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Henrietta and the Rabbit's Foot

May 12th 2012 18:49
Dear readers, how’s films?
I have been watching the concluding episodes of Fringe, season 4. And oh how I love Fringe!
Until episode 20. Admittedly, things had been shaky up until then- Olivia from a different timeline suddenly seems to blend into the same timeline that Peter popped up into.
In episode 20, humanity is suddenly at war with the observers and our heros Peter, Olivia, Walter and Astrid have been amberfied some years before. Our new Fringe agents Etta and Simon set about rescuing the old Fringe team. Etta regrets that the last time she saw her parents, she was only four.

That’s all very well and tragic, but surely if that’s the case, you’d at least know the names of your parents??? Which would totally negate the last scene of episode 20??
Also, how many more times are we going to resurrect William Bell?? In the ‘timeline’ Pete and Live came from, Bell occupied Olivia’s brain ( season 3, epimosode 20) and there was a lot of cartooning going on to bring her back. Belly died in the process. Miraculously, both Peter and Olivia have forgotten about that.
Still, of course as a die-hard Fringe fan, I shall watch the last and final season 5, coming to a TV near you...
And what with Fringe finished, I treated myself to Mission Impossible: III. I don’t find Tom Cruise particularly attractive, but the bastard can act, can’t he? Of course, I didn’t understand the plot of ‘MI3’ anymore than I did the plot of the first one but I liked it nonetheless. Perhaps because it was made by the infamous dreamteam J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci. They are the ones who make Fringe, don’t you know.....
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Eulogy

March 27th 2012 22:11
Today, Fish on Film Headquarters mourns the, seemingly, 14 hours wasted on watching an animation.
Here at FoF HQ, we have never been fans of animations. Regardless of how cute they might be conceived to be. We do not care about Nemo being cooked in a Ratatouille and Flushed down the loo while a million spotty dogs look on.
Yet, tonight, Miss Fish has, against her better judgement. subjected herself to an animation. Essentially.
50 mins in, the FoF wine cellar had to be raided, for there was no hope in hell anyone would have come out alive.
It wasn’t just animation....At times I thought it was The NeverEnding Story. On steroids. Oh how I love The NeverEnding Story! The film and the book. Because it had a plot. A charming story.

Tonight’s abomination, however, was like a bad episode of EastEnders (or Neighbours, for you lovely folks Down Under). You (and I) could predict what was going to happen at any minute of the 18 hours this film went on. There was no charming twist, no clever line to make you giggle....nothing to endear yourself to this shit on the screen.
So, dear readers, riddle me this: how did this atrocity become the top grossing film of all times? Hmm?
I’m gonna need me 5 grams of whatever Cameron was on, because a bottle wine sure as hell didn’t numb the pain for me..
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Is Number 5 Still Alive

March 3rd 2012 22:18
Aaahh, I am sure, by now, dear readers, you know exactly what kinda celluloid nonsense I like, yes?
Mystery, intrigue, with just a dash of sci-fi and Miss Fish on Film says: 'Huh? Oooh I lurrve that!'. And this latest one is no different. I don't get what's going on. Where is Number 5? What the hell?
Rest assured, dear readers, it's an awesome film I'm reviewing here- fabulous soundtrack, a plot I didn't get and Timothy Olyphant.
Oh how I wish, I was Number Four.
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'Does he have a name?' 'We, the people.'

February 24th 2012 21:31
I have always liked to watch the film adaptations of books I have read and adored. The Harry Potter guys did an awesome job of banning J.K. Rowling’s ideas onto celluloid.
The movie ‘Never Let Me Go’ was almost as haunting as the book. And it’s rare, that a book is captured on screen invoking the same pictures you had in your head when you read it. Blade Runner never quite managed it.

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Isn’t ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ the most beautiful and profound movie you have ever seen, dear readers?
Doesn’t it inspire you to listen to Spanish guitar music? Doesn’t it want to make you wear floaty dresses and blouses; wear your hair in a tousled mess?
Doesn’t it call to you to drink wine all day, philosophise and take up smoking again, after 7 years of abstinence?

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FoF versus James McAvoy

January 22nd 2012 05:30
So I take it, dear readers, that you have all seen ‘Atonement’ and ‘State of Play’? (not the Russell Crowe nonsense, but the original 2003 UK TV series starring Britain’s finest). Therefore, it is easily assumable that you like James McAvoy, he who stars in all of the above.
But do you LOVE James McAvoy? No? Well, until you can say ‘Rory O’Shea was here’ you never will.
Go forth and watch ‘Inside I’m Dancing’. NOW!

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Everything's gonna be alright

January 18th 2012 23:04
Ah, it’s been a while since I finished watching a movie and went: ‘I LIKED that!’. But today, I did. So happy new film year to me and an even better film year to you! May your linen always feel like it’s never been slept in, may no-one ever steal fizzy lifting drink from you and, come what may, I hope you’ll never forget that it’s just a jump to the left and then a step to the right- not in 2012 or all those many years to come.
But back to tonight’s fabulous feature: a mixture between ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Mission: Impossible’. With maybe just a hint of Fringe-style alternate universes... Can you guess what it is yet?
As much as I enjoyed the weirdness of ‘Donnie Darko’ and the doomsday special effects of ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, I, Miss Fish on Film, hereby confess: I am no fan of Jake Gyllenhaal (if that is indeed how his name is spelt). He always appears to me as if he’d had a personality bypass. Although I know that many critics say exactly that about my hero Keanu. There’s no accounting for taste, I guess. But tonight, Jake was just charming. Yes, that is the word. Not brilliant. Not charismatic. Charming. Of course, it helped that the film had just the right amount of Hollywood schmaltz in it, to appeal to FoF HQ. In fact, it was a spot-on mix of unbelievable (literally), yet, fascinating secret agent plot; heart-rendering human emotions (and I’m not even talking about the ‘romance’ here) and happy ending. In fact, the film blurb I have read has been very confusing- it was going on about falling in love and wanting to save the main lady when in actual fact that was merely a sub-plot. For me, it was all about the human strength and the crazy sci-fi. It was awesome!

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Farewell to 2011

December 30th 2011 23:41
Dear readers,
I sincerely hope that you have had a fantabulous year and I wish you all the happiness in the world for the coming 2012. May the Universe be kind to you and all of us. Remember, according to the Mayas and Roland Emmerich, the world will end next year, so make the most of it!

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So you think you're tough enough...?

November 5th 2011 02:07
Dear readers!
A little while ago I set you a little test to see if you were suitable for the trials and tribulations of a Film & TV History uni course. In the same breath, I promised there'd be a follow up quiz all around music. So here goes: Enjoy & record the letter corresponding to each of your answers.

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The claim we hold is as good as gold...

October 28th 2011 22:08
And this week’s pub quiz bonus round question is: On what date was Johnny Cash born?

Well? You don’t know, dear readers? Ok, I can’t be sure on the year, but I know for a fact he’s a Pisces. Born on February, 26th. Much like Buffalo Bill, Fats Domino, Levi Strauss and Victor Hugo. Bit like me, really.

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