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I never thought I’d be writing about Ashton Kutcher. Because honestly, Kutcher doesn’t affect my existence. I don’t watch the TV shows or films that he’s in, I don’t follow him on Twitter, and I try my hardest avoid any stories with “Moore” or “Kutcher” in the title. I don’t care. And that’s OK.
But then I read yesterday that he was going to be playing Steve Jobs in an upcoming biopic and suddenly his very existence made me rage. I cannot describe the absolute horror I experienced that Charlie Sheen’s stand-in was going to be playing the former Apple founder.
But haven’t you heard? Kushton is an internet guru. Ask anyone. No. I’m serious. Ask anyone.
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Robert Redford was born in Santa Monica, California. Burt Lancaster was born in East Harlem, New York. There the similarities end.
Redford claims to be a facilitator of alternative artistic dreams and talent. Lancaster genuinely was. Redford can’t act. Lancaster could.
Redford has never risked playing characters that make him look malevolent or wrongfooted or unpleasant. Lancaster often played characters without redemptive traits. In 1961, with the war still close to many damaged hearts, he played a Nazi war criminal jurist in “Judgment in Nuremburg”.
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Francois says:
Everyone in Hollywood is a posiersfonal: at stating with complete evident sincerity things which have nothing to do with what they really think. It’s called either “acting” or “lying”, depending on context. Read more »
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David says:
March 4, 2011 at 8:00 amPhotographic proof that Brad Pitt is sainvg the planet!!Pitt doesn’t really deserve derision for this. He wasn’t behind it, it was a look-a-like contest in Copenhagen during the Copenhagen climate clusterflop. For the most part, Pitt has not shot off his mouth telling other what… Read more »
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JULIA: Well, what an incredible victory. Couldn’t have gone better if we’d tried.
VOICE AT THE BACK: Shame you didn’t try in 2010.
JULIA: Is that you Kevin?
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Sam says:
Couldnt agree more Pete ! I have always wished they added the extra box “Cant Stand Any Of Them”. Labor has lost itself totally, they implement bad policy without thinking, then when they are on the ropes and really need to pull out something good and popular they wind up… Read more »
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angelina says:
can i just say i thought this was really funny. stopped reading at “Is that you Kevin?”, which was more than enough of a punchline! Read more »
It’s not hard to become a serial offender. It’s much harder to avoid becoming one. It’s hardest of all when your offence – serial, nearly serial, or otherwise – is Movie Rage.
This is a seriously under-studied syndrome suffered by usually polite and self-effacing people who go to the movies to see a film.
Not to have lunch, morning or afternoon tea. To see a film.
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I have a confession to make. This isn’t easy, but I feel the time has finally arrived to come clean.
No doubt, my actions will bring shame upon my family, friends, colleagues and various stores I frequent, but I can no longer hide in the shadows. If there is a God, I pray he forgives this twisted soul and all its hideous imperfections.
Here goes: I don’t care much for Harry Potter.
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Hvizah says:
For what it’s worth, in the “grown up land” of reidang, we sing the same laments, but rather than blame JK Rowling, we blame Oprah. however, the effect is the same: adult readers are taught a few things about writing by Oprah that make me, and my colleagues, cringe: One,… Read more »
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BO says:
Harry Potter is great if you’re high. Read more »
Rove sidekick Peter Helliar’s debut film is out today and whoever cut the trailer has seriously let the side down.
Actually scratch that… there are two possibilities here. Whoever cut the trailer either A) didn’t know what they were doing or B) didn’t have much to work with.
Helliar’s film, I Love You Too, is an Australian-set romantic comedy templated on glossy US romantic comedies. All the moving parts are there: the goofball best friend (Helliar), the unobtainable beauty (Megan Gale) and a novel challenge for the central couple to overcome – he can’t say ‘I love you’.
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Sam says:
I have a fake Rolex and it’s 5:44pm right now. Seems like it’s working fine. Read more »
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Monique says:
I thought it was great. It is funny and touching and well cast. Instead of bashing the trailer, why not just go see it so you can make an informed comment? Read more »
The Blues Brothers, 1980. Spoiler alert: Marriages don’t always work out.
There is something about The Blues Brothers that is at once reassuringly wholesome and wildly decadent. It’s a bit like having a home cooked meal and then having sex with your cousin.
It begins as all good movies – and Hildebrand family stories – do, with somebody getting out of jail.* The person in question is of course Jake Blues, who exits a prison in suburban Chicago to be picked up by his brother Elwood Blues. It is at this point that some credit should be given to the parents of these two gentlemen, as had they not both had the surname “Blues” it is unlikely this movie would ever have been made.
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MsSmack says:
Love the BB. For me it’s like a friendly hand-shake and can cheer me up when I’m feeling down. When I visited Chicago, I was sure to see as many spots featured in the movie too! x Read more »
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Pickles says:
And…They’re catholics… Read more »
Choc tops. Check. Obesity inducing fizzy drinks. Check. Two seven year olds. Check. Negligent parenting. Check.
Time to set school holidays brain to snooze. The film is PG and Disney: Race To Witch Mountain.
The plot concerns alien beings that take the shape of children and are gently helped back to their spaceship by Dwayne Johnson – exactly the kind of caring behaviour you’d expect of a former professional wrestler known as The Rock.
Parental nap rudely interrupted when the frantic gunfire starts.
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nostalgia says:
They remade Escape To Witch Mountain? (Grabs Harmonica and star case in a huff…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_to_Witch_Mountain_(1975_film) Read more »
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Linda says:
My quote to my teenage children has always been, don’t be a coward or a bully and never raise your nose at other people. All summed up in 5 simple words “take responsibility for your own actions” Never , NEVER, play the blame game, maturity only comes with responsibility for… Read more »
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