Coming Soon to Stale Popcorn

Now that I've got those pesky awards out of the way, you guys can look forward to some of these projects:


A new Cinema of the Absurd entry. This one focusing on quite possibly the most absurd film of all time: Showgirls. I have yet to figure out the particulars, but it's most likely going to be the most epic blog entry I've ever done. I'm thinking a scene-by-scene written commentary. Analysing dialogue, costumes, monkey shit. It'll all be there. But, boy, that's gonna take some effort so don't expect it straight away.

A possible blog-a-thon. I'm not sure whether I wanna do one (for fear of major disappointment, I guess). If I did one it'd be an Australian Film theme. But until I do decide there are several blog-a-thons to partake in. There's Nat's action heroine one, there's Emma's life-changing acting one and Windmills of my Mind has a film music one. So I'll be partaking in all of those (if I remember, eep).

Reviews. Not only of 2007 releases, but also older ones. Rosemary's Baby came in the mail yesterday and I've been waiting for that for aaages. Plus, stuff like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Whatever Happened To Baby Jane, Funny Games and lots of other older titles have just recently been released on DVD here so I'll hopefully be commenting on them over the time.

Plus, more music, good and bad movie posters, underrated movies, career retrospectives on the likes of Sally Potter and Errol Morris and more random discussions about ultimately pointless trivial things!

!!!!!!

Wow! I mean, just... wow! The Black Dahlia is amazing! If there was a verbal expression for "!!!!!" then that's what I'd be saying right now. Now, don't get me wrong - The Black Dahlia isn't good in the way that other 2006 titles such as United 93 or Jindabyne are good. No. No siree, The Black Dahlia is good in the way that stuff like Showgirls is good. I'll write more later, but... wow. Somebody give Fiona Shaw, like, twenty-seven Oscars please.

Nine Weird Things About Me.

I got tagged (THANKS A LOT, EMMA!), so here we go. Nine weird things about me. Some of these things may already be apparent in my writings, but hopefully not. And while some of them are just weird freaky things there are indeed some that are quite embarassing. Eep.

1. I have the uncanny ability to look at digital clocks at exactly 12:34. Seriously, no kidding. It only happens twice a day, but best bet is I'll catch it at both instances.

2. I have a secret crush on Steve Carell. OMG, I have no idea why cause he's not exactly the most aesthetically pleasing guy out there. I think it's his adorableness.

3. I hate dairy. I hate cheese (unless it's on a pizza) and drinking milk, eating yoghurt and all that stuff just... no. But, cheese is the worst. I wanna gag whenever i taste it. Gross.

4. I have a big giant massive phobia of bees and wasps. So much so that just the other day when a bee flew in front of my face I nearly had a full on panic attack right out in the open with other people around. And once when one landed on me at work I had to stop working because I was so freaked out.

5. I turned The Da Vinci Code off half way through because it was making me sleepy. It is so bad. I had to return the DVD to the shop, but I put it on my computer so I'll try and watch the rest of it later.

6. I have a date on Saturday night. Like, a dinner-and-a-movie type date. How odd. His name is Nick, which is hilarious to me because I've had three crushes in the past all with the name Nick (or Nic in one case, but that's details).

7. One of my top 5 lines of dialogue is "I've got towels!" from Showgirls right after Nomi tells her black dancer friend that they can't have sex cause she's got her period. So romantic, non?

8. I own a Spirited Away fan! My friend in LA gave it to me as a present when I visited her over there. She also gave me a Van Helsing action figure that looks nothing like Hugh Jackman. But I can imagine. Oh yes, I can.

9. I'm gonna go watch Freedomland now. I... am not anticipating greatness.

Apparently I need to tag nine others! Crikies. Umm... How about, Adam K, Ali, Javier (to get out of his writing funk), Mike, Cal, Drew, Ramification, David and Simon. Sorry.