Category Archives: Movie/TV reviews
Michèle and Dorothée Heibel’s art
Drove 2.5 hours to Cessnock. Great going over the Harbour Bridge, the gorgeous stretch with Spectacle island and Dangar island on the Hawkesbury. The dried trees, like upright witches’ brooms and the canopies of eucaplyptus trees breaking like waves over … Continue reading
art exhibition
Boogie by Moonlight Until March 23, Kerrie Lowe Gallery exhibition, 49 King St Newtown. Nine artists celebrate Mardi Gras in clay, paint, jewellery, assemblage, photography, feathers, buttons and beads. Fave bits: Emily Valentine’s minor birds bra and Kay Allibrand’s Sisters … Continue reading
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In The Loop movie
Went to see In The Loop. Was a fund-raiser for ALP Federal Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek (Minister for Housing, Status of Women). It’s hilarious and was made even better cos of being surrounded by policy wonks who got all … Continue reading
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Audrey Hepburn movies
Have been watching a couple of Audrey Hepburn movies –- Sabrina, Paris When It Sizzles and Funny Face. (taped from ABC Sat arvos). The idea of romance has changed so much –- all a bloke needed to do was kiss … Continue reading
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Belinda Neal on Q&A
She said her husband’s affair was a private matter — fine. But when we see pictures of her or her philandering husband attending church regularly, it raises questions. Attend church — just insist on not being photographed. Don’t parade it … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Federal politics, Media, Movie/TV reviews, US politics
Adventure Island closing song lyrics
I transcribed the lyrics as I couldn’t find them anywhere else: It’s time to say “Goodbye Goodbye”, it’s sad but time’s the reason why … we must bid farewell for a day or two. So til you come back again, … Continue reading
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Skippy the bush kangaroo
Just got round to watching a doco on Skippy I’d taped on my VCR last week. Love the theme music but it’s such an earworm! There were 91 episodes made from 1966-8. It was filmed by English blokes who appreciated … Continue reading
Filed under I love Sydney, Movie/TV reviews, NSW politics
Foreign Correspondent, Dateline
It’s easier to cry during that doco on the pets being inbred or Scooby being rescued from the cave than for the angry faced poor featured on foreign affairs programs. It’s difficult to feel appropriate empathy when they’re eyeing up … Continue reading
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Adventure Island — usual closing lyrics
Usual end theme song: You’ve got to go home now – you’ve got to go away but please come back tomorrow and help us save the day. We’ve got a terrible problem and we don’t know what to do, so … Continue reading
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Kinsey movie review
You’ll be shouting “I’m normal! I’m normal!” after seeing Kinsey, because every sexual practice seems to be OK. The film is based on the life of Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson), the American researcher famous for his studies on sex and … Continue reading
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