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After months of thinking about it, I bought the William Shatner / Ben Folds album titled “Has Been” (link to the itunes music store) - I’m enjoying it. One of my favourite songs is That’s Me Trying (link to lyrics); partly because it reminds me of someone I met once.
If you’re a fan of Ben [...]

DVD: Rocky Balboa
A worthy ending to a series that had a lot of low-points. Probably a better sixth episode than “revenge of the sith”. If you like Rocky movies, this has it all, but with a little more drama. Even has something to appeal to non-fans of the saga.

DVD: The Game
The Game has aged well: still a great thriller - even when you know the ending. More bad language in it than I remember. Michael Douglas is awesome as the lead.

DVD: Footrot Flats: The Dog’s Tale
As much as I enjoyed the comic strip when I was a child, this film - while capturing the slapstick elements of the comic’s world - doesn’t quite rise up to the heights that a more recent kid’s movie would. A few amusing moments, but really, for die-hard fans only.

DVD The Office (BBC) Season One
This British television show is filmed documentary-style, and shows the interaction between a number of hard-to-work-with characters in a work environment that’s at times too close to the truth.

DVD: The Station Agent
Slow moving story of three unlikely friends as they eke out a relationship despite their social dysfunction and tough life situations. Enjoyable to watch a story that’s more character driven than anything else, and watch engaging characters as they’re drawn out of their shells.

DVD: Thumbsucker
Highly unusual rite-of-passage film telling the story of a 17 year old boy’s attempt to give up sucking his thumb. Classic independent film: for fans of Keanu Reeves, this is worth a look, but in general, nothing stand-out here.

DVD: Three Dollars
David Wenham gives an above average performance in this story about a man’s quest to keep his integrity. Has an unusual sense of realism to it, while not being too over the top.

DVD: Primer. A science geek movie: starts out easily enough, but soon becomes complex due to the nature of the invention the two main characters create.

Video: Hamlet
It’s been almost ten years since I saw this last, and much has changed since then. My ability to understand Shakespeare has improved and worsened. Improved, in that I can better follow what’s being said, and the lessons of life that are presented therein, worsened in that I struggle more to follow the iambic [...]