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Re: Prods and Pom-Poms

GarethHiggins — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:15:32 -0000

Hi Alan - I believe that UTV will be screening it in the coming months, so that's good news.

Re: Prods and Pom-Poms

alaninbelfast — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:19:44 -0000

Yup - it was a compelling view at this year's Belfast Film Festival - and a real shame it hasn't yet been picked up and aired by a local broadcaster. What will Höoptedoodle do next!

Re: Clear Blue Water Conservatives BETA

Alan in Belfast — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:53:09 -0000

Took them from 23 May until 2 June to reply to my email to explain just that!

Re: New Belfast Documentary

Alan in Belfast — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:21:46 -0000

Caught the film at the Belfast Film Festival on Saturday ... it was excellent.

Re: New Belfast Documentary

Ben Jones — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:31:01 -0000

The Film will be shown at the Belfast Film Festival, Saturday the 4th April. See www.belfastfilmfestival for details.

Re: New Belfast Documentary

Alan in Belfast — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:29:37 -0000

Looks excellent. Any idea who's going to show the film - BBC1NI?

Re: Films I Didn’t See at the Time Because of the Poster but Later Viewed and Discovered the Poster was Lying to Me #1: ‘After the Wedding’

Alan in Belfast — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:33:48 -0000

Thankfully when I caught the film in the Curzon Soho, it was using the Danish poster, so I wasn't put off. Not a bad film ... my summary at the time went something like:

"It’s no blockbuster of a film, but it’s well shot, and a fine example of Danish cinema, directed by Susanne Bier. A tale of tangled emotions and personal ethical conundrums. And a some nice shots of decaying plants."

Re: Pacey Independent redesign more likely to poach readers from Guardian than Mail

Alan in Belfast — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:23:07 -0000

The inside colour coding was missing for Northern Ireland readers who enjoyed a patch work of full colour and b&w pages - with the splendid smiling Gordon Brown / cheesy David Miliband photo on page 10/11 split - Brown in colour, Miliband in grey. They even printed Alton's lettertorial on page 2 in monochrome, despite the mention of new presses in Belfast.

Re: The Film Talk - Part 26 - The Incredible Happening!

alaninbelfast — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:51:08 -0000

Added a review on iTunes ... several episodes behind in the feed. But the 40 minute length seemed good.

Re: The Film Talk - Part 20 - Speed Racer!

Alan in Belfast — Mon, 26 May 2008 12:56:39 -0000

Only half way through this week's episode - so you've just got your cup of coffee and ready to talk about the film (I think). It's beginning to sound like an episode of LTA! (That's a good thing.)

One correction - the Apple Store in Belfast's shiny new Victoria Square retail cathedral isn't open yet. It's currently recruiting wizard staff and should open it's glass doors in September.

Re: The Film Talk - Part 14 - There Will Be Blood

Alan in Belfast — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:47:37 -0000

Guess the curse of The Film Talk is back ...

Re: The Film Talk - Part 13 - No Country for Old Men

Alan in Belfast — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:00:32 -0000

Ah ... The Film Talk: intelligent comment on a film I'll get around to seeing for ages! Welcome back to ages.

Gareth - I've an awful feeling you're going to keep mentioning Zodiac every week to remind me how much I hated it!

But glad to hear the shout out for Roy Scheider's Blue Thunder. I left the comment on your previous Scheider post inbetween downloading this episode and getting time to listen to it last night.

Jett - time you rented a copy of Blue Thunder from your "local" online DVD postal service to discover that helicopter shows aren't all about the action. It has a great finale.

Blue Thunder (film) > Airwolf > Blue Thunder (TV spinoff)

Do you do requests? Want to hear your views on Juno next week? Think Jett and Gareth will have different takes on it, and it's been out long enough that Spoilers Ahoy won't be needed.

Re: The Film Talk - Part 13 - No Country for Old Men

the listener! — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:53:24 -0000

Glad you're back: intelligent conversation about films I haven't seen, and probably won't see for a long time!

Gareth - Almost sure you're going to refer to Zodiac every week just to remind me how much I disliked it. But I'm glad you picked up on Blue Thunder being a Roy Sheider highlight. (I'd left the comment on your previous post in-between downloading ep 13 this morning and actually get time to listen to it (parked up in Armagh with a hour or so to spare on The Mall!)

Jett - Airwolf's quite second rate (though longer running) compared to the Blue Thunder film (itself, much less cheesy than the spin-off TV series). And the ending of Blue Thunder's great. Time you rented the DVD!

Now back to reading in the dark ...

Re: Roy Scheider - Bye Bye Life

Alan in Belfast — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:15:39 -0000

Ah ... Roy Scheider, an actor that did his best work in uniform! Captain of a submarine in seaQuest DSV, pilot of a fancy LAPD helicopter in Blue Thunder, and police chief in some minor hit called Jaws.

Re: Irish Blog Awards: Italian Foodies and limerickblogger.org win awards

Alan in Belfast — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:43:51 -0000

Congratulations!

Re: Gareth Higgins is Wrong About ‘Live Free or Die Hard’

Alan in Belfast — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:23:26 -0000

And having bumped into Dr Higgins a couple of weekends ago at a birthday party ... what's stopping you releasing some of those "classic" episodes?

Re: FilmTalk 12 - Podcast Review of Zodiac

Eurovision Song Contest Entry — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:00:15 -0000

Well, there's more singing in the Zodiac episode!

Re: FilmTalk 12 - Podcast Review of Zodiac

Alan in Belfast — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:50:19 -0000

For all the cinematic magic that you discovered in the story, it wasn't - IMHO - a good film.

Too slow, too rambling, too stuck trying to be clever in portraying the period and forgetting there was an audience falling asleep in their seats.

Bug thumbs down from Alan in Belfast.

(But keep up the reviews)

Re: More thoughts on Pirates of the Caribbean

Alan in Belfast — Tue, 29 May 2007 14:09:20 -0000

Didn't see the first one, avoided the second one, and your review confirms that I should run a mile from the third one.

Bet you enjoy the fifth Harry Potter more than Pirates!

Re: FilmTalk 9 - Podcast Review of The Good Shepherd and Sunshine

Alan in Belfast — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:36:42 -0000

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