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Movie thoughts: The Edge of Heaven (2007)
The Edge of Heaven arrived in Australia with very little fanfare, no celebrity premiere, TV spots etc. Fortunately at the screening I attended there were still plenty of people despite the lack of publicity. This is the second Fatih Akin film I've seen after the brilliant Head On (2004). Akin deals with issues of identity, specifically as it ( Read more... ) -
Movie thoughts: The Painted Veil (2006)
I finally saw The Painted Veil yesterday. It was everything I'd hoped for - and more. Ever since koalathebear posted about it last year, I have been very keen to see it. Despite knowing the ending I still found myself getting teary. It was an old-fashioned melodrama, definitely made for adults rather than 14 year old boys, and as I sat there watching it I ( Read more... ) -
China earthquake
I had been planning to post something about the Sichuan earthquake for ages but couldn't think of the words. I just can't even begin to get my head around the thought of 80 000 people, mostly children, dead - and in so many cases purely because of shonky construction of the schools they attended. I have been a little obsessive about looking at ( Read more... ) -
The Painted Veil coming to Australia
I found out today that the film The Painted Veil is coming to Australia, opening on April 24th. I've been looking forward to this movie ever since hearing about it at koalathebear's LJ last year. Even though I know what happens (I just can't help letting myself get spoiled at times!) I'm really looking forward to it. Naomi Watts is always amazing and I like ( Read more... ) -
Television thoughts - might be considered spoilery by some
Since I finished my CELTA course, I've been catching up with some television that I missed as well as a new show which just started last night. One of the shows I caught up with was Jekyll with James Nesbitt of Cold Feet fame. I've always liked James Nesbitt, and Jekyll has probably provided him with his best two roles ever - as the tortured Dr ( Read more... ) -
Watching Jane Eyre (2006)
I have a bad habit of taping things and then forgetting to watch them. Last night I was looking for an empty videotape and found one which contained the second and final episode of Jane Eyre, the 2006 BBC production. Since I hadn't watched it I sat down - and discovered that it was missing the last 20 min or so, because of a lack of space on the ( Read more... ) -
Movie thoughts: Anna Magdalena (1998)
First of all - since I know there are a few Takeshi Kaneshiro movie fans on my list. This is one of his movies, and yes he looks as gorgeous as usual. I imagine that's enough said for some of you to want to watch the movie. :-)
I liked it, but not as much as some of his other movies like Turn Left, Turn Right. There may be a spoilery reason ( ( Read more... ) -
Movie thoughts: Lust, Caution (2007)
I saw Lust, Caution (Se, jie) at the movies yesterday. I cannot rave about it enough. I thought it was absolutely brilliant and anyone who thinks it's just porn and will either boycott it or definitely go to see it on that account will in the first instance be missing out on a great film and in the second case will probably be bored silly because ( Read more... ) -
Movie thoughts: Black and White (2002)
As I was watching Black and White tonight, I got depressed thinking about how little things have changed since the time the film was set in - the 1950s. Black and White is about an idealistic young lawyer, David O'Sullivan (Robert Carlyle, who was reason enough for me to watch this - I have always admired his acting ever since Hamish Macbeth) who ( Read more... ) -
There are evil people in this world - and no, an actor playing a gay cowboy wasn't one of them
I'm absolutely disgusted having just read that a US Christian group is planning to protest at Heath Ledger's funeral, and are proudly declaiming that he's going to hell for his evil sin of acting in Brokeback Mountain. No, this isn't going to be an anti-Christian rant - it's an anti-bigotry rant. Why is it that acting gay is evil but say, acting ( Read more... )