of assassinations, the election of Richard Nixon, and the continuing trauma of the Vietnam War. It was a rich [...]
Movie Review of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino.
Watching the Richard Donner version of Superman II, a film long credited to director Richard Lester who took over partway through filming, is to step into another era of film making. The effects are transparently cheesy in many places and there are logic lapses that are big enough to drive an ocean liner through. People [...]
My initial response to Franz Ferdinand’s third album, titled perversely (for a non-live album) Tonight: Franz Ferdinand was tempered by the pre-release press and band statements that suggested a major sea-change for the band. Lo and behold, on first listen there are some departures but this is very recognizably the work of the Scotsmen who [...]
It’s easy to think of at least a few films and performances that got robbed at Oscar nominations time. The Dark Knight for picture and director come to mind, as does WAll-E for the same,Cate Blanchett for Benjamin Button, Michelle Williams for Wendy and Lucy, and Debra Winger for Rachel Getting Married all were conspicuous. [...]
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