The name Lys Fume is only half correct. The lily is there, the smoke is not. No complaint, though. This is a handsome and well composed floriental. Lily is the centerpiece but other elements...
Oud tends to be the gorilla in the room in a fragrance that uses it as the principle note. Oud being both potent and distinctive, the challenge is how to make an oud-centric perfume fundamentally...
"A patchouli for people who don't like patchouli"- that's how one of the founders of Coquillete Paris presented Sumatera to me, at the last edition of Esxence. She also explained that the...
To me, this seems to be a deconstruction and reconstruction of what I know as Rum. Rather than typical molasses and scummings, this seems to be liquor derived from the purest of sugarcane in...
the opening reminded me so of profumo.it Don Corleone, its that same smoked ham scent, but here it lasts for ever, its quite linear after 30 minutes....its very nicely balanced, it feels like...
Not really a film but I've been watching the special 150th episode of The Family Guy titled Brain & Stewie over & over again trying to understand it. It's probably one of the finest pieces of cartoon comedy I've seen. Very well written. Serious issues come up including suicide & what love means to some grossed out humor like eating dog feces & vomit. The entire episode is basically Stewie & Brain locked in a Bank vault over the course of 3 days exchanging dialogue.
Carl Dreyer's superb Ordet. It occupies the top spot and the Arts and Faith list of 100 spiritually significant films--and for good reason. BTW, the list is comprised of great films that even appeal to an old atheist like me.
Dying to see Inception !
Saw The Crazies last night starring Timothy Olyphant. Good movie, tons of action - kind of like Outbreak meets zombies I guess. Timothy Olyphant was 'Hitman' in the movie and he was bald in it- so I did spend an awful lot of time looking at his hair in this movie. He actually looks better bald.
Saw Clash Of The Titans last night. A great movie but really, they could have chosen a better actor for the main character of Perseus. I couldn't get past thinking about soccer and soccer fans when watching Perseus in this movie.
Avatar was on in the background the other night...it's a lot less entertaining when it's not on a big screen or in 3D.
I'm not knocking it...I know the movie sort of depends on the quality of the visuals, and I admire them. It's just that you're sort of limited to watching in an impressive format.
Ramona and Beezus, with my 2 daughters...I read all the Beverly Cleary books as a kid and the movie is really a compliation of the books' greatest hits...it wasn't a classic but it was very cute and I got some laughs out of it.
Hachiko: A Dog's Story last night http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1028532/ By far the best film I've watched over the last 10 years, but make sure you have loads of hankies at the ready
I'll be watching a film called 'Beneath Hill 60' tonight. It looks like it's a good one from the reviews http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418646/ but I always take reviews with a pinch of salt.
2009s Moon directed and co-written by Duncan Jones. This is a Si-Fi masterpiece reminiscent of both Stanislav Lem's Solaris and Walter C. Clarke's 2001. This is a 10.
Actor Sam Rockwell gives a tour-de-force performance in what is one of the best Si-Fi films I have ever seen. Not full of shoot-em-up action but definitely an intelligently thought out gem.
2009s Moon directed and co-written by Duncan Jones. This is a Si-Fi masterpiece remeniscent of both Stanislav Lem's Solaris and Walter C. Clarke's 2001. This is a 10.
Actor Sam Rockwell gives a tour-de-force performance in what is one of the best Si-Fi films I have ever seen. Not full of shoot-em-up action but definitely an intelligently thought out gem.
Robin Hood 2010. I've no idea how I got to the end of this, it was one of the most boring films I've sat through in ages, not a patch on the Kevin Costner or Robin Hood films from years ago. The acting from Cate Blanchett was so wooden, I thought she had strings attached and someone was operating her
I finally took myself to see Inception last night. What an entertaining ride. I walked out of it looking at the world like I was still in it. Then I had weird dreams all night.
I finally saw Julie & Julia last night (or is it Julia & Julie?), and I loved it more than I expected to. The best parts were Meryl Streep's Julia Child and Stanley Tucci's Paul Child.
The American starring George Clooney with my dad last night. Slow, but good acting & interesting Italian locales, but not so much that it is a "must watch on big screen" before it goes to DVD.
George Romero's Survival Of The Dead.... is crap....don't bother. Seriously !
The Back Up Plan - well, I loved it - I think a lot of women may well do. The scene where Zoe's former support group member has a water birth is hilarious. Men may not find it so, though.....
The re-release of Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones. It's a concert movie from 1973, right around the time they released Exile On Main Street. A good one if you're a Stones fan.
Just finished watching again for who knows how many times. One of my favorites since I was a kid. The best disaster movie of the "disaster movie boom" of the time. A cast of real actors & actresses, unlike the trash of today.