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Murray Whelan
I am in the process of reading the Murray Whelan murder mystery novels by Shane Maloney, and I plan to write reviews here as I finish them up. The first two will include comparisons to the movies that were based on them. But before that I wanted to make some general comments ( Read more... ) -
The Brush Off
And now we come to the second of the two Murray Whelan movies David Wenham has done. This is The Brush Off (2004) written by John Clarke and Shane Maloney, directed by Sam Neill, produced by Huntaway films, starring David Wenham as Murray Whelan, Mick Molloy as Angelo Agnelli, Deborah Kennedy as Trish, Steve Bisley as Lloyd Eastlake, Julian O' ( Read more... ) -
Stiff
Our next David Wenham review is for the first of two TV movies based on the urban detective novels of Shane Maloney. The movie is Stiff (2004), written by John Clarke and Shane Maloney, directed by John Clarke, produced by Huntaway Films, starring David Wenham as Murray Whelan, Mick Molloy as Angelo Agnelli, Deborah Kennedy as Trish, Julian O' ( Read more... ) -
Better Than Sex
For our next David Wenham review we have our first feature length film, Better Than Sex (2000), tagline: "Three days in the life of a one night stand," written and directed by Jonathan Leplitzky, starring David Wenham as Josh, Susie Porter as Cindy, Kris McQuade as the (omniscient) taxi driver, Catherine McClements as Sam, Simon Bossell as Tim, and ( Read more... ) -
Glenn Owen Dodds
Next in our David Wenham reviews is another live action short called Glenn Owen Dodds (2010), written by Trent Dalton, directed by Frazer Bailey, produced by Play TV, and starring David Wenham in the title role, Abe Forsythe as Michael Radcliffe, and Bella Heathcote as Julie. Again I found it on Youtube and will include a link below. This one is a ( Read more... ) -
Review: Basilisk Stare
I have not used this account in quite some time, and I think I should do something about that. LJ is a bit obsolete it seems, and I no longer use it to keep up with friends, since most of them are on Facebook now, so I think I will revert to it's original use, that of posting reviews: movies, books, music, etc. Since I have recently gotten ( Read more... ) -
AL3P
Well, it has been a very long time since I have posted here. I think because most of the people I followed and who followed me here have decamped to facebook. However, this is still a better place to do a long post, and we recently went to AL3P at Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, so I think a post is in order ( Read more... ) -
RIP Sir Terry
My favorite author after JRR Tolkien, Terry Pratchett (mayherestinpeace) died earlier today, and happily without any assistance:
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(Untitled)
Just saw a stage adaptation of CS Lewis's The Great Divorce, as produced by the Fellowship of the Performing Arts, whom I had previously seen doing a stage adaptation of the Screwtape Letters. Like Screwtape, Divorce was very powerful spiritually, and since it dealt with heaven instead of hell, it was also very beautiful. I would recommend checking ( Read more... ) -
Winter Olympics 2014
I love the Olympics. I watch as much of it as I can fit in. I love the spirit and the competition and the good sportsmanship, and esp the bonhomie (sp?) of all the countries coming together and putting aside differences (for the most part ( Read more... )