I hope to see the Clint Eastwood-directed Invictus this weekend. It’s a movie about Nelson Mandela’s support for the Springboks in the 1995 rugby World Cup. Sport was divisive in post-apartheid South Africa until Mandela defied his own supporters to back the Springbok name, jersey and team in the cause of reconciliation and national unity. [...]
Fitzroy in the movies
Browsing YouTube earlier tonight I discovered a film reference to Boulevard of Dreams (1988), starring John Waters, in which he whispers “Carn the mighty Roys” to his unborn child. The only other cinematic reference to Fitzroy Football Club that I’m aware of is a segment in The Club showing highlights of a semi-final against Collinggwood. [...]
St Kilda Film Festival
Last night I watched a touring performance of the St Kilda Film Festival. The touring show screens “the best of the fest”, a selection of 12 short films from 100 offered at the main festival, which itself is a showcase of the best entries from more than 500 submissions. Festival director Paul Harris says short [...]
Francis the Mule and old movies
I was listening to a YouTube version of “I’m On My Way” by The Proclaimers tonight, which uses footage of Laurel and Hardy dancing. A memory flooded back to me of watching Laurel and Hardy movies on black and white television in the 1970s. I then thought about other “classic” shows I used to watch [...]
Movie madness
We took the kids to see Alvin and the Chipmunks yesterday. It cost $80! The tickets were $11 each. The popcorn was something like $6.50 and the drinks were about $5 each. The popcorn came in sizes of massive or extra massive. The drinks were super large or super super large, and they didn’t have [...]
