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Andrew’s Highlights #2

May/June 2021 30 June 2021 Film: Atonement (Joe Wright, 2007) Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962) TV: Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (BBC, 1966; 2020) Eurovision Song Contest 2021 The Grand Tour Season 1 (Amazon Prime Video, 2016-17) Music: ABC Classic 100 2021 A/B (Kaleo, 2016) Delta Kream (The Black Keys, 2021) DreamersContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #2”

Album Review #1: Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting

20 June 2021 Just some brief thoughts on one of my favourite albums so far this year. Yes Crowded House are BACK after an 11 year absence since their last album Intriguer in 2010, with both a new lineup and album. The house has been renovated. The band’s new lineup now includes original members NeilContinue reading “Album Review #1: Crowded House – Dreamers Are Waiting”

Andrew’s Highlights #1

March/April 2021 2 May 2021 Film: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone (Francis Ford Coppola, 2020) Gone With the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) The Invisible Man (Leigh Whannell, 2020) Train to Busan (Yeon Sang-Ho, 2016) Infernal Affairs (Andrew Lau & Alan Mak, 2002) The Hollow Crown: Richard II (Rupert Goold, 2012) Reservoir DogsContinue reading “Andrew’s Highlights #1”

Film Review #3: Blade Runner 2049

Reviewed 17 April 2021 ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.’ Upon its release back in 1982, the film BladeContinue reading “Film Review #3: Blade Runner 2049”

Film Review #2: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone

Reviewed 3 March 2021 It is no secret that The Godfather Part III is often maligned when compared to the previous two Godfather films, by both critics and fans alike. Released in 1990, its mixed reviews focused in particular on the convoluted and uneven plot; the acting from Sofia Coppola; and its disappointing resolution toContinue reading “Film Review #2: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone”

Film Review #1: Tolkien

Tolkien is a biographical drama film directed by Finnish director Dome Karukoski about the early life of J. R. R. Tolkien. The film explores the early years of Tolkien – his youth and adolescence, his time at Oxford, and his experiences in WWI – all of which foreshadow his career as an acclaimed writer ofContinue reading “Film Review #1: Tolkien”

Book Review #1: The Brothers York: An English Tragedy

It seems that every few years a new book is published about the Wars of the Roses, a civil war that occurred during the 15th century between the Houses of Lancaster and York for the throne of England. However, Thomas Penn’s The Brothers York: An English Tragedy offers a new and dynamic retelling of anContinue reading “Book Review #1: The Brothers York: An English Tragedy”