Things that were 3D in this movie: * Fish * Cave * Gore * Vomit * “Naked underwater skank ballet” – Nathan Rabin, AVClub * Eli Roth I had a great time. Directorially? The suspense wasn’t ratcheted up nearly as high as it could have gone. But on the other hand, the violence was perfectly [...]
Tagged film, reviewsPerhaps you heard: there was a great big earthquake in Christchurch. A reminder that NZ is basically a big faultline with Lord of the Rings scenery on it. And, as Jack has noted, it’s a reminder that in NZ the disaster survival kit is an everyday common-sensical thing, rather than a sign of extreme right-wing [...]
Tagged communityWatchin’ the Tall Blacks vs France at FIBA World Champs in the other window. NZ playing its best game of the tournament so far. I love (LOVE) watching random guys from the NZ basketball league taking NBA players to the hole. But I will not spoil the game for ppl who record it to watch [...]
Tagged fridaylinkyWith a couple hours to fill before the Tall Blacks vs Lebanon game began, I decided to watch this film. And blog about it too. It was in a stack of DVDs the Knifeman loaned me a few months back that I am ever-so-slowly working through. The director Satashi Kon died a few days ago, [...]
Tagged film, reviewsMy dad just dropped around to drop off some lemonade and food treats, on account of hearing that I’m home with a cold. He is a good man, my dad. It’s just a little cold. I hope. Fascinating sleeplessness night-before-last though, as the sickness rolled in on me like a stormfront, and I found myself [...]
Tagged home lifeOne of the strands of being really busy is finally resolved and open to public view: the Diversity Issues page on the Issues.co.nz site. This has been a long-term idea for my work at the Centre for Applied Cross-cultural Research, dating back to some attempts way back in ’04 to develop a better way to [...]
Tagged nz cultureThe sort of busy where netball is delayed by 90 minutes and I think “awesome, I can stay in the office another 90 minutes!” A Brazilian city that ended hunger. (Not sure where I got this from – Vivian from Chicago, maybe?) Album cover, lyrics to “Nobody loves the Hulk” at a fun Vintage Comics [...]
Tagged fridaylinkyHere’s the trailer for Combust In Unity, a doco about the annual Kiwi “burning man”-type festival by the other moose. See also: official site
Tagged film, my crew, nz cultureWhile the voting continues apace in previous-post (midnight tonight NZ time is when I count ‘em up and apply the result to my Twitter account), here be some linky. David Tennant, post Doctor Who, went the House route and got a U.S. pilot. It wasn’t picked up but a clip from the pilot has emerged. [...]
Tagged fridaylinkyAs part of some other work I’ve needed to finally look for a new profile image. The ones I use currently are a photo from 2006 and a cartoon image that’s even older than that. Here are three more recent profile pic options. Which should be my go-to option when I need to present a [...]
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