Wednesday January 6th 2010
Snow!
Song stuck in my head today Live And Let Die by Paul McCartney
Snow!
Song stuck in my head today Live And Let Die by Paul McCartney
I am in love with the future of music packaging…

Song tuck in my head today Regina Spektor Aprés Moi
Love this movie…

Song stuck in my head today: The Beatles Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Watched…

Movie is a definite disimprovement on the series. Where is Mandy Patinkin? And why is Keitha from Flight of the Conchords playing Daisy?
Grr.
Song stuck in my head today; Imogen Heap The Moment I Said It
It’s a tradition that I go to the cinema on new years day. So, I started the year as I mean to go on…

Song stuck in my head today: The Beatles And Your Bird Can Sing
So sad to hear of the death of Michael Dwyer.

I believe that we, in Ireland, owe Michael a deep debt of gratitude for founding the wonderful Jameson Dublin International International Film Festival and his tireless love of film as an art form. I didn’t know Michael well, but any time I met him at screenings or at JDIFF he was polite, gentlemanly and always willing to have a chat. As well as this, he went out of his way to encourage me in my developing career as a film journalist.
Best wishes Michael. Thank you. Hope the popcorn is hot and the movies are wondrous where you are.
My sympathies to Michael’s family, friends and colleagues.

And finally, here is my A-Z of 2009…
A: Met and developed a straight, girl crush on Amanda Palmer
B: Met and went drinking with Bill Bailey
C: Carol and Eimear gave me goldfish. They died.
D: Declan and Adelina left us and moved to Amsterdam
E: Eimear, me, Carol, Barry, Dean and Mary went to Amsterdam. Messy.
F: Fell off my bike spectacularly in Amsterdam. Ouch.
G: Carol, Lorraine and I went to Germany
H: Hot in London in July for Blur
I: I turned 29… ![]()
J: Jeff came to visit, all the way from New Orleans.
K:Kevin Smith did an amazing show in Vicar Street. And I lent him a Sharpie!!
L: Lovely Liverpool and LA
M: Went to see Modest Mouse
N: Met the wonderful Neil Gaiman. Eeep!
O: Went to London to see Oliver! and met Rowan Atkinson!
P: Went to Paris and Prague
Q: Still hate queueing
R: Finally saw Rhys again
S: Got a new tattoo of a fleur de lis and stars
T: Twitter happened. Didn’t see that coming!
U: Underwhelmed by so many movies
V: Mary and I finally got to Versailles!
W: Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen
X: X-Men Origins: Wolverine sucked
Y: Yes, Paul McCartney was amazing! (Lame Y, I know!)
Z: Didn’t see enough of Zoe
There were so many more for each, but I would need about 3 more alphabets to complete them all!

…And the worst movies of 2009…
•Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen
•Law Abiding Citizen
•Observe and Report
•2012
•Paul Blart: Mall Cop
•New Moon
•X-Men Origins: Wolverine
•Funny People
•Angels and Demons
•Julie and Julia
•Marley and Me
•Terminator: Salvation
•Bandslam
•Broken Embraces
•Couples Retreat
•Dorian Gray
•I Love You, Man
… And there you have it. Now you know me a little more.
Niall 21:36 on January 4, 2010 Permalink |
An absolute classic. Zemeckis needs to get back to this kind of movie and forget the mo-cap stuff.
brogen 21:37 on January 4, 2010 Permalink |
A work of art alright. Something to which motion capture will never come close. Anyway, what’s the point in mo-cap when there are movies like this? The animation in mo-cap is not as good. Ya hear that Zemekis?