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Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
 Michael Clayton DVD Cover | Michael Clayton (2007)The thing about George Clooney is that he is just this ordinary looking guy who could have some uneventful life - but his roles in films like this are extremely eventful. Here, he is Michael Clayton, a recovering gambling addict whose job is a Mr Fixit in a high flying company. In his personal life there are many dramas. | | Arthur Edens, played by Tom Wilkinson, is an attorney who has suffered a mental breakdown that is causing much trouble. Michael Clayton, seen here with the medication for bipolar, is trying to fixit. |  Michael Clayton - the issue of medication |  Michael Clayton - Tilda Swinton | The characters are very well developed, and in particular Karen Crowder played by Tilda Swinton is remarkable. She is Chief Cousel with a large chemical company, and while she does not look agressive, we see here giving the go ahead for Arthur Edens to be eliminated. It is easy to see how she got an Oscar for it.
It's a great thriller, you don't wnat to pause it for anything. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 23 March 2008 )
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Written by Ron B
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Sunday, 23 March 2008 |
 Flame Thrower at Gapura Hotel | Images from SulawesiWe went to South Sulawesi for a week, and arrived in Makassar (formerly Ujung Pandang) which is the capital on the west coast. On our last night we took a small group to a restaurant that is over the water on a pier at the Gapura Hotel. Part of the entertainment was provided by a group of fire dancers, and here we see one of them throwing a huge flame from his mouth. | | Our next stop was the city on Bone on the east coast. Bajoe is the local port a few kilometres from the town centre. It is busy with lots of boats tied up, lots of trucks on the pier as well as stalls to sell fish. Here you see long boats with plenty of loading/unloading activity, and further back is the large ferry that crosses to South East Sulawesi every night. |  Boats, People and the Ferry |  Mosque at Ujung Lero | Pare Pare is the second biggest city in South Sulawesi. It is the thrid city we visited and is back on the west coast but further north than Makassar. From our hotel on the water, we could see across the water to a settlement with a mosque a few Km away. We drove there to take a look - and this is the mosque. Read on to see lots more photos from these 3 cities. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 23 March 2008 )
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Written by Ron B
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Saturday, 22 March 2008 |
 Sleuth (2007) - DVD Cover | Sleuth (2007)We watch a confrontation between a younger man (Jude Law as Milo Tindle) and an older man (Michael Caine as Andrew Wyke). The issue is a woman, lover of Milo, and Wife of Andrew - but we never see her. The setting is a large old country house in England with a stunning, expensive, futuristic interior that in no way connects with the exterior. One feature is a tiny, but very open lift which brings an element of claustraphobia to some of the scenes. | Sleuth began as a stage play, and was made as a film in 1972 (with Michael Caine as the younger man then), so this 2007 film may be called a re-make. But since the dialogue has been completely re-written by Harold Pinter, it is quite different. The writing is very clever. You think you are getting a grasp on the plot when some lines suddenly make you doubt that you have it right. In this way the story has surprising twists. I found it engrossing, and recommend it. |  Sleuth 2007 - the tiny lift is behind |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 March 2008 )
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Written by Ron B
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Friday, 14 March 2008 |
 Bedugul Market | A Police EncounterThe Google Earth image shows Bedugul Market, the yellow line the route through the carpark, the grey rectangle near the exit is a Honda CRV parked inconveniently in the exit, and the blue rectangle is us as we creep around them watching to see that our back right corner does not contact their left back corner, and at the same time watching motorbikes near our front left corner. We succeeded and left. They then followed us, waved us over and began to tell us we scratched their car. I knew we had not, felt it a waste of time and drove on - probably this was a mistake. In Singaraja, police waved us over, looked for scratches, there were many phonecalls, we went to their post, the Honda arrived, the Honda people searched in vain for scratches, much talking, more phonecalls, then finally it was all over with no trouble, no request forpayments, or anything. | | | |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 March 2008 )
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Written by Ron B
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Thursday, 21 February 2008 |
Glen's 30th Birthday |  Making decorations for the party |  Completed decorations for the party | | Sophie and Glen have taken a trip to the nearby Buddhist Temple and then the West Bali National Park. Menawhile, preparations begin for the party. |  Food and Equipment arrives in the kitchen |  A truckload of musicians and equipment arrives | | Also in the early afternoon, the chefs and their helpers bring food and equipment and begin preparing the dishes. In the late afternoon a truckload of people arrives - they are the musicians dressedtraditonally and they also have the gamelans and gongs. |  Musicians checking the surroundings |  Musicians setting up instruments |  Food is being served |  Sophie and Glen | Before 6pm, local friends from a salon getSophie and Glen dressed traditionally. Guests were arriving from 6pm andsoon after 7pm we were seated and the food started arriving.
|  Glen with Dancer |  Glen with Dancer | | There was a Balinese dancer who requested guests to dance with her - almpost everyone got a chance. |  Sophie and Sushi |  Glen with Sushi |  Chef with the Dancer | | | |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 21 February 2008 )
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