I think I can compare the way I feel after reading Shantaram to the feeling of someone who has just completed their first marathon. Shantaram is the longest book I have ever and probably will ever read. At times, I felt like I’d never make it through the whole thing as the page count itself …
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My Goals at 29
With 12 days left in the month of February I feel compelled to confess something.
I think I’m going through some sort of crisis!
I turned 29 on Feb 5…with that…came a shit load of harsh realities. I am absolutely nowhere close to where I thought I’d be at this age. I don’t even think I will …
The Death of Miramax
Miramax films is described as being reduced staff or amalgamated now, but it is basically dead, don’t get it twisted. Here are the facts (hyperlinks and all):
Miramax Films WAS an art-house/independent film production company that both produced and distributed films including foreign films over its 31-year history. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by …
Happenings in Music/movies
Quite a bit of news today in music, so lets start with The Dead Weather. I included them in the top albums of 2009, so wouldn’t you be happy to hear that they are going to release a second album in 2010! Not only that but this April!!! That’s pretty soon. Talking to an Australian …
Egypt win ANC again!
For the third year running Egypt have won the African Cup of Nations. Well I guess it’s not three consecutive years because it is a bi-annual tournament, but they have won it the past three times. Egypt, a country who has a lot of players in their domestic league (many in Europe as well but …
Grammy Awards 2010
So the Grammy awards have come and gone again and Stephen Colbert (my hero) has won a Grammy! Best comedy album, yea, besides that who really cares about the rest. I never even know that they are happening until afterwards when I hear about the winners the next day, so without even knowing who was …
The Downfall of Rotten Tomatoes
I discovered two things today.
1) Flixter has bought Rotten Tomatoes! (read what I read here:
Rotten Tomatoes emerged over the years as the Google of movie-review aggregators, the “Tomatometer” often used synonymously with the critical pulse. But with the recent sale of the site to Flixster, a film social-networking site best known for its Facebook app, …
A-Team is back, this is a joke right?
If you just watched the above trailer you will see that The A-Team is returning in 2010 this time starring Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Liam Neeson (who can’t stop making stupid action movies these days) and ahost of other nearly famous-ers.
This is no joke, and I expect this movie to do at least as well …
Jay Sweet on Steve Zissou
This is the film that cemented Wes Anderson as my favourite filmmaker. After The Royal Tenenbaums came The Life Aqutic and I became hooked, so it’s fitting that I find an article on it. See what it has to say:
“Whenever one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has …
Talking to Anderson and Baumbach
First off we have to look at Noah Baumbach’s new film which is due out in March 2010. I am a massive Wes Anderson fan and I would like to make films like him but I always think that if I tried I would end of making the films of Noah Baumbach, Wes’ writing partner …