Film
Mary Poppins. Hide your children
I’ve never seen Mary Poppins in its entirety. Parts of it have always given me the creeps. Perhaps it’s is because of the not so subtle (down right scary) imagery hidden throughout the movie. Don’t be deceived by it’s cute Disney musical facade with the ever so innocent Mary (fresh from singing in the Swiss [...]
The Goonies and the illusive Giant Octopus
In relation to a recent Facebook thread, I couldn’t help but take 5 minutes out of my afternoon to write a quick post about the mysterious Goonies Octopus scene. Back in the day (1985 to be precise), Goonies paraphernalia came out months before the release date here in NZ. The ever popular (at the time) [...]
Hip Chess for retro kidults
Chess rocks. I was in the chess club at school. I once had a very expensive medieval chess set. I love chess. Alas, I can count the number of fellow chess-loving-enthusiasts in my current circle of friends on no hands… zilch. nada. zero. Imagine my delight when my 7 year old son came home from [...]
The Sound Of Music rocks!
I have a confession to make… I, Burton, think The Sound Of Music rocks! …And that would make me cool (because we all know that anyone into retro stuff is rather hip). Another, even more shocking confession… We even own two copies of the DVD ( original and special anniversary edition). I do believe a [...]
Angel Of Death?
I was enduring the trailer of Hellboy 2 recently when I saw the disturbing images of a creature with eyes on its wings (on the trailer that is, not in real life ;-). My mind immediately thought about the Bible’s description of heavenly creatures in Revelation Chapter 4… In the center and around the throne [...]
The ‘Star Wars Musical’ mystery
Last night I solved a 30-year-old mystery that had haunted me all my life… subjected me to humiliation, and caused me to think I was either crazy, or that the whole world had been deceived. I was an absolute Star Wars fanatic from the summer of 77 (when I saw ‘A New Hope’ at 3 [...]
I watched a chick flick
Firstly, to reassure some readers that I am not watching anything dodgy, let me define what a chick flick is. Trusty Wikipedia says: ‘Chick flick’ is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience. The term was first used in the 1980s, a decade during which such chick flicks as Beaches [...]
I like your sleeves… they’re real big.
Watched Napoleon Dynamite again the other night. It just keeps gettin better! I thought, seeing as I haven’t posted for a few days, I would grace you with my favourite top ten ND quotes. Here they are in rough chronological order… 1. Ever take it off any sweet jumps? (Napoleon to Pedro) 2. Napoleon, don’t [...]
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