Empire Magazine's Icons of the Decade

Russell as Maximus in Gladiator is featured on one of the ten different "Icons of the Decade" covers of Empire Magazine. The other covers featured are:

Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings"
Daniel Craig as James Bond
Matt Damon as Jason Bourne
Uma Thurman from "Kill Bill Vols 1 & 2"
Heath Ledger as the Joker from "The Dark Knight"
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Simon Pegg from "Shaun of the Dead"
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

New Years edition of the "Glen Times"

It's hard to believe that this is our last update for 2008, isn't it? It's been a couple of days since we've got one out but everyone is really busy this time of year. Well, we have one for you now so here goes.

Bud plays PI as his lovely wife tries to do the shopping. See hiow things go in this touching little segment of love and concern. Two words that seem to fit when you talk about Bud White and his lovely wife Marie.

Cindy has a surprise for Kim and he has one to offer as well. Could it be the holiday spirit or could it be something in the eggnog? Read on to find out.

Bridgid and Jack go out for a sail. It's what they do best with one exception. The first chapter of this multi part story may leave you wondering.

Jimmy Braddock is a magnificent man. You'll be able to tell in a short but heartfelt installment as he shows Ivy some sincere consideration.

Max and Bron with Ceri and Ed prepare to go on their holiday to Sydney. After and early departure from the wedding festivities its up up and away they go. Max sparred nothing for the group, providing a private jet , four star accommodations and brilliant company. It may be a bit much for Ed to handle right now. We shall see.

East is discovered sleeping in Maximus' stable. It scares the heck out of him until he finds out just what kind of man his 'host' is. Brekkie at Joimus' table is his gift for Christmas this year and he couldn't ask for anything more.

Sid picks up his date for the wedding but they encounter a little speed bump along the way. His name is Cal. Oh that's me. Hah, I'll show him who's the best man, aside from Jim that is.



December 31st 2008

Marie and Bud White
Trying but Lying

Cindy and Kim Barrett
Something in the Eggnog?

Bridgid and Jack Aubrey
Prickly and Hard to Eradicate

Ivy and Jim Braddock
Some Consideration

Ceri and Max Skinner with Bron and Ed
Early Departure
Up Up and Away

East Driscoll with Maximus and Joimus
The Foundling

Toni and Richie's Wedding

Colleen and Sid with Cal
The Wedding Date

Happy New Year everyone. Here's hoping your lives are full of good health and love for the upcoming year.

Cheers to all and thank you for following our adventures at the Glen. We've got so much more to look forward too in 2009.

Raise your glass, sing Auld Lang Syne then toast your old friends and your new ones.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed and played along to make ATCF, RCFF, LibrisCrowe and the Glen a success this year. May our next year be even more fun filled and successful.

Happy New Year.

Cal

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Australia

Ok, for starters....YAWN!

This film is 2 hrs and 45 minutes which can fly by on a great film, but was agonizing for this film.

Most people who watch movies know the premise. Hugh Jackman plays a drover named "The Drover" and Nicole Kidman is a British aristocrat traveling to Australia to get her husband in line to sell their property in New South Wales to have some cash infusion into their British lands and holdings. She gets there and her supposedly cheating and ingoring husband is very dead.

I've seen plenty of films that build slowly that don't seem 'slow,' but this is NOT one of them. This is a beautiful film to look at that highlights the harsh land of this portion of (Darwin) of Australia, but I wasn't going to the theater for a travel film. And that was mostly what I did enjoy of the film.

Like another war film (though this is as much an Aussie cowboy movie with cattle drive and all) named Pearl Harbor it seems to have all look and little substance. Obviously I didn't like that film either.

I'd fit the blame for this lackluster film firmly in the lap of Baz Luhrmann. He was the director and cowrote the screenplay and that's where the problems are. Come on, Baz...EDIT! This film would have been better if at least 20 minutes were cut and tightened up. Seriously I didn't care about the characters either (very different from the previous film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). The half Aboriginal boy and his grandfather were the most interesting characters in the film. A much better film on the subject of what was done to the half Aboriginal and half white children of Australia is Rabbit Proof Fence.

Ack, enough said on this film. I don't recommend it. Average at best. C+ and only the plus because of the cinematography. Originally the buzz was this film would star Russell Crowe with Nicole Kidman. He'd have brought more gravitas to the role of the drover, but I think it was good for him that it didn't work out.

I'll try to get to some thoughts on the Golden Globe nominations later. I was pleased with the Slumdog Millionaire and In Bruges nominations, but was sad there was no nominations for Richard Jenkins from The Visitor. I want to see a few more of the films in the next few weeks like Frost/Nixon, Doubt and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

imdb's got the nominations of course: imdb: Golden Globe nominations