I caught the second half of the Hurricanes-Blues face-off. The Blues are just having an awful year, and they looked completely outclassed. Frankly I hope that Nonu and Weepu don't get selected for the All Blacks based on past success, as their form is terrible.

Sounds very interesting. The cello suites are quite effective on guitar as well.

I'm pretty sure I watched the 2000 re-cut, based on online trivia, and that may have had something to do with it (Weird make-up tests popping into frame to "add" to the terror quite possibly detracted from it). I did notice the camera angle thing though, and he does something kind of like it in the doctor's office as…

I saw the Exorcist for the first time. Friedkin does some very interesting things cinematically, but the thing that surprised me was how it lacked the sort of constant tense fear you would expect from a film famous for being scary. On the other hand, I actually found the characters quite interesting (even though the…

How did the one who knocks become such an iconic statement for Breaking Bad? When I watched the episode, I thought the speech seemed over-written and the line kind of grated on me.

Another week, another concert. This time a piano recital of all-Russian works, with the first half by Rachmaninov including the famous C-sharp minor prelude and Variations on a theme by Corelli, and the second half consisting of Shostakovich's 24 preludes and fugues and Prokofiev's sixth sonata. As usual, there were a…

Unfortunately, in my opinion, the film version of Cabaret just goes nowhere slowly (I've heard the original stage version was brilliant, but have been unable to find it). Fosse was one of the most talented directors of dance numbers in the history of film musicals, and Cabaret didn't have a lot of dancing, or songs…

I reckon they rank about the same, though simply having Jon Benjamin's voice made the Atlantis episode way better.

Absolutely one of my top three favourite Archer lines. It's just such a classic costume drama snub, and the British voice Reed adopts is hilarious.

I agree, at one point I had four or five people coming over to watch Archer when it was on (well a few hours later when I was able to obtain it via the internet, not living in America).

I liked Tucker and Dale when I saw it, but I was scared off from Burke and Hare by some very scathing reviews. A few people I know have said they really liked Burke and Hare as well, which kind of makes me wonder why it took such a critical drubbing despite seeming good on paper.

Highlanders looked good against the Blues in the half that I saw, but as a Chiefs fan I don't really care what happens as long as we keep on winning.

Another NZSO concert in an effort to keep up with the 20 concerts a year that performance majors are supposed to attend (I'm doing a conjoint BA (film)/BMus, with the BMus as a composition major doing some performance stuff, but it was only when carefully reading the fine print yesterday that I discovered that the…

Missed the Hurricanes-Crusaders game?

I'm in the middle of an Angel re-watch, but I skipped season 1 because I don't remember it being all that great. Should I go back to season 1 at some point?

(Homer breaks down in tears)

I loved the pictures over the credits of Koala-boy in scuffles with UA versions of Batman villains, especially the Scarecrow one in which he just beats up a real scarecrow.

Yeah, I found it at my DVD store (though this one is famous for it's wide selection). I assume it is probably online somewhere as well.

I went to the NZSO (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra) concert in Wellington. They played a piece by famous New Zealand composer Douglas Lilburn, Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer and what I think was the complete Firebird by Stravinsky.

Have you seen Allegro Non Troppo? It's basically the weird-ass Italian version of Fantasia, and it is brilliant. There is a great segment based on Bolero, as well as one based on Sibelius' Valse Triste. Also '70s style animated boobs in one of them.