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You Remind Me of the Babe…
I blame Timothy Dalton… and David Bowie. Definitely Harrison Ford and Charles Dance and Richard Chamberlain and Leslie Howard. And quite possibly James Spader, though I keep wavering on that one – I’m just not sure if he’s her father … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, masculinities, Romance
Tagged Buffy, Cleopatra, Dirty Dancing, fantasy, jane eyre, Jareth, Labyrinth, Little Women, masculinities, movies, Pygmalion, Rebecca, shipping, star wars, The Thorn Birds, Valentine's Day
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Worth the nod?
The Golden Globes will start later this evening, and the balloting phase for the Academy Awards has been over for two days. That gives me a limited window to speculate on who I think will at least get Oscar nods … Continue reading
Posted in Academy Awards, Culture
Tagged fantasy, movies, nominees, oscars, predictions, star wars
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Why do bridges in Star Wars never have railings?
THE FOLLOWING THINK-PIECE IS FULL OF SPOILERS FOR STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS. YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SEE IT BY NOW. READ AT YOUR OWN PERIL. OR, BETTER YET, JUST TRY WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE TOWARDS A MAN … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, Culture, Musings, The Empire Strikes Back
Tagged character death, christmas, fantasy, force awakens, Han Solo, harrison ford, heroism, indiana jones, kylo ren, movies, Princess Leia, rant, Rhett Butler, spoilers, star wars
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“Kings are killed, Mr Garrison” ~ The Kennedy Craze Fifty Years On
The moment of silence has just been called for in Dealey Plaza. The bells are ringing. It’s been fifty years to the minute since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was shot to death. I was born eighteen years after the Kennedy Assassination. … Continue reading
Posted in executions, Musings
Tagged 22 November 1963, C. S. Lewis, Caroline Kennedy, conspiracy, Dallas, Dealey Plaza, Donald Sutherland, grassy knoll, irish diaspora, Irishmen, JFK, Jim Garrison, Kennedy Assassination, Kevin Costner, kings, movies, naivete, Narnia, Oliver Stone, sexualities, theories, Thorn Birds, Zapruder
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#darcyforthewin
Mr Darcy is 200 years old today. That’s a lot of candles on the cake. If Bridget Jones is capable of drinking something real tonight, I’m sure she’d pick something celebratory… maybe a Moet or a Veuve Clicquot. Or a … Continue reading
Gipper-less
The wound is still fresh. I am waiting for the happy day when memory fails. For those of you living under a rock (or in major areas of Canada), Notre Dame was defeated by Alabama in the BCS Championship Game … Continue reading
Posted in Culture
Tagged Alabama, alma mater, Brian Kelly, Canada, College football, Coronation Street, fans, Fighting Irish, hockey, Knute Rockne, loss, Lou Holtz, movies, Notre Dame, Rudy, sports, suffering, The Gipper, Toronto Maple Leafs
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To Sir, With Love
Dear Sir, You see, this is why I don’t write fan letters – I’m rubbish at them. So, don’t think of this as a fan letter; instead, it is a heart-felt attempt to summarize what you’ve meant to me, to … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged farewells, Henry Higgins, Henry II, Irishmen, Lawrence of Arabia, London, movies, oscars, Peter O'Toole, Pygmalion, Richard Burton, T. E. Lawrence, tribute, What's New Pussycat?
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Bookiness – The Nature of Monsters (2007) by Clare Clark
The Nature of Monsters by Clare Clark My rating: 1 of 5 stars It is a rare thing for me to dislike a book as much as I did this one; even rarer for me to finish it, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs
Tagged 1666, 1718, ambiguity, Enlightenment, fiction, Great Fire, historical fiction, London, monsters, movies, Restoration, science, St Paul's Cathedral, stupidity
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Bookiness – Rhett Butler’s People (2007) by Donald McCaig
Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig My rating: 4 of 5 stars Because I can’t count Gone With The Wind in the Insatiable Bookslut’s 2012 End of the World Challenge, as I’ve read it four times and watched the film … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs
Tagged American Civil War, fiction, Gone With The Wind, grandmothers, historical fiction, husbands, movies, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara
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Bookiness – A Positively Final Appearance (1999) by Sir Alec Guinness
A Positively Final Appearance by Alec Guinness My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you only know Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, then you’re missing a bit. A lot, actually. Things like Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence … Continue reading
Posted in Book Recs
Tagged 1990s, actors, London, memoirs, movies, obi-wan, Sir Alec Guinness, star wars
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