Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Film Freak - Due Date

What the hell.....

This movie was actually almost awesome! I never thought this movie could be good but it shocked me, it was actually funny, cringe worthy and a good time out at the cinema all in one.

Robert Downey was great and the dude from "the Hangover" was awesome!

So if your in the mood for a film this summer this was a great little comedy with some laugh out loud moments and some extremely wrong moments which I loved!

Due Date is due to be rated 3 solid stars

My Album of the year.... Washington - I Believe You Liar

So the four nominations now equal one winner, from the below nominations to the the now winner:

Washington - I Believer You Liar
Angus & Julia Stone - Down the Way
Sia - We are Born
John Butler Trio - April Uprising

So it was a great year for Aussie music and Aussie albums and it is no surpise that the sensational Washington takes out my BLOG's inagrural album, of the year.

So for this year my first year presenting the album of the year I am extremely happy to say go Washington and I Believe You Liar it's pure pop brillance with hit after hit and many more hits to come. Can't wait to see her live on stage in the near distant future.

My Album of the year....

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Gift Registry - Christmas 2010 (It's almost here)

90210 (the original series) seasons 8,9 & 10
Damages series 3
Wild 11 Summer CD
He Will Have His Way Tribute CD
We Dance You Mix Vol 2 - Purple Sneakers CD
Robyn Body Talk CD
Weeds Series 5 DVD Series
Seceret Diary of a Call Girl Series 3 DVD Series

Film Freak - Love & Other Drugs

I hate Rom Com's but I like movies that change up and give the genre they are in a real shake up! And Love & Other Drugs does that better than any other film I have seen in a long while.

I laughed, I cried, I smiled and I felt things that a good movie should make you feel. It's the end of the year and this film comes in as one of my favourites of 2010. I loved it all, it could have been shorter but that's neither here nor there when the film is as wonderful as this one.

This is a must see over the Christmas/Summer Slack period.

Love and Other Drugs rates a lovely 4 stars

The 100 Best songs of 2010? Well maybe the 101 best songs of 2010 {BELOW}

1 - CEE LO GREEN - Fuck You
2 - Angus & Julia Stone - Big Jet Plane
3 - Birds Of Tokyo – Plans
4 - Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand
5 - LITTLE RED - Rock It
6 - Tame Impala - Solitude is Bliss
7 - Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance the Way I Feel
8 - John Butler Trio - Close To You
9 - KANYE WEST - Power (Ft. Dwele)
10 - Washington - Sunday Best
11 - Mark Ronson - bang bang bang
12 - Penedulum - Watercolour
13 - SIA - Clap Your Hands
14 - John Butler Trio - Revolution
15 - Washington - Rich Kids
16 - Kanye West - Runaway
17 - BLISS N ESO - Down By The River
18 - Miami Horror - I Look To You (Ft. Kimbra)
19 - Mark Ronson - The Bike Song
20 - Angus & Julia Stone - Black Crow
21 - M-Phazes & Drapht - Where's Elvis
22 - M.I.A. – XXXO
23 - Vampire Weekend - Giving up the Gun
24 - Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime
25 - Gyroscope - Some of the Places I Know
26 - Boy & Bear - Rabbit Song
27 - Sparkadia - Talking Like I'm Falling Down Stairs
28 - Darwin Deez - Radar Detector
29 - Art Vs. Science - Magic Fountain
30 - Florernce & the Machine - Hurricane Drunk
31 - Pendulum - Witchcraft
32 - Stromae ft. Kanye West - Alors on Danse
33 - Kele - Tenderoni
34 - ILLY - It Can Wait (Ft. Owl Eyes)
35 - OU EST LE SWIMMING POOL - Jackson's Last Stand
36 - THE COUNT & SINDEN - After Dark (Ft. Mystery Jets)
37 - John Butler Trio - C'Mon Now
38 - THE JEZABELS - Mace Spray
39 - Miami Horror - Moon Theory
40 - Bagraiders - Way back home
41 - The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
42 - GYPSY & THE CAT - Time To Wander
43 - PROFESSOR GREEN featuring LILY ALLEN - Just Be Good To Green
44 - Tame Impala - Lucidity
45 - CEE LO GREEN - Bright Lights Bigger City
46 - The Aston Shuffle - Your Love
47 - Gyroscope - Live Without You
48 - Gyspy & the Cat - Jona Vark
49 - Kings Of Leon - Radioactive
50 - Evil Eddy - Queensland
51 - Goyte - Eyes Wide Open
52 - INTERPOL – Barricade
53 - Surfer Blood - Swim
54 - Birds of Tokyo - The Saddest Thing I Know
55 - Drapht – Rapunzel
56 - Crookers ft. Miike Snow - Remedy
57 - John Butler Trio - Don't Wanna See Your Face
58 - Crystal Castles - Not in Love ft. Robert Smith
59 - Dan Sultan - Fear of Flying
60 - Operator Please - Logic
61 - BIRDS OF TOKYO - WILD AT HEART
62 - SARAH BLASKO - Hold On My Heart (Presets Remix)
63 - Operator Please - Back & Forth
64 - Dan Kelly - Bindi Irwin Apocalypse Jam
65 - NAS & Damian Marley - As We Enter
66 - Children Collide - Jellylegs
67 - Marina & the Diamonds - Mogwils Road
68 - Plan B - She Said
69 - Gorillaz - Stylo
70 - Dizzee Rascal – Dirtee Disco
71 - Erykah Badu - Window Seat
72 - New Young Pony Club - Chaos
73 - Claire Bowditch - Bigger than the Money
74 - METRIC - Eclipse (All Yours)
75 - SIA - The Fight
76 - Groove Armada - Paper Romance
77 - SLEIGH BELLS - Rill Rill
78 - The Black Keys - Tighten Up
79 - ASH GRUNWALD - Walking
80 - K-Os - Uptown Girl
81 - OH MERCY - Keith St
82 - Children Colliede - My Eagle
83 - Cut Copy - Take Me Over
84 - WASHINGTON - Navy Blues
85 - GLENN RICHARDS - Torpor & Spleen
86 - Philadelphia Grand Jury - Save Our Town
87 - BIG BOI - Follow Us
88 - Robyn - Crimminal Intent
89 - SIA - Stop Trying
90 - Sally Seltmann - On the Borderline
91 - Basement Birds - Skin of the Sky
92 - Laura Marling - Devils Spoke
93 - DARREN HANLON - All These Things
94 - Hot Chip - I Feel Better
95 - Blue King Brown - Never Fade Away
96 - Best Coast – Boyfriend
97 - ARCADE FIRE - Ready To Start
98 - BEN FOLDS & NICK HORNBY - From Above
99 - The Cat Empire - Falling
100 - JOHN STEEL SINGERS – Overpass

101 - CUT COPY - Where I'm Going

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Film Freak - Narina - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

So the third film in this possible franchise which has been on the decline since the second film, so I guess it's safe to say the fourth film is not looking very likely.

This was the first film produced in 3D and really did it need the 3D? No is the answer but the extra ticket price at the box office may help the box office earnings along for this film as really not much happens in this film.

There is some extra action scenes but a whole lot of nothing in other parts.

I enjoyed it but it's not a film I loved or hated in an extreme way so I will have to give this a pass mark but only just 3 stars.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Top 5 @ 5 - Glee Songs - Season 2 (So Far)

1. Forget You (it should be Fuck You but hey..)
2. Dog Days are Over
3. Valerie
4. Ive had the Time of My Life
5. Last Christmas

Film Review - Red Hill

Bring on the Aussie films I say, I just loved this film once it got going. It was a slow start but once the action started it was non stop!

Ryan Kwantan was sexy in a nerdy/goofy way in this film and not so buff and near naked as his True Blood Jason Stackhouse character.

I enjoyed this and found myself thinking can Australian's make Western's yes they can is the answer.

Red Hill rates a BIG red 3 and a half stars.

Christmas Gifts idea - less than two weeks to go

90210 (the original series) seasons 8,9 & 10
Damages series 3
Wild 11 Summer CD
He Will Have His Way Tribute CD
We Dance You Mix Vol 2 - Purple Sneakers CD
Robyn Body Talk CD
Weeds Series 5 DVD Series
Tangle series 2 DVD Series
Seceret Diary of a Call Girl Series 3 DVD Series
Regian Spektor Live CD

Top 20 Boys & Girls of 2010

As a music lover I love lists and here is my first 2 for 2010:

Sheilas of 2010:

20 - Kate Nash
19 - Nicki Minaj
18 - Laura Marling
17 - Sarah Blasko
16 - Lisa Mitchell
15 - Uffie
14 - Marina & the Diamonds
13 - Kelis
12 - Bertie Blackman
11 - Katie Noonan
10 - Kimbra
9 - Clare Bowditch
8 - Erykah Badu
7 - Sally Seltmann
6 - MIA
5 - Florence
4 - Robyn
3 - Julia Stone
2 - SIA
1 - Washington

Blokes of 2010:

20 - The Tongue
19 - Nas & Damian Marley
18 - Paul Dempsey
17 - M Phazes
16 - Old Man River
15 - Kele
14 - Dizzee Rascal
13 - Chiddy Bang
12 - Professor Green
11 - Big Boi
10 - Plan B
9 - Dan Sultan
8 - Cee-Lo Green
7 - Mark Ronson
6 - Eminem
5 - Kanye West
4 - Jay Z
3 - John Butler
2 - Angus Stone
1 - Armand Van Helden

Film Freak - Devil

Wow an 80 minute movie plus an hour of trailers, is some kind of heaven!

The movie moves rapidly through an old wives tale which is played out by 5 people trapped in a lift. It's a solid thriller with a kind of lame religious sub plot but all good.

It has a few scares but keeps the violence to a miniumum which is good as gore doesn't make a scary film.

I must say this could be one of the best thrillers in 2010 with susepnse kept and a fairly good who done it factor.

The Devil rates 4 solid stars

Friday, December 10, 2010

New Film Devil review coming soon!

Ditto to a few more summer concerts and also my top 100 songs of the year list plus the album of the year will it be SIA, Washington, John Butler Trio or ARIA Award winning Angus & Julia Stone, post to come soon......

Top 5 @ 5 - Fri 10 Dec 2010

1. Girl Talk - Various cuts from the "All Day" new release
2. Evil Eddie - Queensland
3. Cut Copy - Take Me Over
4. The Knocks - Dancing with the DJ
5. Miami Horror - Holidays

Friday, December 3, 2010

It's December so the Christmas gift register is now opne

90210 (the original series) seasons 8,9 & 10
Damages series 3
Wild 11 Summer CD
He Will Have His Way Tribute CD
We Dance You Mix Vol 2 - Purple Sneakers CD
Robyn Body Talk CD
Weeds Series 5 DVD Series
Tangle series 2 DVD Series
Seceret Diary of a Call Girl Series 3 DVD Series

Top 5 @ 5 - Kanye Moments

His new album is recieving the worlds best reviews! So I thought I would celebrate with five moments that have defined his career, his top 5 @ 5:

1. Gold Digger (with Jamie Foxx)
2. Runaway (with Pusha T)
3. Stronger/Good Life/Flashing Lights all from the amazing - Graduation DISC
4. Paranoid (with Mr Hudson)
5. All Falls Down (with Syleena Johnson)

Thursday, December 2, 2010

The years best 100 songs coming very soon!

Expect Cee-Lo, Angus + Julia, SIA and more to feature. Let me know your fave tunes of the year by commenting please.

True West - Could this be more truly Boring

Okay so I love Brendan Cowell but with an American accent, not so much and in a play where not much happened and the theatre roof begun leaking near me, it wasn't much of a night out at the Theatre.

True West casting also was extremely strange with the two brothers looking nothing like each other which was a major distraction and in parts you just thought this was plain weird. The mother also looked nothing like either son.

Brendan Cowell is so much better in a gritty Australian piece not a lame American piece which is so slow in parts I nearly nodded off. Sydney Theatre company has had some major hits this year and I loved August Ostage County but this just sent me to nap town.

Overall the set was amazing till the trashed the joint and the music between scenes was at times like an alarm clock waking me up.

Can only give this 1 and a half stars, it's the end of the year I've seen a lot and it's time to get tough.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

True West tonight, review to cum soon :)

Doolittle with Eliza!

Okay so I am in love with Eliza Doolittle, since hearing her album in my friends car to buying the album to turning "Pack Up" up really loud and doing my house work in my undies to finally getting to the Oxford Arts Factory and seeing this sexy young minx live!

So I've seen some amazing gigs in 2011, Girl Talk, John Butler Trio, Angus & Julia Stone but I think this took the cake.

Eliza is amazing and so sweet, she melted my heart a lil bit.

She powered through the many hits to be on her debutt (sorry Jessica M) album and rocked out a beautiful cover of "Big Jet Plane" and a massive cover of "Fuck You". Cee-Lo watch out there is a no soul sister in town! So overall this was a perfect pop experience.

I love it! 5 stars out of 5 stars, if I could give it more I would!