Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
I haven’t got round to doing anything on Oven-chip McCain or Shotgun Sally. Or even Charmer Obama and Biding-my-time-Biden. So with political delight and relief but comic sadness, an old piece to mark a passing that will still a thousand quips - bye bye George, it’s been, well…..surreal.
(About the time that Michael Moore’s polemical lampoon [...]
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Posted on October 31st, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
I’d Do Anything For You – The Nation’s Nancy
Legend has it that Elvis Presley, for a laugh, once entered an ‘Elvis look-alike contest’…………and came second! I guess if true, this perhaps tells us that people in general, the public, like and are drawn to, identify with, what there is in common between people and things. [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
I’d Do Anything For You – Semi Final
For the second time in this series Lord Rubber’s own programme format kicked him where it hurts. In delicious time-honoured fashion, the perversity of the British public screwed-up his plans. No hissy fit this time but it was pretty clear that he had not expected and did not [...]
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Posted on October 30th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Film Poetry
(Lines from 5 great films)
Is this heaven?
It’s Idaho
He built it
and he came
Father and son
playing catch
Timeless
To all the ships at sea
and all the ports of call
to my family
and all friends and strangers
this is a message and a prayer
the message - my travels taught me
a great truth
I already had what all seek
and few find
the one person [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
I’d Do Anything For You – (4)
The law of diminishing returns is now setting in with IDAFY. As each of the 5 girls left performed their 8th (of 12) competition songs, excluding sing-off’s and songs from Oliver itself, it became clear this week that the format of the show needs tweaking to achieve the best [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Been a bit thin on the movie front so have taken the opportunity to put up some other stuff. Only do TV that seems interesting or fun. Poetry is what it is. And other writing is as and when. Hoping to find some Solace this week - but what is there new to say about [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
I’d Do Anything For You (3)
And then there were five. Awful Ashley finally left the ‘Nancy’ house to find a quiet place to stick pins into an effigy of Lord Rubber. Uncharacteristically cruel, the latex Lord had told her not to miss the last bus out of dodgy city. For a man whose vast [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
(There have been many changes in the Westminster Forest since this was written. But Gordilocks got her wish and the the Three Blairs disappeared deep into the forest. Recently Gordilocks has been wondering whether she got a bum deal. Stuffed again by Daddy Blair).
Gordilocks and the Three Blairs
Once upon a time in Westminster forest there [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
(In re-tracing this journey I won’t cheat and change my predictions at the time)
I’d Do Anything For You (2)
Ok. I confess. I’m hooked. I’ll Do Anything For You has now become required viewing. Even for curmudgeonly moaning cynics like me. Thankfully the style of presentation is no longer tart-it-up and tit-it-up as the first one [...]
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Posted on October 26th, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Strictly Come Dancing – BBC Oct 25th
A sublime TV moment: the funniest since Del Boy fell through the counter of the night club bar. Political Commentator turned nation’s favourite crap dancer, John Sergeant, set off on a determined, droll Paso Doble, marching across the stage dragging his partner behind him with all the studied [...]
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