Last night I went to an advanced screening of the French movie, Le Concert. Le Concert is a 2009 film by Radu Mihaileanu with Mélanie Laurent and Miou-Miou. It has won the Best Original Score and Best Sound awards at César Awards 2010. What a wonderful, feel-good movie! It amazed me how the DIrector was [...]
Filed under: entertainment, media, music, reviews on April 26th, 2010 | Comments Off
Seeing movies is a great way to chill and relax. Of course opinions about what’s good or bad vary enormously – as you can see when you read the two customer reviews excerpted below – discovered as I was searching for new release DVDs. I LOL reading the first review – though I doubt the [...]
Filed under: entertainment on April 12th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We are hearing a lot about the romantic epic movie, “Australia”, directed by Sydney film-maker Baz Luhrmann. Its Australian debut is scheduled for Tues November 18 and stars lead actors Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. 60 Minutes runs story Last night (Nov 16), 60 Minutes (Australia) included a story on the mega-budget movie ($160 million) [...]
Filed under: entertainment on November 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The grand final for the Aussie version of ‘Dancing with the Stars” is on tonight. In a world first – show organizers have allowed three couples to be in the final. Apparently their combined judges and viewers scores were so close – that this seemed a clever way to add a bit of a twist [...]
Filed under: activities, entertainment on November 9th, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The annual Melbourne Cup horse racing carnival held the first Tuesday in November in Melbourne (Australia) has something to please most people. This includes: Horse racing news and tips – style and fashion awards – merchandise – memorabilia and history. Melbourne Cup Day is an unofficial holiday in the nation! I doubt there is a [...]
Filed under: activities, entertainment, media on November 3rd, 2008 | 1 Comment »
