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Talking Pish: Tom's Films of 2012
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Monday, 31 December 2012. Tom's Films of 2012. Here's my films of the year. Thirty in total this time, as has been the custom over the last few year I have nothing to say about them. Not having written blog posts about them at the time it's difficult to try to have something relevant to say about 30 films all in one go, but anyway here you are. 1 God Bless America. UK release date 4th July). Written and Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. 2 Killing Them Softly. UK release date 21st September). Story by Christ...
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Talking Pish: Oscar Predictions
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Thursday, 10 January 2013. Here are my predictions for this afternoon's Oscar nominations. I'll update it later with what I got wrong and right. 2Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty). 3Paul Thomas Anderson (The Master). 4 Ben Affleck (Argo). 5David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook). 2 out of 5. I thought Kathryn Bigelow was a shoo-in. 3 Silver Linings Playbook. 4 out of 5. Best Foreign Language Film. 2France, The Intouchables. 3Denmark, A Royal Affair. 4 out of 5. 1This Is Not a Film. 2 out of 5. 4 out ...
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Talking Pish: To Jump the Shark
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Monday, 13 September 2010. To Jump the Shark. Here's a good article. From Fred Fox Jr., the man who by writing an episode of 'Happy Days' inadvertently coined the phrase 'Jump the Shark'. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). To Jump the Shark. Arcade Fire Live 2003. Hocemo Li Na Kafu? Iain Laurie Draws Stuff. Same Old Same Old. Sound of Young America.
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Talking Pish: Tom's Theatre Shows of the Year 2013
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Monday, 30 December 2013. Tom's Theatre Shows of the Year 2013. Written by Sam Shepard. Directed by Phillip Breen. Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow, October/November. The only show I saw twice this year. I did a write up on Sam Shepard's Q and A. On the last night. 2 Arrivals and Departures. Written and directed by Alan Ayckbourn. Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, August. 3 Untold Stories: Hymn and Cocktail Sticks. Written by Alan Bennett. Directed by Nadia Fall and Nicholas Hytner. 4 Time of My Life. When ...
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Talking Pish: Tom’s Theatre Shows of the Year 2012
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Monday, 31 December 2012. Tom’s Theatre Shows of the Year 2012. Here's my top ten favourites from all the theatre I've seen in 2012. 1 All New People. Written by Zach Braff. Directed by Peter DuBois. King’s Theatre, Glasgow, February. This play had its flaws certainly. In particular I thought the filmed excerpts revealing the characters' back stories was big time cheating. Michael Billington in The Guardian gave it a scathing review. Here's a more positive review of it from the Telegraph. Alan Ayckbourn'...
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Talking Pish: The Man in the Middle
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Sunday, 31 October 2010. The Man in the Middle. For the last ten weeks I've been attending the SFA. S referees training course. Tomorrow night I should receive my ref's registration number and whatever other paraphernalia we're awarded at the end of the course. This I'll be receiving from Scotland's newest most hated man, Willie Collum. Would suggest it's a profession best body swerved. By Hearts doesn't exactly make you want to rush into refereeing any time soon either. Allright big man,. Subscribe to: ...
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Talking Pish: Top Ten Things of 2010
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Friday, 31 December 2010. Top Ten Things of 2010. Charlie Brooker pretty much summed this up on his excellent (if slightly overlong) 2010 wipe the other night, but I have to admit I shed a wee tear when the first guy came up and his wee girl came over to hug him. But all in all it was nice to see the news media focus on a positive event for once rather than see them default to their seemingly natural position of spouting a generally inaccurate and ceaseless account of world wide fear, death and disaster.
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Talking Pish: Tom's Films of 2014
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Tuesday, 30 December 2014. Tom's Films of 2014. UK release date 21 February; GFF). Written and directed by: Jeremy Saulnier. Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Eve Plumb. 2 12 Years a Slave. UK release date 10 January). Directed by Steve McQueen. Written by John Ridley. Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano and Lupita Nyong'o. UK release date 15 August). Written and directed by: David Michôd. Story by: David Michôd and Joel Edgerton. 4 The Skeleton Twins. 10 Th...
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Talking Pish: Toms Films of 2013
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Monday, 30 December 2013. Toms Films of 2013. Here's my tenth films of the year list. If there's any big omissions on the list it's probably because I didn't see it rather than I thought it was rubbish. I didn't see as many films as I would have liked in 2013. 1 Zero Dark Thirty. UK release date 25th January). Directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Written by Mark Boal. Starring: Jessica Chastain, Darren Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Joel Edgerton. UK release date 18th January). Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
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Talking Pish: Tom's Films of 2010
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Friday, 31 December 2010. Tom's Films of 2010. It’s that time of year you’ve all been waiting for where I unveil my top 10 films of the year. Like last year I’ve left it too late to write anything insightful about any of them, so I’ll just try to link to other people’s thoughts. So here we go. Directed by Chris Morris. Starring: Riz Ahmed, Arsher Ali, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adeel Akhtar and Craig Parkinson. Directed by Christopher Nolan. What the hell was it about? 3 The Social Network. A film writ...