tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-192954402024-03-25T18:20:45.569+11:00stale popcorn<center><b>Stale Popcorn</b> in this incarnation no longer exists. To experience all that I am offering (...oh dear) head on over to <a href=http://stalepopcornau.blogspot.com>the new Stale Popcorn</a>.
</center>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-73457493118272068172007-10-14T01:04:00.000+10:002007-10-14T01:09:51.315+10:00It Is Accomplished<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRnjXpSv3eQhrlL7dyDdg3OSylKxiNDqPR5rFM9rgqk5kuSVUu6-Maeri636i1f4RZAQKxn2U2WvS08z2R6-a6RUfKvamBLZVcrgbp9mSZDtAptDEuEO_oXxpbi7PvHXjYvvzXA/s1600-h/stalepopcorn01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfRnjXpSv3eQhrlL7dyDdg3OSylKxiNDqPR5rFM9rgqk5kuSVUu6-Maeri636i1f4RZAQKxn2U2WvS08z2R6-a6RUfKvamBLZVcrgbp9mSZDtAptDEuEO_oXxpbi7PvHXjYvvzXA/s400/stalepopcorn01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120837783017868194" /></a><br /><center><a href=http://stalepopcornau.blogspot.com>Please be aware that <i>Stale Popcorn</i> has changed URLs</a>. It's the same ol' blog just a different address. OMG don't be such a bitch about it!</center><br /><br />As a parting gift here is a track from the new Sugababes album <i>Change</i>. It's called "Surprise" and it's amazing. See you on the other side.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AFFizFvd5ww"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AFFizFvd5ww" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-67733385598217410842007-10-12T16:18:00.000+10:002007-10-12T16:27:56.815+10:00An Open Letter To Hugh JackmanDear Hugh Jackman,<br /><br />I know we missed out on sharing the same birthday by sixteen and a half hours - I was born at 4.30pm you see - but I feel that we share a unique bond, one that cannot be unbroken. You see, you like taking your shirt off and I LIKE LOOKING AT IT. So please keep that up. Nothing makes my day instantly better than seeing pictures of you at the beach, or on the movie set, or in a cafe drinking something soy (wait, have you ever done that?) all of which you freely partake in minus a shirt. <br /><br />If you're out today on your birthday (and subsequently can't be reading this blog, but whatever, I know you worship it) feel free to just whip off your shirt near some paparazzi and I'll be eternally grateful.<br /><br />Love Always,<br /><br />Glenn<br /><br />[<i>As Blogger just like torturing me with my picture posting tool lately I can't actually provide a picture of Hugh sans shirt. Blogger can die now plz</i>]Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-66992167302082899102007-10-11T22:33:00.000+10:002007-10-11T22:46:38.946+10:00A Change Will Do You Good<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCKD8jmFzRzOKG4rlW9BakJG5rnp4HKiNLfX0D5h6ED6yEITsKdifegjwp-p2jLtt7s5V09biCjA9YnYnNOKbTNpmYwQAK1jwNm9rKjUfX6FjBHTtkZzIYlVEkZdyIIK6lMFdgw/s1600-h/sherylcrow01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCKD8jmFzRzOKG4rlW9BakJG5rnp4HKiNLfX0D5h6ED6yEITsKdifegjwp-p2jLtt7s5V09biCjA9YnYnNOKbTNpmYwQAK1jwNm9rKjUfX6FjBHTtkZzIYlVEkZdyIIK6lMFdgw/s200/sherylcrow01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5120058847749065618" /></a>Just as Sheryl Crow hypothesised many years ago, a change will do me good. From October 14 this blog will indeed be changing. Nothing terribly drastic, just a new URL is all. The new blog will be <a href=http://stalepopcornau.blogspot.com/>this one</a> << clicky clicky! Obviously this present encarnation of <i>Stale Popcorn</i> will continue to exist on the information super highway (how long has it been since you heard <i>that</i>?) and I will be regularly linking back to entries, much like I do now, but I have decided the time has come to make this crazy thing more formal.<br /><br />So, yes, on October 14 - the same date as the start of my 100 Greatest Movie Posters countdown - the new home of <i>Stale Popcorn</i> will be http://stalepopcornau.blogspot.com bookmark it or whatever it is that you do and I hope to see you there.<br /><br />This will be probably be my last entry on this URL as I have places to go, people to see and things to do between now and then (it <i>is</i> my birthday on Saturday after all). Come next week it will be:<br /><br /><center><b>STALE POPCORN 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO</b></center><br /><br />Or something like that. Ciao.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-61355554534796254202007-10-11T18:30:00.000+10:002007-10-11T23:12:14.270+10:00La Link en RoseI'm feeling uninspired right now, so here are some links to occupy your time.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2007/10/world_cinema_th.html">Indiewire</a> looks at this year's Foreign Language Film Oscar race. There's not much there that we <a href="http://www.thefilmexperience.net/Awards/2007/foreignatoe.html">don't already know</a>, but you should read it for the offensive, insulting and downright pathetic grovelling of <i>La Vie en Rose</i> producer Alain Goldman:<br /><br /><blockquote>"It's so bizarre," says "La Vie en rose" producer Alain Goldman. "Obviously, they did not think let's get the one that has the most chance to win, because then they would have picked 'La Vie en rose.' It was such a good contender to win this year, and they knew that, so I would really like to understand why," he wonders. "What was their goal?"</blockquote><br />He goes on further to discuss how <i>Persepolis</i> should be religated to it's own Animated Feature category and leave Foreign Language Film to the hystrionic time-shifting weird ritilin-deficient musical biopics.<br /><br />Nat at <a href="http://filmexperience.blogspot.com/2007/10/national-coming-out-day-queer-hollywood.html">Film Experience</a> has a (surprisingly) long list of GLBT directors and actors working in today's film and television business. It's not exactly the number of gay performers, but more that so many of them seem stuck in the indie/gay ghetto. That's a shame.<br /><br />On a similar not <a href=http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/1459/The-Same-Same-25-Announced-The-25-Most-Influential-Gay-and-Lesbian-Australians.htm>SameSame</a> has a list of the 25 most influential Gay and Lesbian Australians. On the list is Neil Armfield who has worked in stage and film, including last year's Heath Ledger-Abbie Cornish drug drama <i>Candy</i>. There's Darren Hayes whose album <i>This Delicate Thing We Made</i> was <a href=http://kamikazecamel.blogspot.com/2007/08/253.html>all kinds of excellent</a>, and iOTA who portrayed Hedwig in this year's production of <i>Hedwig and the Angry Inch</i>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.awardsdaily.com/2007/10/one_of_the_most_beautiful_movi.html">Awards Daily</a> has some stuff on <i>Control</i>, the Ian Curtis biopic that is a) out soon, b) better than <i>La Vie en Rose</i> and c) actually quite good period. I saw <i>Control</i> at <a href="http://kamikazecamel.blogspot.com/2007/07/miff-guide.html">MIFF</a> and it went on to win the Audience Awards or somesuch. I still can't help but feel in the back of my Oscar-guessing mind that Samantha Morton is gonna make a play for Best Supporting Actress. She doesn't get much to do but what she does is very noticable. She got nominated for <b>lead</b> for <i>In America</i> (as implausable as that sounded then and now) so all she needs is some buzz and some plaudits before making a move.<br /><br />The new <i>Golden Compass</i> poster at <a href="http://mynewplaidpants.blogspot.com/2007/10/definite-improvement.html">My New Plaid Pants</a> is much <b>much</b> better than that <a href="http://kamikazecamel.blogspot.com/2007/07/starfking-compass.html">awful crap</a> they gave us earlier. And <a href=http://www.moviemarketingmadness.com/blog/2007/10/10/new-i-am-legend-poster/>Movie Marketing Madness</a> has the new <i>I Am Legend</i> poster. It too is better than the first. So, huzzah's all 'round.<br /><br />Dear <a href=http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/2007/10/mcleods-fuggers.html>Go Fug Yourself</a>, I think I can speak for the 18.5 million Australians who <b>don't</b> watch <i>McLeod's Daughters</i> that truck stops and psychics named "Mystic Miranda" do <i>not</i> make a good show.<br /><br />Lastly, <a href=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2603982.ece>TimesOnline</a> is reporting that Al Gore is the favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Oy...Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-19265244276757787332007-10-10T23:13:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:31:59.531+11:00Jumping JamiesDid you know I love Jamie Bell? Cause I do. A lot. He has a new movie coming out some time in the future (Feb 15 for America) called <i>Jumper</i>. It's a science fiction movie directed by Doug Liman and starring, unfortunately, Hayden Christensen and a hilarious-looking Samuel L Jackson. Christensen and Bell play people who can... jump around through space and time? I dunno. The trailer, which can be viewed <a href=http://www.jumperthemovie.com/>right here</a>, isn't particularly clear on that point.<br /><br />But you know what <b>is</b> clear. Jamie Bell looks scrumptious as a crumpet. Can I have some more?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhQZGpD7IDAJ6x0KvZjr75nJ3ZCC6V6rj7P4Rh0bhklX9WL0XAQflxGeb68xfgP1NznEu2G4gsKu12NGlX6SO9Vtuy4qvnDn13_55dSnzDai0mBW9aRXNAd19cke2lKAnpi60CA/s1600-h/jumper01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhQZGpD7IDAJ6x0KvZjr75nJ3ZCC6V6rj7P4Rh0bhklX9WL0XAQflxGeb68xfgP1NznEu2G4gsKu12NGlX6SO9Vtuy4qvnDn13_55dSnzDai0mBW9aRXNAd19cke2lKAnpi60CA/s400/jumper01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119978725134158546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg060eEzv9eN1iFgt79T6vS-zGMUPV1z3ilLM0mr1cXcROEnARNVyEiLsT8kXb_QR9zs1ReccrdDu8W38QmBIMs7GmFBU0BQymvwzT_nXE5XsQknPWYUBtmtY8cynPGCupOhRwnA/s1600-h/jumper02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg060eEzv9eN1iFgt79T6vS-zGMUPV1z3ilLM0mr1cXcROEnARNVyEiLsT8kXb_QR9zs1ReccrdDu8W38QmBIMs7GmFBU0BQymvwzT_nXE5XsQknPWYUBtmtY8cynPGCupOhRwnA/s400/jumper02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119978729429125858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwCy5_t_hZET5bArKWf44p5JqT7-UpSIEwY49DVUzIcxTu10aP9giCtOaltsjR7KGG36fxq9jredzcoaYRV4TCgm7_t3T8j49hBQs-gamPsNZ0PgqbVrtt-2yH7KKm21c7f_Ei7Q/s1600-h/jumper03.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Hz3usYi08GBuXqBXlTM-yEMGFW-dkP9zdOK_t9UZuRijDW2bqhzOxKlq6K3hP9RlEQqrlHFdKL7We5_o6DkxN7bdQbBzkv2c6bG7emRyoOkHzF-ma86N0yO_Y-FYIAjx2BysOg/s400/jumper09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119981340769241938" /></a>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-75980114540205389152007-10-10T22:53:00.001+10:002007-10-10T23:01:47.430+10:00Jumpermericans OnlyMore on the trailer for <i>Jumper</i> (starring my boyfriend, Jamie Bell) in a bit but I found this thing on the <a href=http://www.jumperthemovie.com/>official website</a> incredibly amusing. Oxymoron fans rejoice! Click the image below if you can't quit read what it says.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzgTe2DQiktJjJYyZ0n5krEsBLv6zaKypPWCUUof82Xj1F3VaYCiNb78IiK1kPYx8JISlc1gNQBF_bYQira2F39pn0Hc1IzusoHexJudHrd22zr4qtGr3jiNbecWAt83nDQtlEg/s1600-h/jumper01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVzgTe2DQiktJjJYyZ0n5krEsBLv6zaKypPWCUUof82Xj1F3VaYCiNb78IiK1kPYx8JISlc1gNQBF_bYQira2F39pn0Hc1IzusoHexJudHrd22zr4qtGr3jiNbecWAt83nDQtlEg/s400/jumper01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119691623750289986" /></a>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-69495770473806782492007-10-10T21:23:00.000+10:002007-10-10T21:28:35.639+10:00Kylie Minogue's New "2 Hearts" Video Clip!omigod kylie etc.<br /><br /><div><object width="425" height="335"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/5SdkYNyQKAPI5momX"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/5SdkYNyQKAPI5momX" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="335" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /><b><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x36dz3_kylie-minogue-2-hearts-gmtv_music">KYLIE MINOGUE 2 HEARTS gmtv</a></b><br /><i>Uploaded by <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/RAQUELLE">RAQUELLE</a></i></div><br />That chorus is <b>phenomenal</b> and the track is quite surprising. It's nowhere near as electro as I had imagined, given the <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kylie2Hearts.jpg>single sleeve</a> being like some glamrock circus act. The video isn't that great, but it's certainly better than videos like "Gimme More", "Song 4 Mutya" and "About You Now". I do love the bit at about 2:11 where she struts out in the catsuit and the mic stand swings up. Teehee. All we need now is for Kylie to release her album <i>X</i> and we'll be right.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-5466194246681597882007-10-09T23:27:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:31:59.751+11:00Several Things I Don't Understand About America<center><b>Peanut Butter and "Jelly" Sandwiches</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFNS6mYtCJgbJol16wOu2UO7qTlRN4dWbpq1cr43viQadzq3zEuh_ExkVwRn38I_23v7mv60azrYamAQpTQIaeowZN-Su4DVesNXBuTe2s7JaJubZi33bPQ7DF11TMWrHP_HmAQ/s1600-h/peanutbutterandjelly01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHFNS6mYtCJgbJol16wOu2UO7qTlRN4dWbpq1cr43viQadzq3zEuh_ExkVwRn38I_23v7mv60azrYamAQpTQIaeowZN-Su4DVesNXBuTe2s7JaJubZi33bPQ7DF11TMWrHP_HmAQ/s320/peanutbutterandjelly01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119329467812923922" /></a><br /><br /><b>Pottery Barn</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJGRavVeSdzgr0COowHCdbc5cYbf-5vgILIe0d4Dwryj23BuaEOb7JHcyh3NlZfu4AAmCXfk4jabpVUCeMMbdwthJtZSEFJfd72tk9p4NmquLkEWEFcrSwlC8wX-LSXE4s_c31A/s1600-h/potterybarn01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJGRavVeSdzgr0COowHCdbc5cYbf-5vgILIe0d4Dwryj23BuaEOb7JHcyh3NlZfu4AAmCXfk4jabpVUCeMMbdwthJtZSEFJfd72tk9p4NmquLkEWEFcrSwlC8wX-LSXE4s_c31A/s320/potterybarn01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119330782072916530" /></a><br /><br /><b>Meatloaf</b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCvJQQ41m7_ure6d0APkqOP_B-vmjSYOf3HwLJ_j0DHnD63gCZuKZasN9YAjOHGoPmo_J4Uz3j4nA67JoaxSQL6zA52HmbejsQ43P7LYN21m4-7x5ijxgg4MpU4LZvLXYjIJknQ/s1600-h/meatloaf01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUCvJQQ41m7_ure6d0APkqOP_B-vmjSYOf3HwLJ_j0DHnD63gCZuKZasN9YAjOHGoPmo_J4Uz3j4nA67JoaxSQL6zA52HmbejsQ43P7LYN21m4-7x5ijxgg4MpU4LZvLXYjIJknQ/s320/meatloaf01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119329691151223330" /></a><br /></center>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-65221646162900078422007-10-09T18:46:00.001+10:002007-10-11T18:51:18.860+10:00From the Vault: When Bad Posters Strike: Wind ChildI discovered today that I had a "When Bad Posters Strike" entry written up for <i>Wind Chill</i> saved in a word document that I just casually forgot to put into a blogger box and click "Publish" on. Perhaps I'll share them with you now because I can't think of anything else to write about. I don't ever remember this movie being released into anything more than a handful of cinemas so it's not even particularly mis-timed. Just consider it here for future reference.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52pEl2Cbo6WQKiqg7VpyKxdoY70HUEY9PJc1WjOSkuuqwOOBfMuSz68f1i_ald4IbDm5vbvJ_hcgZGsJsFogGvsjO6Kg8YbYu3XguvuNj0ZjzenD4bbvDa4VQzcVia6B62Iuz/s1600-h/windchillposter01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh52pEl2Cbo6WQKiqg7VpyKxdoY70HUEY9PJc1WjOSkuuqwOOBfMuSz68f1i_ald4IbDm5vbvJ_hcgZGsJsFogGvsjO6Kg8YbYu3XguvuNj0ZjzenD4bbvDa4VQzcVia6B62Iuz/s400/windchillposter01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047282740329435730" /></a><br />I present to you a monologue spoken by Emily Blunt.<br /><br /><center><strong>DEATH!!!!</strong></center> <br /><br />What is it? Why is it? So many unanswered questions filter through my brain like the millions of neurons that surround them. <br /><br /><center><strong>DEATH!!!!</strong></center> <br /><br />Is it really as bad as they say? You see, I've been re-evaluating my religious stand as of late and I decided that yes. Yes there is a God. And if there is a God then surely there is a Heaven, right? Maybe in death we all do go to a magical afterlife. We go to a place surrounded by cool dead people like Marissa Cooper, Captain America and that hampster I had as a kid, Mittens. And there's people there who can hoola hoop for hours. Hoola Hoop while hopping on one leg. Omigod. Hoola Hoop Hopping. Try saying that ten times fast.<br /><br /><center><strong>DEATH!!!!</strong></center><br /><br />Is there even such a thing as death? If there is a heaven then do we actually go through the process of death, and instead just have our souls <i>transfered</i> between one world and the next. You know. From the world of reality television and <i>Wild Hogs</i>-inspired remakes on to the world of edible palm trees and neverending meals-on-wheels. <br /><br /><center><strong>DEATH!!!!</strong></center><br /><br />If this is really what death is like then, yes, sign me up right now. I want to skip the illustrious award-strewn career and the pink house in the Hollywood Hills as an old person who only comes out to celebrate the 75th anniversary of anything. I want to move straight from my current life of eye shadow and snarky comebacks and move right onto the other world. <br /><br />Because I have indeed seen the light and I want to pass my newfound wisdom onto you. <i>There are worse things than death</i>!!!!<br /><br />*cue trumpets* <br /><br />Oh, wait. I'm trapped in a car and those are gas fumes not happy lala magical oxygen. Oh... so <b>this</b> is death. Okay, this is pretty shit. Oh, crap. I never thought I'd die because of a freakin' wind chill. Honestly. I feel ripped off. I blame <i>Wild Hogs</i><br /><br /><center><b>{fin}</b></center>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-26660743552720648982007-10-09T17:07:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:31:59.997+11:00It's Completely Unnecessary Horror Sequel Time!Seriously, who asked for a sequel to 1999's <i>House on Haunted Hill</i>. I saw that when I was 15 and didn't actually find it too bad - although I haven't watch it since so who knows - but, really? <i>Return to House on Haunted Hill</i>. The title isn't even grammatically correct. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4bzBxM1UinkEzX9_2ZzihXEz1n2KLbRO7Ne1UKxkY84TRT0pYRIt9JAOk6zpZSLDYNENiqzvIiR7Pi-lW_41oY8f6S6FcM-CsJ2Pf5S-dZCz2Ga83jbvhype9hhyphenhyphenS3nulxmHTg/s1600-h/returntohouseonhauntedhilldvd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn4bzBxM1UinkEzX9_2ZzihXEz1n2KLbRO7Ne1UKxkY84TRT0pYRIt9JAOk6zpZSLDYNENiqzvIiR7Pi-lW_41oY8f6S6FcM-CsJ2Pf5S-dZCz2Ga83jbvhype9hhyphenhyphenS3nulxmHTg/s400/returntohouseonhauntedhilldvd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119231675702561250" /></a><br />But, if you are interested and want to know it stars, well you're in for a treat! They managed to rope in some pretty big names. Observe:<br /><br /><center><strong>Amanda Righetti</strong> - She was in some episodes of <i>The OC</i>. She had the hots for Ryan, if memory serves!<br /><br /><strong>Erik Palladino</strong> - He was in <i>Road Kill</i>! But not the surprisingly good <i>Road Kill</i> with Paul Walker, Steve Zahn and <s>Helen Hunt</s> Leelee Sobieski, so really <b>what's the point</b>?<br /><br /><b>Cerina Vincent</b> - If I'm remember correctly, she played the chick who had an, erm, interesting moment with a leg razor in <i>Cabin Fever</i>. <b>SHE'S PRACTICALLY A SUPERSTAR!</b><br /><br /><b>Tom Riley</b> - I imagine this guy is hoping <i>Return to House on Haunted Hill</i> is <a href=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2068559/>his big break</a>!<br /><br /><b>Andrew Lee Potts</b> - There is nothing remotely interesting about this guy's resume. He was on an episode of <i>Heartbeat</i> once!<br /><br /><b>Steven Pacey</b> - He was on an episode of a show called <i>M.I.T. - Murder Investigation Team</i> a show that was surely not even in the slightest inspired by <i>C.S.I. - Crime Scene Investigation</i>. Not at all. Not one tiny bit.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1uaB48rjyLpM1nI4djcld7NLim_PQxx_5qwcaykwN20zEgdW6rygvN_FVfgagxctUJv-Zbb4owtx13geThe_H3OR-ty0T08GglntClSzAjnl1UbNyWmbL0lOLvC55RZBDlWEPQ/s1600-h/jeffreycombs01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1uaB48rjyLpM1nI4djcld7NLim_PQxx_5qwcaykwN20zEgdW6rygvN_FVfgagxctUJv-Zbb4owtx13geThe_H3OR-ty0T08GglntClSzAjnl1UbNyWmbL0lOLvC55RZBDlWEPQ/s400/jeffreycombs01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119238951377160690" /></a><b>Jeffrey Combs</b> - The one cast-member with the possibility of being known... <b>BY NAME</b>!!! He's been of shows like <i>Enterprise</i>, <i>The 4400</i>, <i>Justice League</i> and <i>Deep Space Nine</i> and was in movies like <i>Re-Animator</i> and <i>I Still Know What You Did Last Summer</i>. He even played Montgomery Clift in a TV movie called <i>Norma Jean and Marilyn</i> and was in the cast of the unfortunately-canned TV series of <i>The Net</i> - that fantastically ridiculous Sandra Bullock internet thriller.</center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9AfFT-ZF6urWpzAvDgBdNuJ8T9gqJROJ0QjkPYEyq5G2bItu-Obn2DTkQsRAxgBAMSP7gJPJV_DBsrWyvlk_sAoE9PcG0qhF-7dLwMwfNq4q31iWdaeNy2JIdYDago-uxqnuPw/s1600-h/alilarter01.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl9AfFT-ZF6urWpzAvDgBdNuJ8T9gqJROJ0QjkPYEyq5G2bItu-Obn2DTkQsRAxgBAMSP7gJPJV_DBsrWyvlk_sAoE9PcG0qhF-7dLwMwfNq4q31iWdaeNy2JIdYDago-uxqnuPw/s200/alilarter01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119241695861262850" /></a>It turns out that Combs' character appeared in the original movie as well, making him the only one from the 1999 film to return. No Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Ali Larter, Peter Gallagher or Taye Diggs in <i>this</i> one. Although some of the movies Ali Larter made in the time between bouts of fame look like dogs. She played "Fardart" in <i>National Lampoon's Homo Erectus</i>. Uh-huh. I have no doubt she's be up for another round of house hauntings if it weren't for her role on <i>Heroes</i>. They could easily come up with a ridiculous excuse to have her character return to the house, surely.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-65086120133871213942007-10-09T15:47:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:32:00.163+11:00!!Merry Scary Month of October!!I <b>finally</b> got around to creating the latest banner, and it - naturally - has a scary theme. If you can't see it at the top of the page then hit refresh a few times and it should eventually pop up.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDj-QMvPQbDHWZQ_v6Rn1kD4wp2OcLN3gGuiB26ZQ__g62G9x39YR_yiqh1GRdCVCaGq8pNWP4cb1UjOtuHLcJInhjXZHIF_8AG_kzajgyMtI8qgIh5Ftf-uji2cCugkL7FfqQ/s1600-h/catpeopleposter.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmDj-QMvPQbDHWZQ_v6Rn1kD4wp2OcLN3gGuiB26ZQ__g62G9x39YR_yiqh1GRdCVCaGq8pNWP4cb1UjOtuHLcJInhjXZHIF_8AG_kzajgyMtI8qgIh5Ftf-uji2cCugkL7FfqQ/s200/catpeopleposter.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119211957507705282" /></a>The banner is celebrating some of my favourite scary movies. That creepy white creature with the yellow teeth is actually Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer in <i>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me</i>, a horror flick if ever I saw one. That black and white woman on the bottom there is actually from the original 1961 Robert Wise version of <i>The Haunting</i>. The big glowing orange thing is, I hope you're aware, the central image of the <i>Halloween</i> poster. And <b>what</b> an image! Over the top of that is Leatherface in all his <i>Texas Chainsaw Massacre</i> glory. Next to him is Simone Simon as the deadly femme fatale of the original 1942 <i>Cat People</i>. And then at the right of the banner is Heather Donahue in her famous <i>Blair Witch Project</i> pose.<br /><br />The scary month is upon us and landing right in the middle of it all is my birthday on the 13th. I was, thankfully, not born on a Friday the 13th (although it was a Saturday!) but have already had a couple of birthday fall on that date. Starting the day after - hopefully - on the 14th will be a little project of mine that will run for a while, and that I hope people will get a kick out of. This latest banner is also a hint as to at least two of the contenders, but where will they lie?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUrGA1ZmWSDqz_yK8zMb1ClTHwU3RxyJdnQXIaNPGbeuFGrw_8Ho9s3ZdSZb3xttgWg_x_psdvxU_yPFPN0kRxnbDyLdsOYXjBwBoOIQmEJHo7HFVIGg-eC-z6WcUwitNKoeKzQ/s1600-h/0banner01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmUrGA1ZmWSDqz_yK8zMb1ClTHwU3RxyJdnQXIaNPGbeuFGrw_8Ho9s3ZdSZb3xttgWg_x_psdvxU_yPFPN0kRxnbDyLdsOYXjBwBoOIQmEJHo7HFVIGg-eC-z6WcUwitNKoeKzQ/s400/0banner01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119212722011883986" /></a><br />And don't forget the 31 films that give you the willies countdown over at <a href=http://shoottheprojectionist.blogspot.com/>Shoot the Projectionist</a>, which begins on said birthday the 13th. I'm sure it'll be filled with lots of images to give you the heebie jeebies in this merry month of October.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-47567773302740741562007-10-09T14:56:00.001+10:002007-10-09T15:20:50.989+10:00Word Verify finally has it's rewards (also, My Hair! My Hair!)I was over at <a href=http://mynewplaidpants.blogspot.com/>My New Plaid Pants</a> replying, quite obviously, to an entry about Arcade Fire when I came across this lovely word verification tag. For far too long I have had to enter ungodly combinations of letters like "pdajhdfffcm" and not enough with actual words like the one below. It made me giggle, like whenever somebody has a word that isn't <i>meant</i> to be rude but has rude connotations.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzfNAtKzS9Ybko7vO9EbRq6cz6AxXed1VYo-5M0Dotzzw59jqi2eWa0yLRwqh1sKglwFZ7gzTyFRPozLpEzFbWhBy4i3itLekwxSwNWEXe4y2L7YeqkzoCXx2v5i6X2uJAydWvQ/s1600-h/rump01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzfNAtKzS9Ybko7vO9EbRq6cz6AxXed1VYo-5M0Dotzzw59jqi2eWa0yLRwqh1sKglwFZ7gzTyFRPozLpEzFbWhBy4i3itLekwxSwNWEXe4y2L7YeqkzoCXx2v5i6X2uJAydWvQ/s320/rump01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119197371798768034" /></a><br />Kind of scary though was that at the moment I realised the VV said "rump" I was listening to Pete Shelley's "Homosapien" on iTunes. If you are unaware of that 1981 song (from Shelley's <i>Homosapien</i> album) it was actually banned on the BBC due to homosexual suggestions in the lyrics. "Homo superior in my interior", anyone?<br /><br />And, yes, as the image states, I did cut my hair off. It's only a "four" at the moment. If I decide I like it (i'm still not entire sure, but it thankfully wasn't the disaster I was anticipating) I could even go shorter down to a "two". Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSkHMzpAbQOlcxGXarV_evSIdPmJHpi_r8JhX5W3KbHIqGd1drQfwnNyXCy1PehzDgvEOO-YFelN04waTaAlUMH5Xt2KvwWoHO1J13AupJIQDww3qV0BkL0ugsl29Hl9pdi9Mmw/s1600-h/S5001121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWSkHMzpAbQOlcxGXarV_evSIdPmJHpi_r8JhX5W3KbHIqGd1drQfwnNyXCy1PehzDgvEOO-YFelN04waTaAlUMH5Xt2KvwWoHO1J13AupJIQDww3qV0BkL0ugsl29Hl9pdi9Mmw/s320/S5001121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5119200859312212402" /></a><br />Dodgy photo, but for now it's all I'm posing for right now.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-44132410514141574152007-10-08T21:55:00.000+10:002007-10-08T22:02:24.334+10:00Lindsay WatchTeehee. I took the following screengrab from <a href=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=657729911>my Facebook profile</a>. It's of a feature called "Lindsay Watch" with updates on where everyone's favourite coked out Utah-residing stripper wannabe is. I found it on the page of supreme earth being Adem (of <a href=http://www.imalwaysright.co.uk/>I'm Always Right</a> - read it, he's a hoot) and promptly added it to my profile even though I'm sort of over Linday.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhd2bxXpS5UN2EkaS-Jb7i5HiepPc_Nu4GedNAI9MHkzF32Gf_1-XeZ9b1DEA3nBMrXCN695D-OgoWBPIYEukaFAh-oHM3isAKsUDwzbISd18f_bl50QzeSvbr8LWhW94_a_dvw/s1600-h/lindsaylohan09.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhd2bxXpS5UN2EkaS-Jb7i5HiepPc_Nu4GedNAI9MHkzF32Gf_1-XeZ9b1DEA3nBMrXCN695D-OgoWBPIYEukaFAh-oHM3isAKsUDwzbISd18f_bl50QzeSvbr8LWhW94_a_dvw/s400/lindsaylohan09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118933892735027602" /></a><br />Also, if there are any readers from Geelong on here then you should definitely listen to 94.7 the Pulse on Friday nights between 8 and 10 as Adem hosts the Inside Splinters show dedicated to extending his love to pop music onto unsuspecting tourists and university crammers. With Adem doing the Inside Splinters show on air and the equivilent columb in <i>Forte</i> alongside my obviously pop-favoured music reviews in the same mag it's like we're a rag tag team of pop obsessives slowly trying to convert this lowly town over to the throws of popdome. <br /><br />So, Adem, when am I gonna be able to come in and rock out with you?Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-77578624337034012762007-10-08T21:10:00.000+10:002007-10-09T18:07:40.318+10:00Touchdown!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtcQKfKpGJxKPzP6EpYaq3auP_PAuecEgP-yf2O_L5m2KrmBXp-CaiN1MtOWEPhA1lzqV4D-r3OWphJ4Gx6z6VDxGWavPVTL4jK6iKgzV5jbo_NGf3lqiRfkQ2fEctPdR1B7gCQ/s1600-h/australianidol08.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXtcQKfKpGJxKPzP6EpYaq3auP_PAuecEgP-yf2O_L5m2KrmBXp-CaiN1MtOWEPhA1lzqV4D-r3OWphJ4Gx6z6VDxGWavPVTL4jK6iKgzV5jbo_NGf3lqiRfkQ2fEctPdR1B7gCQ/s200/australianidol08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118927802471401858" /></a>Okay, it's sort of sad that us <i>Australian Idol</i> watchers ever got sucked into judge Mark Holdon's ridiculous "TOUCHDOWN!" flimajimjamwoozoowazzleboobedeeboop that he started in season one of the show, but it <i>has</i> gotten to the stage where every touchdown is met with, mostly, curious bewilderment. I mean, <b>two</b> touchdowns for Jennifer Connolly in three episodes? And one for the Pirate (my guess is eventually he'll wear an eye patch and the illusion will be complete) for what amountd to nothing more than "I Was Made For Loving You" slowed down to within an inch of it's life.<br /><br /><b>BUT</b> last night - the same night that Jennifer Connolly got possibly the worst and least deserving touchdown in the show's history for a vague performance of "Bittersweet Symphony" - there was a performance that tore the house (er, the studio) down and that thankfully received one of Holdon's touchdowns. As Scott over at <a href=http://scott2bc.blogspot.com/>Scott To Be Certain</a> makes us aware (if you even casually watch <i>Idol</i> read that blog, it's freakin' hilarious honey dahling girlfriend) it was the only touchdown this year that could compare with the best (Cosima's "When the War is Over", Anthony's "The Prayer") and is one of the most blatantly <b>emotional</b> performances since Guy Sebastian's "Climb Every Mountain" or Casey Donovan's "Here's Where I Stand".<br /><br />We all know Tarisai Vushe Williams Shaggy Dog Jackson Effie Hudson Honey Dahling Sister Girlfriend is basically <i>channeling God</i> whenever she performs at the worst of times (so much so that when she goes to speak normally she seems positively <b>exhausted</b>) but last night she was, quite frankly, eating the soul of Jesus on stage. If that's offensive or blasphemous to you then just watch the performance below.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsCEFQPGsY4"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KsCEFQPGsY4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />To quote Mark Holdon (that's a rare thing, indeed), who last night outdid himself by wearing a diagonal zip-down martian funeral outfit: Yowza! Yowza! Yowza!<br /><br />Also, <b>Question of the Week</b>: How many anal sex, blowjob, semen and penis jokes can the hosts James and Andrew get into their banter when it relates to ProActive Ben Mackenzie? Because, honey sister dahling girlfriend preacher baby love sweetiepie, the kid is 17 and it's <i>icky</i> and <i>incredibly uncomfortable</i>. Give it a rest and start picking on Jennifer Connolly and her beehive of a hairdo.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-31744204144352098802007-10-08T20:31:00.000+10:002007-10-08T21:49:26.985+10:00And He's Outta There!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfcq_WbSCkz4suSb9IiqEHgvww4x11Wv1Gis2VePle2k0htyMb0HQ8lqYMVIDfvMo2CuuMLTGkDW00tkCXEqzRBvKWzk9pDt27ZS1-u31Igt18iygzTe-dnNGZl7PsMyNeZCiQA/s1600-h/australianidol07.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlfcq_WbSCkz4suSb9IiqEHgvww4x11Wv1Gis2VePle2k0htyMb0HQ8lqYMVIDfvMo2CuuMLTGkDW00tkCXEqzRBvKWzk9pDt27ZS1-u31Igt18iygzTe-dnNGZl7PsMyNeZCiQA/s200/australianidol07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118912684186519922" /></a>Justice has been served. Jacob Butler is no longer forcing his grotesque and ridiculously over-the-top singing and dancing style upon our horrified eyes and ears. I'm sure he's gonna go home and whinge about how nobody likes him and how people are big giant meanieheads blah blah blah. Now, if only his murdering of several quite good songs wasn't etched into my memory. Yikes.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-56949135613355088742007-10-08T16:39:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:32:00.592+11:00Glenn Liveblogs The New Bruce Springsteen AlbumI had to tear of <b>two</b> laters of plastic to get to the case. And what a very shiny case it is. Open it up and it's one of those paper cases that encloses the CD in a flap on one side and the booklet in another flap on the other side. The image you see upon opening the case though is one of Bruce with the E Street band. It's a wonderful photo and, of course, I scanned it in.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEischKMeyUito7iAHYKPL2GGzDqMUgV93897HoluceI6AXtETj6clFl94FdqxdF43izsJAcO9iN6KAlwhcPay1Nw3nW5uDHJTFmpztTv_Kzvu_qa6M_ikwAQTJnUt_rfmMAnYyUbw/s1600-h/brucespringsteen04.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118876731015285074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEischKMeyUito7iAHYKPL2GGzDqMUgV93897HoluceI6AXtETj6clFl94FdqxdF43izsJAcO9iN6KAlwhcPay1Nw3nW5uDHJTFmpztTv_Kzvu_qa6M_ikwAQTJnUt_rfmMAnYyUbw/s400/brucespringsteen04.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Flipping through the booklet I actually cried out "It's so glossy!" And I love that Bruce includes lyrics. He knows his fans want to be able to not only sing along but to be able to read and digest the lyrics and get an understanding of what the album is about. There are some pictures of bruce throughout and they all follow the cover design's theme of Bruce in a white tee looking momentarily confused - although in two he <i>is</i> wearing a black shirt. The diversity is insane.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAUJAbNRUEOY88Nmqe3VV4MkK4qT_WyOin-FY_UuMQtQ9LpJpW06Lu7TYdhVZvJ7-U94SIFIEzM9qYj6uR2gm44bB3TuZ-Uhy9lc0FZfadVhER2DL7CRWHfinqUWrFAihm5wDlw/s1600-h/brucespringseen03.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118876344468228418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAUJAbNRUEOY88Nmqe3VV4MkK4qT_WyOin-FY_UuMQtQ9LpJpW06Lu7TYdhVZvJ7-U94SIFIEzM9qYj6uR2gm44bB3TuZ-Uhy9lc0FZfadVhER2DL7CRWHfinqUWrFAihm5wDlw/s400/brucespringseen03.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="right"></a></p><br />Okay, so I'm putting in the CD now. Let's see how this goes.<br /><br />1/0.12 - "Radio Nowhere". We all know this by now surely. I hope it's a good setting off point for the entire album. Has a <i>Born in the USA</i> vibe, which is a-okay with me.<br /><br />1/2.10 - I love this guitar solo moment.<br /><br />1/2.48 - "I just wanna feel some rhythm" this chant at the end is probably my favourite part of the song. Reminds me of the "It's alright" chant at the end of <i>The Rising</i>'s "Lonesome Day"<br /><br /><div align="right">2/0.02 - "You'll be Coming Down". Reminds me of "Lucky Town", from the album <i>Lucky Town</i>, right off the bat.<br /><br />2/0.58 - Okay, it <b>really</b> reminds me of of "Lucky Town" now that it's at the chorus.<br /><br />2/2.10 - Clarence Clemons! I've mentioned before how he is my favourite E Street member. Whenever he starts up that saxophone I just get all tingly (...)<br /><br />2/3.00 - I think it's the bridge that really reminds me of "Lucky Town". It's got the exact same structure and progression.</div><br /><br />3/0.01 - "Livin' in the Future" starts with more of Clarence's brilliant sax playing.<br /><br />3/0.35 - Wow. This is a good one.<br /><br />3/0.47 - Okay, new favourite!<br /><br />3/1.22 - The chorus is amazing. And considering it's Bruce we're talking about here I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that he's singing about George W Bush, which is what I suspect.<br /><br />3/1.40 - Okay, I just realised what song <i>this</i> reminds me of - "Cover Me" from <i>Born in the USA</i>, with a little bit of "Glory Days" thrown in. Musically, I mean. It's got the almost exact same guiter structure as "Cover Me" though. Perhaps he hadn't performed that song in quite a while and forgot about it? It's almost chord for chord.<br /><br />3/3.38 - I always love a good "na na na na" fade out, don't you?<br /><br /><div align="right">4/0.09 - Violins! "Your Own Worst Enemy" has a violins! I <b>love</b> violins.<br /><br />4/0.30 - Lyrics like "yesterday the people were at ease" and "your own worst enemy has come to town" placed right next to each other? Is this another W Bush inspired song?<br /><br />4/2.24 - No. I don't think so.<br /><br />4/2.51 - Oh my, I just melted over the way Bruce sang those last two lines. "That flag it flew so high/It drifted into the sky" with a prolonged sort of semi-falsetto voice. Dreamy.</div><br /><br />5/0.12 - "Gypsy Rider" starts off with Springsteens famous harmonica. The only artist who a) I can stand playing the harmonica and b) makes me wish harmonicas were used more in music. You're damned if you do, damned if you don't, really.<br /><br />5/1.19 - This song is about Bruce's favourite topics. Misplaced men in America. It's not exactly anything off of <i>The Rising</i> or <i>Born to Run</i>, but I'm liking it. Probably my least favourite so far. But Bruce's "least" is most artists "career defining amazing best", so...<br /><br />5/4.22 - Yeah... not the best, huh?<br /><br /><div align="right">6/0.04 - And it's redeemed almost immediately by "Girls in Their Summer Clothes". Has a similar opening progression to "Lonesome Day", which is perhaps my fourth favourite Bruce song just by the way.<br /><br />6/0.20 - Bruce's vocals have something different to them in this song. It sounds sort of amazing.<br /><br />6/0.55 - This song doesn't remind me of anything except AMAZING!<br /><br />6/1.19 - I am <b>loving</b> "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"!<br /><br />6/2.09 - This bit is gonna be awesome live.<br /><br />6/2.28 - This moment. This very second. Well, this and 2.29-2.33 is the highlight so far. Weird how five seconds can just be so magical. They sound like some 1950s motown group at this moment.<br /><br />6/3.33 - New favourite!<br /><br />6/3.43 - I always love a good "la la la la" fade out, don't you?</div><br /><br />7/0.02 - "I'll Work For Your Love" starts with piano.<br /><br />7/0.08 - For a moment there Bruce sounded exactly like he did in the '70s.<br /><br />7/1.40 - Hmm. The lyrics on this one are a bit naff, don't you reckon?<br /><br />7/2.35 - I think he was going for a romantic angle on this one, I'm thinking of "Tunnel of Love" with more guitars, but it's not working for me.<br /><br /><div align="right">8/0.08 - "Magic" initially sounds like something from <i>Devils & Dust</i>.<br /><br />8/1.13 - It's a minimalist song, which I'm liking. At this moment they introduced what sounds like the theme music to some spaghetti western or a movie set in a small Mexican town filled with drug lords and violence. ...?<br /><br />8/2.17 - This is slowly working it's way into my brain, I can feel it. Like how the similar-sounding (but completely different themed) "Reno" did ("Reno" is now one of my all time favourites).</div><br /><br />9/0.50 - "Last to Die" has a great up-tempo build up to the pace it's seems to be sticking with.<br /><br />9/2.46 - This is a nice track, nothing particularly amazing, nor is it disappointing. It's what they call "quality filler".<br /><br />9/3.47 - The above point is demonstrated now. I have nothing worthwhile to add, but I know it's not bad. I can deal with that.<br /><br /><div align="right">10/0.16 - I'm not sure what it is about Bruce but he seems to have multiple voices. Like, they all sound very similar but if he puts just the tiniest bit more force or grunt behind it it becomes something else entirely. Case in point "Long Walk Home".<br /><br />10/1.15 - Sounds like it belongs on <i>The Rising</i>, which is a good thing if I ever heard one.<br /><br />10/2.20 - Oh Clarence!<br /><br />10/4.07 - Great closing moments. This is the E Street, folks. "Long Walk Home" will be great live.</div><br /><br />11/0.17 - Ooh. What an ethereal start to "Devil's Arcade"!<br /><br />11/0.35 - Whoa.<br /><br />11/1.20 - That low-bass guitar in the background is bliss.<br /><br />11/2.13 - Oh! And it kicks in. Amazing.<br /><br />11/3.22 - I can't quite pin point what it is that is so fan-fuckin-tastic about this song but it's... it's... holy jesus.<br /><br />11/4.02 - It just keeps. getting. better.<br /><br />11/4.49 - Now <i>that</i> was brilliant.<br /><br /><div align="right">12/0.02 - Aww, "Terry's Song" is the final one! There's only four minutes and nine seconds of <i>Magic</i> left!<br /><br />12/0.32 - Reminds me of "I Wish I Were Blind" from <i>Human Touch</i>. Slightly.<br /><br />12/1.47 - This is a lovely little ode to (I assume) somebody called Terry who is "one of a kind". The album booklet says Terry (Terry Magovern) was Bruce's friend and working partner.<br /><br />12/3.41 - I can't think of anything more appropriate to end <i>Magic</i> on that this wonderful song ending with some of Springsteen's great harmonica work going to fade out. I guess it ends the album on a bit of a downer (not quality wise though, thankfully).</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdm0RFYnbvvxkeHnGd3EU2gKBS2p33fxDS1UYF2l5-CcBCk7sFvQL3Po22fK87Jfiw9m9mkCgpGOJ9fh5FJ6astKD6qcGEacYm5JawTN4zY_lgRteBhIZ6897pyTF2S1697bwSg/s1600-h/brucespringsteenmagic.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYdm0RFYnbvvxkeHnGd3EU2gKBS2p33fxDS1UYF2l5-CcBCk7sFvQL3Po22fK87Jfiw9m9mkCgpGOJ9fh5FJ6astKD6qcGEacYm5JawTN4zY_lgRteBhIZ6897pyTF2S1697bwSg/s200/brucespringsteenmagic.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118877551354038626" /></a><b>Conclusion</b> - Was there ever any doubt? I've only ever disliked one Bruce Springsteen album (of which I use the excuse "I'm not old enough to <b>get</b> it") so that I would like this one wasn't that hard to imagine. I'm actually quite glad that the album wasn't 12 tracks like "Radio Nowhere" (as amazing as it may be) and that he mixed it up. I love the stuff that Bruce comes up with when he's working with the E Street band. It all just sounds so layered and there's so much depth there.<br /><br />As an artist Bruce Springsteen refuses to go away quietly. While many artists simple coast on their history (I'm looking at you Elton John) and have effectively stopped drinking (or smoking, in a lot of cases I imagine) whatever it was that made them so brilliant in the first place, Bruce continues to produce albums that you can easily slot high up in the list of personal favourites. With <i>Magic</i>, and I'm obviously going to be giving it plenty more spins over the next week, he has made some great songs - some incredibly fun songs to match the pulsating rock songs, which sit side-by-side with the more intimate ballads. It's a great record and one that I think will prove to be great on repeat, will be great live, and one that will satisfy the hardcore fan and casual listener alike.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-66176701089031612622007-10-08T16:27:00.000+10:002007-10-08T16:29:47.142+10:00:)I have it! Right here! Right now! In my weird claw-like hands! Man, my thumb looks huge.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDllGkO_S_1qA326ksX9rqXAqm_5gw0-YpJErGtynFdx9-lBBbei1kPmazTnYziXWODr8XVkWFDjhx6KlsA77Hoyl6KOF5K5lW_-6u3hn_gViP1rTya8BNGjSQ4FhV516jYdSq8w/s1600-h/brucespringsteen02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDllGkO_S_1qA326ksX9rqXAqm_5gw0-YpJErGtynFdx9-lBBbei1kPmazTnYziXWODr8XVkWFDjhx6KlsA77Hoyl6KOF5K5lW_-6u3hn_gViP1rTya8BNGjSQ4FhV516jYdSq8w/s400/brucespringsteen02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118849170210146610" /></a><br />I should have a judgment in approximately 50 minutes.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-7073283588912906712007-10-08T00:38:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:32:00.941+11:00Nudge WinkYou know, that wishlist widget in the sidebar is there for a reason. It's my birthday in six days and I feel oddly non-fussed by it. I was hoping to go into Melbourne and see the sing-a-long version of <i>Hairspray</i>, but I don't think that's going to pan out. Also, I'm oddly fascinated by maltesers at the moment. I just can't. stop. eating them. They've taken over my desk! I even took a photo just for the sake of taking one and am now showing you!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppumUROdthrWCsAvZ_EUk8cgGDXKjSK6hssban5iDTUEfvs3ZDt7Qb1fWXAAux9l9f1PLKg1HNPlmGGUzIppL9vNFh_LYtIHAyPmmndevX6dZ6gZ6-TwHoe14LtzqitU8KIArtg/s1600-h/maltesers01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppumUROdthrWCsAvZ_EUk8cgGDXKjSK6hssban5iDTUEfvs3ZDt7Qb1fWXAAux9l9f1PLKg1HNPlmGGUzIppL9vNFh_LYtIHAyPmmndevX6dZ6gZ6-TwHoe14LtzqitU8KIArtg/s400/maltesers01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118605813068187906" /></a><br />And then I was reminded of when I was in NYC last year and I was walking down... Broadway? I'm not sure. I think it was opposite Macy's! Of Bloomingdales! Or some building that had a sign on it, I'm not entirely sure. But, anyway, I was walking down this street in New York City (my, how I love remember I was ever in that city) and saw:<br /><br /><center><b>THE LARGEST PACKET OF SKITTLES I HAD EVER SEEN</b></center><br />So, naturally, I took a photo, which doesn't even <i>begin</i> to describe how giant that packet of skittles was. When the brother saw the photo on the tiny little camera screen he was all "Christ, that's a big bag of skittles!" Correct he was. Oh, and here's the photo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjnDkq_2L6ucO3VBYPEh3T0D99WMj2yQ6LDCVAdyp3nsZ0o_oFW8Su6LC10kg6LpNY-MfYkiQ7HHbYKA8lUK0i0Ll5guL827pj0p_ekIxtIWqC5AE-hpCYlb3dQEonazLA3ANAw/s1600-h/skittles01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjnDkq_2L6ucO3VBYPEh3T0D99WMj2yQ6LDCVAdyp3nsZ0o_oFW8Su6LC10kg6LpNY-MfYkiQ7HHbYKA8lUK0i0Ll5guL827pj0p_ekIxtIWqC5AE-hpCYlb3dQEonazLA3ANAw/s400/skittles01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118606818090535186" /></a><br />Lastly in this entirely random and, for the most part, incoherent gargle of wasted words, I am considering shaving my head. Not entirely bald because, er, not even I want to see my scalp. Buuuut, I've been thinking about it and was going to ask some friends last night as I remembered my hairdresser appointment on Tuesday but they (and I) had been drinking and, well, that's not a decision to make when consuming alcohol. But, yeah, not bald. Just really cropped short? Like, er... Rob Thomas? I dunno. Who else has that style? I dunno.<br /><br />I'm terrible though. The reason I never ever do anything out of the ordinary with my hair is because I fear if it goes wrong then I have at least one month of being stuck with a bad haircut and there's nothing I could do about it. I think it's a legitimate concern, don't you? Hmmmph. DILEMMAS!<br /><br />I think I'm gonna go to sleep now because I'm acting weird. Before I go, here is a picture of my boyfriend sticking his tongue out at <i>Undertow</i> director David Gordon Green. Uh-huh.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ypSEIUhiT7atlWtJZTKPqhFDPFtcYQOFogBFl9EVUS3FYHQsvM4E3hj8xnHwWHPsHOcRCpUR4-eG274CcKPlVIcjSK47J3n7yoYgbjQqLRA17x3CMhSNecG0dTVPAbGaK2KN6g/s1600-h/jamiebell60.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ypSEIUhiT7atlWtJZTKPqhFDPFtcYQOFogBFl9EVUS3FYHQsvM4E3hj8xnHwWHPsHOcRCpUR4-eG274CcKPlVIcjSK47J3n7yoYgbjQqLRA17x3CMhSNecG0dTVPAbGaK2KN6g/s400/jamiebell60.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118609137372875042" /></a>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-73625176191444863022007-10-07T23:21:00.000+10:002007-10-07T23:33:37.126+10:00Spot the Odd One Out!I took an image from one of this year's horror flicks, the remake of <i>The Hitcher</i>, and made some text additions. I ask you, dear readers, what is the odd one out. The smooth and shiny (perhaps panteen!) hair? The tight-fitting brown singlet top? The mini denim skirt with fringe hem? The leather calf boots? Or...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NUW7tGlQbIEvBobEBniPW8pZgX8-3azLirz2pZWBtUcy6ZpPMmaKIQXA7k56NXlkE2vOmwTjeJysFKqOUGQamoc4bKcN02ckwcGRnC-A9QHouQPqzSCYPTR8aDcjsuccPfXNnw/s1600-h/thehitcher01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NUW7tGlQbIEvBobEBniPW8pZgX8-3azLirz2pZWBtUcy6ZpPMmaKIQXA7k56NXlkE2vOmwTjeJysFKqOUGQamoc4bKcN02ckwcGRnC-A9QHouQPqzSCYPTR8aDcjsuccPfXNnw/s400/thehitcher01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118585244469807346" /></a><br /><center><b>THE MOSSBERG 500 CRUISER WITH PISTOL GRIP???!!!</b></center><br />Hmmm. That's a tough one doncha think? You can click the image and look at it a bit bigger if you're stuck on what the answer is. <br /><br />And to think, the scene in which this moment takes place Sophia Bush (the woman in the image, whoever she is) was just <i>inside</i> a van that was leaking petrol and set alight, prompting it to explode into a big giant fireball <i>with her inside</i>. I like knowing that she, and her silky smooth shiny hair, managed to get out of that pesky situation with nary a scratch on her and that she had suddenly acquired the ability to fire and charge an assault rifle.<br /><br />Also, the movie was sorta shit. That's all.Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-83279262008043106742007-10-07T21:57:00.000+10:002007-10-07T22:36:51.900+10:00Wake Up And Pay Attention, Y'all!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OAcb3_cwtEkyA4vuunp2WkM4GhKF9kzCwn1akBsBcVsxfEOZkqKQe_Fsm5duvxI-s1Q-s2Da8RaaZcfwKEbnoRxO6yOW1pvTy9daaiXCg-hCo7qVF2zhfHdi5zF9XzLkYklZpA/s1600-h/sisteract202.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7OAcb3_cwtEkyA4vuunp2WkM4GhKF9kzCwn1akBsBcVsxfEOZkqKQe_Fsm5duvxI-s1Q-s2Da8RaaZcfwKEbnoRxO6yOW1pvTy9daaiXCg-hCo7qVF2zhfHdi5zF9XzLkYklZpA/s200/sisteract202.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118572398222624962" /></a>I've made many references to my undying love for <i>Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit</i> before. It <b>is</b> one of the greatest movies ever made and don't you try and deny it, okay?! So it was with delight that I came upon the following videos on YouTube of the Musical Theatre department of MichiganU performing a 15-minute abridged version of <i>Back in the Habit</i> using one stage, a few chairs and, wouldn't just know it, <i>a whole lotta talent</i>.<br /><br />It, basically, destills everything that is perfect and heavensent about the movie into 15 uproariously funny minutes. Watch as Sister Mary Clarence dons her garbage bag habit, as the slightly too masculine Lauryn Hill character imparts her wise ghetto wisdom, or somebody (I'm not sure who is who) doing a spot on impersonation of Sheryl Lee Ralph's domineering mother role. Or watch in stunned wide-eyed amazement as the cast perform a particularly faithful rendition of the film's climactic (and brilliant) song "Joyful Joyful", even down to the fine details that could easily go ignored by the casual moviegoer - the sign language performer, the impromtu Janet Jackson throwback or the ace (and accurate!) choreography. <br /><br />It's positively uplifting and entirely amazing, just like the movie it represents. Although it was majorly upsetting to realise that they did <i>not</i> include the film's finest and most jive-tastic moment - "I got the flow, you all gotta go, so pick up your bags so we can go, ho-ho!"<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q-vF8haOoIg"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q-vF8haOoIg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tCz5e72Kk6U"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tCz5e72Kk6U" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-10678559386309739592007-10-06T14:12:00.000+10:002007-10-06T14:21:38.297+10:00And Now For Something You've Probably Already Heard!That new Britney Spears video clip? <b>WOW!</b> It. Is. Terrible. I... I am almost without any words, but naturally I can still articulate an insult.<br /><br />Lazy, Boring, Unsexy and Pointless come to mind as apt adjectives. Britney does nothing in the entire video except walk around a pole. I think the walking was meant to be sexy, but it wasn't. Not to mention the outfit is fug-central. Where's the dancing? Or some form of spirit. I reckon they were going for a "Slave 4 U" vibe, but missed by about forty footy fields. And if Spears was trying to be a stripper or whatever then I don't think she quite has the job requirements.<br /><br />The camera work appears to be trying for a cool arty effect but comes off as blurry and distracting. Constant switches between black and white and colour and then sepia(?) just make for a discombobulating effort. <br /><br />Lastly I come to the most bizarre aspect of the video. And it's the blonde Britney. There are a couple of bits, including at the very start, where Britney isn't playing the dark-haired pole dancer but is a blonde-haired gal at the bar. I have <b>no</b> idea why. It's like they were outtakes from a discarded original video. They don't fit into the video in any way and when they are their she's just looking vacant. <br /><br />It's a very confusing and very poor effort if you ask me, much akin to the "Song 4 Mutya" video. Not at all surprising, though. Still, the song is great.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/I0cQyYKh7eI"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/I0cQyYKh7eI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-6682713124646548102007-10-06T13:33:00.000+10:002007-10-11T18:51:26.627+10:00When Bad Posters Strike: The Other Boleyn Girl (Part II)aka, the "It just gets worse!" edition.<br /><br /><a href=http://www.impawards.com/>IMP</a> informs us (as does <a href=http://joesmoviecorner.blogspot.com/>JD</a>, which I only realised after the fact - thanks though!) that the poster for the Portman-Johansson-Bana period flick <i>The Other Boleyn</i> girl wasn't <b>quite</b> the final design. I apologise to those who were responsible for the <i>Boleyn</i> poster because I <a href=http://kamikazecamel.blogspot.com/2007/10/when-bad-posters-strike-other-boleyn.html>gave them a shellacking</a> for that one - it was really poor.<br /><br />But, as I said, that poster is no longer the official design. Now we have a new one!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOov8J6XqaNqKfdiy_AtUZpiW_fvVhJZcFrCAs8aAptEZEhxrKLq2GALGkTepTTEzlxCClWAxaH1FlU7KBm5TKPUoyu8JpxFXbU4cr0kM4ldz8lq1gvo_uR5DT_d_1gCpm6G1xg/s1600-h/otherboleyngirlposter02.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHOov8J6XqaNqKfdiy_AtUZpiW_fvVhJZcFrCAs8aAptEZEhxrKLq2GALGkTepTTEzlxCClWAxaH1FlU7KBm5TKPUoyu8JpxFXbU4cr0kM4ldz8lq1gvo_uR5DT_d_1gCpm6G1xg/s400/otherboleyngirlposter02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118063212669814962" /></a><br />And this time... <b>IT'S WORSE!</b> Didn't think that was possible? Well, they somehow managed it. How? Well, for starters the dress that Natalie Portman is wearing (the one that takes is 75% of the poster space) has been changed from a royal deep green to some sort of ecstasy raver dayglo bullshit green and all three cast members now have really red skin. It's like they turned the contrast on the image up from "neutral" to "wow, I can, like, touch the sky and the clouds are made of fairy floss. whoa."<br /><br />Then they also decided for some unknown reason to crop the outer edge of the design so now not only are their foreheads chopped off now audiences don't even get the advantage of being able to ogle Scarlett Johansson's cleavage. And now, more than ever, Eric Bana's mysterious tit-grabbing hand looks even more like somebody just grabbed a prop hand prosthetic from a horror movie set and attached it to Portman's shoulder.<br /><br />It just feels like they only had one image and they accidentally cropped it in Photoshop and saved it and they couldn't undo it. Surely this poster is a perfect example of how <i>not</i> to market your sexy period film, right?Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-41569666526380123062007-10-06T13:07:00.000+10:002008-12-09T09:32:01.130+11:00Superstar!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWvzfNNvEwbSwMyBI89Xbzo4Y6a7atNRAhVrSFiMPS75JkT0Y7hpjxMK4O1EsaJEM_MTpGSwkjGkVybmW8FcYYTia545WfTx4C0P4jc-VCLXRluTedXGcu29rn372wnDqyYwNRw/s1600-h/superstar02.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWvzfNNvEwbSwMyBI89Xbzo4Y6a7atNRAhVrSFiMPS75JkT0Y7hpjxMK4O1EsaJEM_MTpGSwkjGkVybmW8FcYYTia545WfTx4C0P4jc-VCLXRluTedXGcu29rn372wnDqyYwNRw/s200/superstar02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118058874752845970" /></a>Reading <a href=http://www.timeout.com/film/features/show-feature/3567/>this article</a> at TimeOut I was shocked to see that genius Todd Haynes' genius <i>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story</i> was voted the greatest music film of all time. "Music film" as in a movie about a real life musician (so, no musicals or <i>This is Spinal Tap</i>). <i>Superstar</i> really is quite amazing. Filmed entirely using Mattel barbie dolls, archival footage and the unauthorised Carpenter song catalogue - considering Haynes' unflinching portrayal of not only Carpenter's anorexia (demonstrated on the barbie dolls by simple scratching away the face) but also her brother's homosexuality and her family's cruely. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeKpFNeaJjgtC0lN0idwoXKH3Xfq-P5p8j-IABs09b5BMgBf8TK1xdEJsfxWs-XNsMAaB8lrJGsoKqZ-pWzb_nRqBWWx_85hlYb3kKErkQ_Lnhhoi9RMa2hU4iw-FN81RAPBw0Q/s1600-h/superstar01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJeKpFNeaJjgtC0lN0idwoXKH3Xfq-P5p8j-IABs09b5BMgBf8TK1xdEJsfxWs-XNsMAaB8lrJGsoKqZ-pWzb_nRqBWWx_85hlYb3kKErkQ_Lnhhoi9RMa2hU4iw-FN81RAPBw0Q/s400/superstar01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118059141040818338" /></a><br />The film is banned, but many illegal bootleg copies exist both in hard copy and streamed on the net. The thing that struck me about <i>Superstar</i> was that, as the article also says, the musical scenes are incredibly moving and Haynes gets ample mialage out of the emotional distress that Carpenter goes through. It's a fantastic film, if only a 48-minute one, and I wish more people had the chance to see it.<br /><br />Below is a very poor quality sample of the movie with Karen "performing" the song "Close to You". Haynes' next film is the equally strange-sounding Bob Dylan "supposition", which is out in America on November 21.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1eDJuQ-oSxw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1eDJuQ-oSxw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-37614506036615335942007-10-03T14:01:00.002+10:002009-03-17T22:07:00.208+11:00Wild About Ladd<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4eO4yGUtz2gmhtjowtnVX3Zwg55Ugff5tUrxhS7H55fBK3H8rchFjYYMYo-ALfvL1GU6JMCkIcM_oxHmSwOKHbJBsDfnTZrz1QlZ2iCc7lQN2ImYNtl2QBEt4Js934tZmjx_5w/s1600-h/wildatheartposter01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4eO4yGUtz2gmhtjowtnVX3Zwg55Ugff5tUrxhS7H55fBK3H8rchFjYYMYo-ALfvL1GU6JMCkIcM_oxHmSwOKHbJBsDfnTZrz1QlZ2iCc7lQN2ImYNtl2QBEt4Js934tZmjx_5w/s200/wildatheartposter01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116961175601268850" /></a>I was very pleased to see that StinkyLulu's monthly <a href=http://stinkylulu.blogspot.com/2007/09/supporting-actress-smackdown-1990.html>Supporting Actress Smackdown</a> awarded their 1990 prize to Diane Ladd for her, ahem, batshit crazy performance as Marietta in David Lynch's, ahem, batshit crazy <s>Wizard of Oz</s> <i>Wild at Heart</i>. Ladd's performance is one of my all time favourites. It is just <i>so</i> bonkers, and <i>so</i> over-the-top, and <i>so</i> unhinged that I can't help but love it. Last year I <a href=http://kamikazecamel.blogspot.com/2006/12/cinema-of-absurd-black-dahlia.html>wrote about</a> <i>The Black Dahlia</i> and mused "Fiona Shaw plays a character that is so unhinged that it’s amazing she even exists in his movie, or any movie at all for that matter", well I must've let Ladd's performance slip my mind because those two are kindred spirits I tellsya.<br /><br />I am actually a fan of the film itself, whereas many seem to enjoy Ladd's histrionics but not the film. <i>Wild at Heart</i>, I would go so far to say, is David Lynch's most hated film. It really does bring out the anger in people. I love it. If I were Jewish I'd say it has chutzpah, but I'm not so I'll simply say it has balls bigger than Texas to do what it does. It sure does have a visceral impact. Turning <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> into a sick road trip fantasy erotic horror soap opera? Getting Diane Ladd to cover her face and hands in bright red lipstick while extolling southern gothic <i>Dynasty</i>-esque words and wearing colossal reinventions of trendy outfits? Sherilynn Fenn giving one of the greatest cameo performances ever? It's insane and it's bizarre but I can't <i>not</i> love it. Even the bit where Willem Dafoe... well, if you've seen <i>Wild at Heart</i> you know the moment where things really go off with a bang (omg I'm <b>so freakin' funny</b>!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvmZ_WUdCDe8DvW51Ag37u6iw5A0D_hixPInfJYrsVclXCWrA-RmFtnR1K8aK5sLsB0s2havI4yhCFbXlwbi2S1j0l2Y0wqt7JiwdOwXt9u5mn8EHCy2_IGOJIFsfmQl-VNXehQ/s1600-h/wildatheart02.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFvmZ_WUdCDe8DvW51Ag37u6iw5A0D_hixPInfJYrsVclXCWrA-RmFtnR1K8aK5sLsB0s2havI4yhCFbXlwbi2S1j0l2Y0wqt7JiwdOwXt9u5mn8EHCy2_IGOJIFsfmQl-VNXehQ/s400/wildatheart02.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116962081839368322" /></a><br />Obviously it's not a movie for everyone, just like all Lynch films. It's not even a movie for Lynch fans in a lot of ways. But whenever I think of Ladd's performance, or that of her off and on screen daughter Laura Dern I can't help but think they are two of the most masterful performances of the 1990s. Add that to everything else about the film and <i>Wild at Heart</i> is actually one of my favourite David Lynch films. The movie received wild cheers and jeers (famously by Roger Ebert) upon winning the Palm d'Or at Cannes in 1990, probably more a testement to Lynch himself and not the film consdidering his followup <i>Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me</i>, which has equally maddening violence and over-the-top insanities, was famously booed nearly out of the competition.<br /><br />Below is a clip from <i>Wild at Heart</i>. The scene is, most likely, the movie's most famous and one in which Ladd's performance really reaches for the higher stratosphere. Her whispering voice in joint force with the... the... unique design of herself just makes it stand out. There's another of Ladd's moments that I could watch over and over and it's the "Buffalo huntin'? What the fuck does that mean" scene. "The fucker split!" Lynch does so many crazy things with the sound design and Ladd's performance up to 100. Yikes. <br /><br />It still surprises and delights me to this very day that Ladd received an Academy Award nomination for this performance when the role is so bonkers and the movie had nothing else going for it in terms of awards (however unfortunate that may be). If you don't own <i>Wild at Heart</i> on DVD (I do! Special Edition!) then just watch this scene over and over again with the volume blaring and you'll get the idea pretty darn quick. Even down to the final moments when the munshkin costume makes a cameo! Bloody brilliant!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/17mhga8E2MQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/17mhga8E2MQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19295440.post-6741695279638066082007-10-02T16:26:00.001+10:002008-12-09T09:32:01.633+11:00Everybody now: Awww<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW66_MODDs4zUyKvODwU4iOoEn4udHC2atHLms5A4sC7crGQrSvfuS6l63pNO6i5oQDhHquWnoO6RBgaLI3AW1Lc0B5VxP3Dme-NDKjlWcUoypGwb4gyEejhYq_0v812v92wxkDg/s1600-h/walle01.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW66_MODDs4zUyKvODwU4iOoEn4udHC2atHLms5A4sC7crGQrSvfuS6l63pNO6i5oQDhHquWnoO6RBgaLI3AW1Lc0B5VxP3Dme-NDKjlWcUoypGwb4gyEejhYq_0v812v92wxkDg/s200/walle01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116625626986301538" /></a>Who else things the marketing people at Pixar and Disney are trying to - and I am being 100% serious here - make their new character "Wall-E" the ET of this generation? Just a quick look at the beautiful amazing poster below and I think you can see the connection, but then watch the <a href=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809902253/video/4321697/20071001/standardformat>newly released teaser</a> then you can see they're going to be going for the jugular. And by jugular I mean the tear ducts of each and every cinemagoer. Obviously there is a <i>Short Circuit</i> vibe in there as well, but I think it's <i>ET: The Extra Terrestrial</i> that is the big point of reference. Cute adorable mini creature staring up into the heavens with doe eyes? <br /><br />And from the makers of <i>Finding Nemo</i>? I think this one is going to be <b>massive</b> come America's summer 2008. The sort of the massive that <i>Ratatouille</i> should've been, ya know?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hG0l7jvz_bNhIKt2ujEY7XttYX_h3uSYugLpW-TlmO5Cmg4Nb9hGUgGQ5jCQqStj3Bth3BD6BoqIeEaEpjXE_Ij8Xje8t2P3ostdE4EgYKgE0QczZdcSkwTQHwEirgnsnBpv7g/s1600-h/walleposter01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hG0l7jvz_bNhIKt2ujEY7XttYX_h3uSYugLpW-TlmO5Cmg4Nb9hGUgGQ5jCQqStj3Bth3BD6BoqIeEaEpjXE_Ij8Xje8t2P3ostdE4EgYKgE0QczZdcSkwTQHwEirgnsnBpv7g/s400/walleposter01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116625034280814674" /></a><br />Who else just loves the way he says "WaaaAAAlleeeE"Glenn Dunkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.com1