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   billy  From Perth
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TERRY - sorry sweetpea je regret if you felt left out in the earlier posts re the french parlez...but i am totally merde at the said lingo and used google translator for the most part...really - you didn't miss much at all!

Mary - Baker's Delight - but each franchise is different as the bakers can underdo the choc drops, the one in Myaree is very generous with his handfulls ...maybe he has large hands? i wonder if his buns are big too?
26/Feb/09 5:29 PM
   billy  From Perth
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nearly forgot why i was here...The Reader...brilliant and Kate Winslett certainly deserved the oscar. I found the story profoundly moving...if you get a chance to see it - go. Bertie i agree...9/10
26/Feb/09 5:31 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Billy...get your mind (or hands) off the baker's buns!!!
26/Feb/09 6:46 PM
   andré  From england
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Saw Slumdog Millonaire - as they say, where did the 'i' go? Such a refreshing film. I was expecting it to be over rated, all the oscars, bafta's, blah, blah...but it was superb, wonderfully shot and deserving of all the awards it received. The casting was spot on. 9/10. There seem to be some good films on at the mo, the rest I'll catch on DVD. Oh I didn't buy 'pick and mix', wish I had bought the last bag of it at Woolworths...it was auctioned and got a £4,500 bid...bet there was no apple liquorice though...
26/Feb/09 11:13 PM
   andré  From england
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Oh nearly forgot, one of the best scenes from Slumdog, without giving anything away, he just had to have that signature of his hero! at any cost.
27/Feb/09 1:20 AM
   Rolanda  From Perth W Aust
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eeewww Andre..

and yes it was one of the best scenes from Slumdog..

27/Feb/09 9:03 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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A film made in Oz to critical acclaim has just been pulled from cinemas in Sydney. The film looks at inter-ethnic violence and it sparked violent brawls amongst a minority of film-goers. What an indictment!
01/Mar/09 12:12 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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As one from a nation that has NEVER had a race riot, I am shocked. Shocked.
02/Mar/09 4:26 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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As you should be, Terry!
The good news is that the film is still showing in some other cinemas ....maybe that says something about the clientele of the Greater Union chain???
02/Mar/09 9:18 AM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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Chocolate hot-cross buns, apple licorice and fudge. The clientele of the GU chain - let's not even go there, Mary. Interesting few pages! Hi all - haven't been here in a while, mainly because I haven't seen a movie in weeks. Just wanted to agree with all that was said about Gran Torino and add one more thing - a movie that can keep my hubby awake for it's entirety (that man could sleep for Oz through movies) has got to be good. One thing that is important to me is the ending - this one was well thought out and extremely satisfacory. 9/10 from me as well.
03/Mar/09 11:42 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Don't let a little thing like that stop you, CynB. What has the movies got to do with this page????
03/Mar/09 5:37 PM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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Yes, Mary - I should visit more often and I should find my way to the movies more often too. There's so many about at the moment that I want to see. Intended to see 'Slumdog Millionaire' last week but got side tracked and probably won't make it this week. It'll be finished before I get there. I missed Frost/Nixon that way.
03/Mar/09 5:53 PM
   Bean  From Melbourne Vic AU    Supporting Member
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Slumdog Millionaire...definite goer...thought provoking mix of pathos and glam...worth seeing. Deserved a few Oscars..
André...makes you rethink autograph hunting!!

Mary...hmm...interesting idea to ponder about the clientèle at certain cinema's. I'll certainly be seeing it. Couldn't ask for better publicity ...could you? Makes you wonder about the origin of the incendiary that sparked the violent brawls at the cinema... or am I just being cynical?
03/Mar/09 5:56 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Ooohhh Bean, cynicism becomes you...
03/Mar/09 9:23 PM
   CynB  From Redlands Qld Aus    Supporting Member
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I have seen 3 movies in the last 4 days, which is amazing for me. So here goes.
No.1 - 'Secret Life of Bees' - before anyone asks, no, I hadn't read the book - now I simply must! Liked the movie and the cast. 7 out of 10. Would have given it an 8 but feel that the book will tell so much more. All the girls in it were wonderful as were the few males in it.
No.2 - (Warning - Kids movie) 'Hotel for Dogs'. Took 7yo grandie, who insisted that Poppy came as well, wasn't Colin thrilled? However, although completely far-fetched it was amusing enough. My Rating 5 out of 10, Emily's Rating 10/10 - she loves dogs.
No.3 - 'Changeling' - Wow! Absolutely harrowing! As if it wouldn't be enough to lose a child that way without everything else that happened to her. I liked Ange, didn't expect to. I liked CE's direction, loved the set and costumes. 8 out of 10 for that one.
10/Mar/09 6:23 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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TSLOB is a quick read and a good one. You'll enjoy it.
11/Mar/09 4:46 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Agree with André The Reader was great. I loved the book and thought the movie did it justice.
Also saw a great little movie Dean Spanley. A quirky, unusual movie with terrific language, great acting...Peter O'Toole is still magnificent at 90ish, and a great little for-want-of-a-better-word moral. It is an English/NZ production... well worth seeing.
15/Mar/09 12:13 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Agree Peter O'Toole is magnificent. Major Old Hunk. Alas, we've lost the king of Old Hunks, Paul Newman. [Moment of silence, please.] Who else is still working in their 70s+ who qualifies for this category?
16/Mar/09 3:47 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Of course! Clint Eastwood.
16/Mar/09 3:48 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Not too many of them though, Terry.
16/Mar/09 6:44 AM
   andré  From england
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Watched The no. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency tonight on the glorious aunty beeb. Part one of a six part series. They were not going to film it but six million viewers wanted more after the 'one off' last year. Was a little disappointing to start with but then the humour came out. I wish I had had a bowl of sticky toffee pudding to eat whilst watching it...sigh...
16/Mar/09 10:01 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Okay, Andre', I'm from the land of brownies and fudge. What is sticky toffee pudding and do you have a recipe?
16/Mar/09 10:21 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Think, Mary, think!
16/Mar/09 10:21 AM
   onion  From rings
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Terry. It is a sponge pudding, toffee flavoured and then toffee sauce poured over the top...god I'm drooling now...
16/Mar/09 10:36 AM
   onion  From rings
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oops sorry I've been working on a soup 'ad' for TV today, haven't changed my costume. I'll just go and peel it off.
16/Mar/09 10:37 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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Peeling off. Onion rings. I'm totally turned on now. Still waiting for that recipe, though. Imagine that diving into toffee after peeling would be the limit.
16/Mar/09 12:52 PM
   Victoria  From Fernlands Qld    Supporting Member
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Did anyone in Aus watch "Lost in Austen" played on the ABC last Sunday and last night? A great little story where the modern day heroine swaps places with Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. Lots of fun and a suprise ending (for me, anyway.)
16/Mar/09 3:21 PM
   Rolanda  From Perth W Aust
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same for me Victoria, the surprise ending.
Agree lots of fun, enjoyable.
16/Mar/09 6:29 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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André, I'm soooo jealous. We haven't even seen the one-off special yet and no word of it on the horizon!
Sticky toffee pudding....droooooool, slobbbbber
I'm not sure I agree with Terry that CE is a Major Old Hunk. I grant you he was terrific in GT, but Hunk???? Maybe Major Old Talent?
16/Mar/09 10:47 PM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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OK Terry, how about Roger Moore, Robert Wagner and Robert Redford? All over 70, aged well and still breathing.
16/Mar/09 11:01 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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How could I forget Robert Redford? He makes cragginess hunky.
17/Mar/09 2:54 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Ahhh, but Peter O'Toole's eyes....mmmm......
17/Mar/09 9:57 AM
   andré  From england
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Terry - divine toffee dipping is, how can one say, like swimming with a tidal wave, it takes you by surprise not unlike a Longitudinal and Transverse Wave Motion...and that is just the first dip...
17/Mar/09 10:41 AM
   andré  From england
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Roger Moore is a 'no-no' sorry I can't get the image out of my head when he played The Saint with that silly halo over his head...it always looked as though a doughnut was going to fall on his head and knock him out.

Ian McKellen, John Hurt and Sean Connery...

Did I mention Benicio Del Toro...
17/Mar/09 10:49 AM
   Mary  From Bibra Lake WA
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Benecio is over 70??????
17/Mar/09 11:51 AM
Terry  From Eugene
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No, of course The Benecio is not over 70, but it is always permissible to mention him.
17/Mar/09 1:26 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Sean Connery made eyes at me on location once. Though happily married and with young child in tow, I almost took him up on it.
17/Mar/09 1:27 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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And, yes, I do know Sean Connery makes eyes at anything under 40 with a pulse in a skirt. I was just in the right place at the right (?) time.
17/Mar/09 1:34 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Given this blog's theme, I should have said on the location of The Presidio. A wretched movie. A must miss though I lived three doors from one of the locations.
17/Mar/09 1:35 PM
Terry  From Eugene
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Hard to call John Hurt a hunk at any age, but certainly an Old Talent.
17/Mar/09 1:38 PM
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