Movies

Regulars here at The Word will probably remember this post from back in December 2008. The post was a quick one, just for a laugh. The real value is found in the comments. But brace yourself for a big read if you haven’t been there before. There’s 156 comments and we get our very...
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It’s no mystery to anyone that reads this blog that I’m a big fan of movies. A lot of you may also be aware that my writing style is often called cinematic or that people talk about how my books would make great films. This pleases me no end – I would love to...
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I think I love Christopher Nolan a little bit. He’s made some of my favourite movies of all time – Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige, The Dark Knight. I am constantly going on about the homogenous rubbish coming out of Hollywood and lamenting that there are no clever, interesting, new stories being made...
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I picked this up over at S F Signal. Written and directed by Matthew Savage and called Reign Of Death it’s a kind of noir style detective thing with a cool, dark sci-fi edge. Apparently the idea is to turn the concept into a full length film, which would probably be pretty good. It...
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I recently found out from my good friend Jason Fischer that there’s a reboot of the whole Conan franchise coming to movie theatres. I know I’m rather behind on this, but I’ve been busy. So shut up. I’m a huge fan of Conan. The original Robert E Howard stories are awesome and I’m also...
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I know I said I’d stop going on about plane films but there’s actually one more. I completely forgot to mention this one, which is surprising because it was truly excellent. Temple Grandin. It’s a film all about the life of Temple Grandin. She has a funny name but she is a remarkable woman....
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Twenty seven hours in transit and we finally made it home. Vegemite on toast and a cup of tea, followed by a shower, and we were pretty much human again. Now I’ve had a decent sleep and life can begin to return to normal. Just to follow up on my last post I did...
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The trip home has begun. The looooong trip home. We’ve got to Dubai and are killing time before the last leg into Sydney. Free wifi at the transit lounge is a good distraction (although Metal As Fuck is a blocked site!) On the first leg of the trip I watched Clash Of The Titans....
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Long haul travel is always good for catching up on missed films. On our recent flight I watched: Alice In Wonderland – meh. I was fairly underwhelmed by this one. I really hoped I’d enjoy it more. Sherlock Holmes – strangely, I thought I wouldn’t like this, but I loved it. The black magic...
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