tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post5193478008670130692..comments2023-03-30T07:59:35.962+02:00Comments on Small Wrinkles in Spacetime: Stiff Upper LipJohn Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-53542279552897253392011-02-28T13:16:02.316+01:002011-02-28T13:16:02.316+01:00Oscar Results Day confirms predictions, it seems. ...Oscar Results Day confirms predictions, it seems. Well-deserved for Natalie Portman and, of course Firth - it really was a runaway winner.<br />The Over-Sixties Club who make up the Oscar awarding panel didn't like the teenage angst of The Social Network much, either. Irritating little tick, isn't he...John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-10707967486592264942011-01-26T10:55:19.570+01:002011-01-26T10:55:19.570+01:00Also TWELVE Oscar nominations - that's about o...Also TWELVE Oscar nominations - that's about one nomination per million production costs. I very much hope it will give the (somewhat wearisome) "Social Network" a run for its money.John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-57098143209380888402011-01-22T10:21:57.894+01:002011-01-22T10:21:57.894+01:00Update... Firth gets Best Actor at the Golden Glob...Update... Firth gets Best Actor at the Golden GlobesJohn Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-22838227260753787042011-01-21T21:07:42.587+01:002011-01-21T21:07:42.587+01:00I can't wait to see it, a masterpeace about su...I can't wait to see it, a masterpeace about such a non sexy story definitely arouses my curiousity<br /><br />I just started watching a new serie : "Boardwalk empire", Atlantic City, 1920s, prohibition, Al Capone and sorts, far from the visual delight I had with Mad Men but Buscemi has the leading role, so...<br /><br />Strangely, these days I get hooked by actors like Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi, who are far from handsome, far from tall and even slightly crooked but so sexy in their own way. Actually I find talent sexy, and intelligence, strangely, Brad Pitt and George Clooney have no effect whatsoever on me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-71817726680881745642011-01-21T17:53:27.738+01:002011-01-21T17:53:27.738+01:00I actually remember people of my parents' gene...I actually remember people of my parents' generation like this. Black ties and dinner-gongs and Nanny will be frightfully cross if you're late.John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-81005362955596920942011-01-21T15:32:43.720+01:002011-01-21T15:32:43.720+01:00P.S. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth in the same mov...P.S. Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth in the same movie would induce me to watch it even if you pronounced it absolute drivel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-34640791166877529392011-01-21T15:30:37.073+01:002011-01-21T15:30:37.073+01:00Whoa. I hate to think what kind of an esoteric and...Whoa. I hate to think what kind of an esoteric and fear inducing conversation might follow if I were to admit to having seen this movie. I shall watch it in the dead of night with the blinds closed and never mention it in public lest I myself be reduced to "...pitiful, agonising stammering and sweaty verbal indecision..."<br />Induces me to pay attention to the BAFTA brouhaha.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com