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Comment on Gasland by Hugh Lilly

Hugh Lilly — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:29:34 +0000

Hi Maisie, I couldn't find much info about the practice of fracking in New Zealand when I wrote this back in May; thanks for leaving this comment and bringing your website to my (readers') attention.

Comment on Gasland by maisiep

maisiep — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:03:09 +0000

‘almost no direct relevance to New Zealand viewers’ sadly isn’t quite right. It’s extremely relevant to New Zealand viewers as overseas gas companies eye up our plentiful natural resources. Fracking is already taking place in Taranaki and permits are currently being issued for Canterbury and other areas of the South Island. So if kiwis are watching this film and thinking ‘it’ll never happen here’, I’m afraid it could and it is. See our website for more info http://www.fracknz.org.

Comment on Best Worst Podcast, Episode Three by Lewis Bostock (@LewisBostock)

Lewis Bostock (@LewisBostock) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:23:00 +0000

Good work, guys. Nice to hear some local perspectives on festival films. Keep it up!

Comment on NZIFF ’11: Page One by Hugh Lilly

Hugh Lilly — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:17:57 +0000

Thanks for the comment Rochelle; glad you liked the review. The NZFF has put on more screenings of PAGE ONE here since it’s proved so popular — maybe MIFF will do the same?

Comment on NZIFF ’11: Page One by Rochelle Siemienowicz

Rochelle Siemienowicz — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:43:39 +0000

Great in-depth review. I just tried to book tickets for this one at MIFF and both sessions are sold out, so there’s certainly a lot of buzz about the film and its subject.

Comment on NZIFF ’11: Submarine by Joseph Ernest Harper

Joseph Ernest Harper — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 05:26:57 +0000

want to see way more lil hugh vs sam “babbling” brooks head2head reviews.

Comment on NZIFF ’11: Submarine by imadeanaccountjusttoreacttoyoursubmarineattack

imadeanaccountjusttoreacttoyoursubmarineattack — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:45:19 +0000

What the hell Sam, this movie was brilliant! So brilliant. I’m appalled that you sat next to me and chopped your experience of this film into tiny inedible sized chunks with your already prepared over sized knife!!! This movie was so, so good! I can’t agree with anything you’ve said here.

Comment on Good Girl Gone Bad: Black Swan by Matt Cullen-Meyer

Matt Cullen-Meyer — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:52:05 +0000

Brilliant. I particularly appreciated the note regarding “an artist’s self-sacrifice in service (and pursuit) of their art”

Comment on Another Mad World by Infinity Sequencing For Beginners 00-01 | How To Play Big Science

Infinity Sequencing For Beginners 00-01 | How To Play Big Science — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:12:08 +0000

[...] Meta: A place where teh future was ‘far more futuristic‘ than anyone ever expected (rolls eyes – but still [...]

Comment on This Bitter Earth / On The Nature of Daylight by jhaskins75

jhaskins75 — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:36:58 +0000

Absolutely a beautiful and melodic song with inspirational lyrics blended with musical audio. A combination that only a genius of music can create. A soul searing melody.

Comment on I guess at least this means someone’s reading my reviews by leaflemming

leaflemming — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:15:30 +0000

Ah, student media. Ground zero for the “freedom of expression = freedom to be abusive” mindset. I’d forgotten how much I don’t miss it.

Comment on Painting with Words by Artswebshow

Artswebshow — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:10 +0000

this is fantastic.
What a legend

Comment on Knight and Day by Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:11:19 +0000

haha… just a tad, maybe. just a tad.

Comment on Knight and Day by leaflemming

leaflemming — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:09:56 +0000

You’re really not giving ground on this, are you?

Comment on Knight and Day by Hugh

Hugh — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:56:12 +0000

A new trend? I really hope not! :p

Perhaps ‘travesty’ was too extreme a term; maybe just ‘disaster’ would have been better.

Comment on Knight and Day by leaflemming

leaflemming — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:44:43 +0000

I agree the film is painfully generic, but I found it interesting for two reasons: Tom Cruise’s persona here is far more controlling and perverse than the film wants to admit, in a way which reflects precisely the sort of image problems that presumably led him to sign up for the film in the first place. And the deliberate use of black-outs to jump from one bit of plot to another with no bridging (via Tom’s lovely date-rape drugs, mmmm) reminds me of The Hangover’s solution, or rather “solution”, to the problem of coming up with an innovative story: don’t bother, just have lots of stuff going on and a reason for your characters not to know what happened, and leave your audience to do the work for you. How to be formulaic and post-modern simultaneously. A new trend?

For all of which, I also have to say that I did manage to enjoy it. I was in the right mood. Some films would have killed that mood dead. This one let me laugh at it. That’s a few rungs above a travesty in my book.

Comment on Up in the Air / The Lovely Bones / Fantastic Mr. Fox by pramodclarks

pramodclarks — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:49:47 +0000

It’s a wonderful movie, i see this movie on my child request and really i enjoy it full tinme

Comment on Departures by leaflemming

leaflemming — Wed, 12 May 2010 19:52:30 +0000

No, I never wrote about it… I can’t remember why. I have half a feeling I decided to ignore it in favour of something else out the same week. I sometimes wish I could write about all the films I see, but it’s entirely possible I’d go mad if I tried…

Comment on Departures by Hugh

Hugh — Wed, 12 May 2010 02:38:50 +0000

Glad you feel the same way, David! Did you get around to writing about the film? Completely agree with you about the music — so bland and uninspired!

Comment on Departures by leaflemming

leaflemming — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:39:35 +0000

THANK you. I’ve been fighting a rearguard action against this maddening attempt at retrofitting Japanese culture with every last Hollywood sentimentality cliche ever since the damn thing came out here. One representative point – I could choose so many others – the cello music. There’s a rich repertoire of genuinely powerful music for solo cello. What does our hero play? Wall-to-wall elevator classics lite. Someone went out into the world and actively searched for music that would say “I feel emotion!” without in any way demanding a complex or musically literate response. No wonder it played so well in California.

Comment on Femme Fatale: on The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by Emily and Her Little Pink Notes

Emily and Her Little Pink Notes — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:45:26 +0000

I read the whole trilogy , the first book is truly brilliant, then I watched the movie and I was a bit (a tiny little bit) disappointed, the acting is great but many things are given for granted. I would recommend book first & movie later (especially for this one) otherwise the investigation might come across as unsubstantial

Comment on Femme Fatale: on The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo by thoughtsappear

thoughtsappear — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:16:32 +0000

I’m still reading this book. I didn’t realize there was a movie, too. Thanks for posting!

Comment on The Simpsons: 20 Years, the Complete Twentieth Season by Reading Digest: Kickass Fan Art Edition « Dead Homer Society

Reading Digest: Kickass Fan Art Edition « Dead Homer Society — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:30:09 +0000

[...] The Simpsons: 20 Years, the Complete Twentieth Season – And finally I get to end the way I like, with someone who agrees with us: Sadly, far from continuing to tap into the cultural zeitgeist, the show lost its way sometime early last decade and started to rely on storylines that sought to see what stupid antics Homer could get up to each week. Instead of being a high water mark for social satire and a funny little show about a dysfunctional yellow family, we saw Homer grow into a buffoonish caricature of his former self. Sure, he’s always been dumb—but did he need to become this dumb? The twentieth season shows just how far the series—and, by extension, animated comedy in general—has fallen; [...]

Comment on The Wolfman Japanese Poster by kseverny

kseverny — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:37:21 +0000

thats an awesome poster.
A bit creepy too

Comment on This Bitter Earth / On The Nature of Daylight by Hugh

Hugh — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:08:57 +0000

He has quite a few albums; The Blue Notebooks is where that track comes from -- but 24 Postcards is a great album too. (Thanks for the comment!)

Comment on This Bitter Earth / On The Nature of Daylight by dwalk51

dwalk51 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:26:24 +0000

Hadn’t heard either piece, but I really enjoyed the ending credits so I couldn’t help but purchase the whole album just to get the song! It’s very soothing.

Comment on NZIFF 2009 Roundup: Broken Embraces/The Limits of Control/Disgrace/Antichrist by flatsol

flatsol — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:37:41 +0000

TOTALLY feel you on Limits of Control. one of the most impressively photographed films I’ve seen in a long time (technically speaking. and that I myself could appreciate, as a photographer). I mean, the compositions were so often.. so perfect.

Add to that this very seductive and intriguing mystery of the character and his fellow conspirators.

The silence and pace of the film is controlled to make us take in the visual, as well as the cold, zen-like state of the protagonist(?). reminded me of The New World (in a good way, of course), which itself reminded me of old CK commercials.

Add to that the music of BORIS to screw with our heads and really take us out of our world and into theirs.

Broken Embrace and Disgrace sound delicious. Thanks for the references. I will have to check Antichrist.

This is also a good Best of list (unfortunately omits LoC!!):
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/editors-picks-the-ten-best-movies-of-2009-neilm.php

Comment on Synecdoche, New York by JingYi Yuan

JingYi Yuan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:52:11 +0000

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http://evidently.com/?p=2590

Comment on Cat Power — Jukebox by websheriff

websheriff — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:47:48 +0000

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Hi Hugh,

On behalf of Matador, many thanks for plugging “Jukebox” … and thanks, also, for not posting any pirate material.

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Comment on Revisionist Art by Ian Yang

Ian Yang — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:16:20 +0000

the second work is the most hilarious one. I am so sure I will still remember it when I am 50.

Comment on Internet Miscellany, nr. 2 by SexyCoolSuperSpy

SexyCoolSuperSpy — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:57:32 +0000

THE GUARDIAN is my favorite news source. Glad it’s coming to America.

Comment on A novel idea by susianna

susianna — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:30:10 +0000

Hi Hugh

I too dislike reading off the screen. Solution: the printer.

Cheers

Susianna

Comment on Many Rooms Of One’s Own by drewgum

drewgum — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:03:46 +0000

Thanks for the link! Drew

Comment on Orange Penguins by Cliff Burns

Cliff Burns — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:41:47 +0000

Every writer worth his/her salt would give anything to be blessed with one of those famous Penguin covers. There are amber spines all over my bookshelves. As an author, I dream of being similarly honored, fantasize about such moments. It’s one of the things that keeps me going, as the rejection slips accumulate…

Comment on A novel idea by bzander

bzander — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:07:53 +0000

Hi there
yes those are comments from the real Rachael King and Anna Jackson – both friends of mine, if that’s not too much like cheating.

I tried to make the downloadable pdf extract of my novel look as much like a ‘book page’ as possible, in the way I formatted it. That’s why I didn’t include any text on the page – because it didn’t look like a book.

I agree, paperbacks are lovely. Can’t wait to have one with my name on it.

Cheers
Bianca Zander