Being from the Antipodes its slim pickings, basically low budget films sets and such like.
Driven past Hanging Rock but did not stop for lunch, driven through several times and one time had coffee and pit stop in Snowtown, South Australia. I admonished myself for being illogical but it gave me a wave of unease. Though…

"Long Way to the Top.." I've known a few old dears who were young'uns chasing that flat bed truck down Swanston St.. twas long before my time. (Actually as very lovely old broad I used to work with had her very first tongue kiss from Malcolm Young, they were both young teens at the time. The saliva slurp & tongue…

Liked!

I had some exams at what was once Nick Cave's art school (Caulfield Tech, now a campus of Monash Uni).
Had the misfortune to travel through Warracknabeal, but that was the fault of my girlfriend when I was 18yrs old. Seen one shitty town, seen them all. Been to his other country home town, Wangaratta, several times.
In…

I've lived in Melbourne 13 years and as I hate Neighbours and don't go deep into the Eastern suburbs for no good reason I've been nowhere near the street that godawful shite is filmed on. Though in the city I regularly see gaudily painted Neighbours Tour vans pick up pilgrims (pasty Poms, some screeching from…

I saw her anger as also having a fair bit to do with Don costing her a million, didn't Pete say her share would be worth near that? and if Don's selfish actions threatened them going public thus jeopardising her a million that would be fair reason to go apeshit. In fact she was mighty restrained.

Didn't Lane's employee life insurance pay out to the company help as well?

A fair amount of natural blondes are ginger bushed if that's what you're driving at.

I agree, it all came together so neatly, crisis announced (cancer, loss of big billing clients) then nearly instantly averted.

Thank you, that was my question too.

Given the discussion of endings and death and the mention of that particular Queen song I can't help but recall a very shameful episode, one of many revolting media responses to HIV/AIDS in the 80s & 90's that chills the bone even now.
In the disgusting, bigoted wasteland of radio in Western Australia in 1991 a popular…

I prefer the NIN version but I had to stop listening to The Downward Spiral, especially that song about 8yrs after too many proto Goths played it on repeat around me in my teenage years (subtly hinted at their deep and wounded pain). Rediscovering it in my mid20s (10yrs ago) and able to listen to it ever since without…

I rewatched it only a few weeks ago, absolutely love that film. You can see how in other hands it could've turned out worse, clichéd but restraint was used; making the activists bad guys, killing off the biggest actor early on.. It was depressing with black humour yet ended on a hopeful note without it seeming like a…

Been a fan of Clive Owen since I saw Close My Eyes in 1992. It was part of a Sunday Double with Antonia & Jane as both films had Saskia Reeves in at what was then the only arthouse cinema in town.
He popped up fairly regularly in English TV movies.

Frontline was brilliant.
For me one of the stand out episodes was the one about the hostage siege, and choosing to end on a chilling note rather than a funny one was brave. Given the episode was based in part on a real life incident where current affairs show journo tied up a phone line talking to a hostage taker in a…

Don't know if this has come up before but in the early to mid 90's she was interviewed on Triple J radio (the youth radio wing of state media, gay friendly). It was a pleasant little chat then the interviewer (possibly Angela Katterns) asked how it felt to be a gay icon, presumably expecting the usual "I love my fan…

You're probably right, sure he doesn't 'tend' to her but surely there's a nice young handyman somewhere near by. He ignored her during the Cosgrove lunch but when she complained he apologised straight away, told her to put her feet up and served her pie whereas most the other characters lash out when their wives…

In New Zealand, solving crime!

I find it odd that every thread has folks who say they never watch it and that its not so great.
1. How would they know if they never invested time & attention?
2. There are a shit ton of shows reviewed on the AV Club, probably 98% of them I do not watch but I've never felt the need to post to those review threads how…

Betty definitely does horrible things (using Sally to get at Don & Megan re: Anna), none, or at least very few, of the characters are likable. She isnt a 'good' person- who'd want to watch that?- but I believe she is a more interesting and a deeper character than credit is given for. Its more that her character (&…