This will be an uncertain time for us, my love… So opens Waiting for the Sun, the first track from Australian rock band Powderfinger’s fourth album, Odyssey Number Five, which is considered by the public and media alike as their best work and one of the greatest Australian albums of all time… After three albumsContinue reading “Album Review #4: Powderfinger – Odyssey Number Five”
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Andrew’s Highlights #8
March – May 2022 Film: Chimes at Midnight (Orson Welles, 1965) Henry V (Laurence Olivier, 1944) Henry V (Kenneth Branagh, 1989) The Northman (Robert Eggers, 2022) The Soul (Wei-Hao Cheng, 2021) The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (Tom Gormican, 2022) TV: Eurovision Song Contest 2022 The Grand Tour Season 3 (Amazon Prime Video, 2019) TheContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #8”
Andrew’s Highlights #7
January – February 2022 Film: Batman (Tim Burton, 1989) Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992) The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) The Dark Knight Rises (Christopher Nolan, 2012) The LEGO Batman Movie (Chris McKay, 2017) The Bourne Supremacy (Paul Greengrass, 2004) The Bourne Ultimatum (Paul Greengrass, 2007) Fast & Furious 9 (Justin Lin, 2021) The ForeignerContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #7”
Book Review #6: The Chronicles of Narnia
Some brief (and informal) thoughts on the classic children’s series which I finished recently. Whilst I read the series in publication order, this review will be arranged in chronological order as this is the way the books are now published. The Magician’s Nephew (1955) A prequel to the Narnia series, this story details the creationContinue reading “Book Review #6: The Chronicles of Narnia”
Book Review #5: The Man with the Golden Gun
Mister, there’s something quite extra about the smell of death. Care to try it? The Man with the Golden Gun is the twelfth and final James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, and was originally published posthumously in 1965. Missing and presumed dead after his last mission in Japan, Bond returns to Britain, brainwashed by theContinue reading “Book Review #5: The Man with the Golden Gun”
Album Review #3: George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
All things pass A sunrise does not last all morning All things pass A cloudburst does not last all day Lao Tzu Upon the breakup of the Beatles in 1970, George Harrison began working towards developing an album from the enormous number of rejected and unused songs he had written for the band. The resultContinue reading “Album Review #3: George Harrison – All Things Must Pass”
Book Review #4: You Only Live Twice
You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face. after BashÅ, Japanese poet, 1643-94 You Only Live Twice is the eleventh James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, and was originally published in 1964. It is the third and final book in the Blofeld / SPECTRE trilogy,Continue reading “Book Review #4: You Only Live Twice”
Andrew’s Best of 2021
The Year in Review What a insane and crazy year it has been. Here are some personal favourites: Best Album: Dreamers Are Waiting (Crowded House, 2021) Best Album Reissue: All Things Must Pass: 50th Anniversary Edition (George Harrison, 1970) Best Book (fiction): On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (Ian Fleming, 1963) Best Book (non fiction): ImperialContinue reading “Andrew’s Best of 2021”
Andrew’s Highlights #6
December 2021 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Film: The Dry (Robert Connolly, 2020) Dune (Denis Villeneuve, 2021) Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2013) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, 2021) War Dogs (Todd Phillips, 2016) TV: Deutschland 86 (Sundance TV, 2018) Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (BBC, 2021) Music:Continue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #6”
Film Review #5: The Tragedy of Macbeth
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Macbeth, William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth is a film adaptation of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth, written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joel Coen. The film is currently available in cinemas and will be released on the streaming platform Apple TV+ from January 14, 2022. AsContinue reading “Film Review #5: The Tragedy of Macbeth”
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