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Category Archives: Sabbatical
Not quite strangers in a strange land
So we’re not the only people from our little berg on the lone prairie spending a sabbatical this side of the pond. Our friends, the Kildegaards, are having a fine time just across the Channel in Denmark. Since they were … Continue reading
Posted in Sabbatical, Travels
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Stunning. Another film of epic proportions that doesn’t drag for a single moment. Hauntingly beautiful, it just sucked me in. Elegiac for a past time and place, winding towards a predestined tragic end. A poem that tells how violence merely … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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And the ground trembled
So, about one am I could feel a definite tremble in the floor through my feet. Strange, thinks I, I’ve never noticed the trains causing vibrations before, I didn’t think we were that close to the railway line. Well, it … Continue reading
Posted in Sabbatical, What the heck?
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Juno
Cool. This was a great little movie featuring a range of interesting quirky characters who I actually enjoyed spending time with. Ellen Page is one cool actress, it’s amazing to think she was the ‘little’ girl in Hard Candy. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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Definitely, Maybe
Harmless. So the young’un and I whiled away a few hours with this movie. Yes, the premise is rather odd as a father tells the story of how he met and married his daughter’s mother by anonymising his experiences with … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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There Will Be Blood
Holy moley! Never has a three hour movie flown by so fast. Wow. That was amazing. Epic on a gigantic scale. Daniel Day Lewis was incredible and mesmerising. And not for one single minute did I know how it was … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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The Water Horse
Sweet. A rather old fashioned family film but enjoyable nonetheless. The water horse was a cutie and quite expressive. The ending was rather bittersweet and much better for it. People faced their fears and recognised their own failings. Nicely acted … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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Sweeny Todd
Disappointing. I was so looking forward to this movie. The advertising really whetted my appetite and I went into the cinema with great expectations. Sadly I discovered that the music just wasn’t up to the job. There are about two … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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No Country For Old Men
Stunning. This, right here, is why Phi and I go to the movies so often. So we can come out of the cinema and spend the entire walk home discussing what we just saw. There are so many parallels with … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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In the Valley of Elah
Heartbreaking. Superficially about the disappearance of a soldier who has just returned from Iraq, this film delves into the effects of a war like that being fought in Iraq on human beings. The performances are superb. Plus there are some … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Sabbatical
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