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There Will Be Blood
This movie was the last of the Best Picture nominees I got a chance to look at. I was initially hesitant to seek this one out primarily because of Day-Lewis' performance in Gangs of New York. While I admired that performance it was completely at odds with everything I remembered ...
Michael Clayton
Michael Clayton is the second Best Picture Academy Award nominated film for 2008 we'll be looking at before the night in question. And no, it's not about American Football (or 'Football' as the Americans like to call it), but rather a legal drama in which we see George Clooney, Tom ...
Juno
Remember Knocked Up? Geek meets girl. Geek sleeps with girl. Out pops baby. Well, Juno is more of the same... except all the parent's to be are highschoolers. Usually, I wouldn't be interested by something as mundane and Oprahesque as a drama comedy about unplanned teenage pregnancy. However, Jason Reitman's ...
Save Dan’s Blog!
Fellow reviewer Dan Rutter of Dan's Data.com and How to Spot a Psychopath has got himself into a spot of "legal" trouble over his articles on the (currently) Australian-based Firepower International. The latest tiff is over whether or not Dan has the right to link to, and/or distribute the brochure ...
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
What do you get when you mix a gangly Jamaicanesque hunter, a pack of rabid parasitoids and an average small American town? You get a pointless butchering of two Science Fiction franchise icons with assorted plot-holes and miss-steps. Imagine Britney Spear's comeback performance at the VMA's, but with acid-spitting Aliens, ...
Christmas Inc., The Musical
Christmas Inc., The Musical was the debut production for the Johnpillai and Friends Theater Group, or Freshly Brewed Theater as they would like to be known. It ranks, in its own quirky way, amongst the most convoluted, confusing and downright nonsensical piece of theater I've ever witnessed. And, just in ...
Tom, Dick and Harry
Ray Cooney undone...!!!! Okay, seriously... the fact that this site allows you to freely signup and post articles isn't a license to abuse it on crap like this. This is the second time in a week that this has happened. Once more and I will be moderating all articles ...
I Aint’nt Dead!
Contrary to rumours, I am still alive... just barely. Thanks to all of you who mailed me out of concern that I hadn't been nasty to anyone in over a month. I plan to return soon enough. A few things to cover... but let's get this out of the way: "A merry ...
Drawingsculpture in red & black by Muhanned Cader
There are at most four Sri Lankan artists worthy of the name. One of them is Muhanned Cader. His latest exhibition, Drawingsculpture in red & black, opened last night at the Barefoot Gallery. It is possibly the best thing he has ever done - which is saying a lot - ...
Thank you for Voting
A political satire in a land and age when real world politics could easily be mistaken for a farce. Corrupt politicians, inflation, broken promises, weapons of mass destruction and the Irish. With such a wealth of material to draw from you'd expect any serious attempt at political satire to write ...