Category Archives: movies

RIP John Hughes… “Don’t You Forget About Me”

Posted on August 7, 2009 by Steve

Sad news today with reports that John Hughes, legendary 1980s writer/director of such movies as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (among others), has died age 59 of a heart attack. ABC Online While … Continue reading →

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Toy Story 3 first preview

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Steve

Because Will would insist I posted it here… The first preview online for Toy Story 3, due June next year.

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Star Trek!

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Steve

I wouldn’t call myself a Trekkie exactly, but at one stage I was quite a fan of all things Star Trek. Not constume wearing obsessive, but quite a fan. Read a lot of the books, watched most of the series, … Continue reading →

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A suggestion for movie studios

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Steve

If the movie studios of this world made DVDs of movies available to buy at the same time as the movie is released, I’d buy every single thing I take Will to see immediately, as I’m sure millions of parents … Continue reading →

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Monsters vs Aliens and small boys!

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Steve

Will and I went to the movies today, on my Easter Monday day off. I won’t deny it, I’m loving it… being able to take my son to the movies and finding our tastes already agreeing Obviously I won’t take … Continue reading →

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Watchman: the review

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Steve

I could take myself to the movies by myself a lot more than I have, but I don’t seem to. With Blacktown movies now just up the road, it might be a good idea, especially on cheap Tuesdays. Finally I … Continue reading →

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Birthday’s and the Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Steve

Birthday things today. Took Will to karate, which he always enjoys, regardless of what he gets up to, then managed to get away about an hour after that. The lateness didn’t help timing for the day, and there was at … Continue reading →

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Karate Boy and Pixar Studios

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Steve

Took Will to karate again today… he had fun, but I couldn’t really hide some disappointment as well… he didn’t try much, didn’t focus at all, didn’t follow anyone’s instructions. I know he’s only four, but we’re trying to get … Continue reading →

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Oscars 2009

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Steve

Watched the Oscars last night, doing my usual semi-inexplicable obsessive view of the whole event. For the first time ever they were shown live here, in mid afternoon, and then repeated at night in a cutdown version. That probably explains … Continue reading →

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Review: Gran Torino

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Steve

I’ve been a bit lax with these in the last few weeks, just coasting on link-blogging, which isn’t terrible, but of course, there should be more. Saw a preview of Gran Torino not too long ago. In what might just … Continue reading →

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