Looks like the latest Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott picture is a cross between Wall Street and Mondovino . Given their past work , I’ll be in line when this is released in the U.S. Nov. 10, 2006.

Non-wine related: some brief film reviews. First the good. Children of men is a science fiction thriller with a difference, directed by Alfonso Cuaron, who directed the best of the Harry Potter films. It’s set in England, 2027, as society is close to collapse. A fertility crisis has meant that no children have been born for 18 years, and the government is clamping down on a tide of illegal...

With all this long haul travel I've been doing, I've managed to catch quite a few films. Top of the pile: The last king of Scotland tells the story of Nicholas Garrigan, a young Scottish doctor who becomes the personal physician of Idi Amin. It's fictional, but the character of Garrigan was inspired by Amin's 'white rat', Bob Astles. This is one of those films that just works. The pace and plot...

Just been taking a peep at some of the harvest films at www.winefilms.co.za. Seems like lots of wineries are now taking the opportunity to use films on their blogs or websites to try to explain what goes on during this crucial period. It's a good idea, but most attempts so far have either been a bit boring or badly shot. The two at winefilms that have caught my eye are the interviews with Bruce...

As well as continuing to suffer from some vile viral infection, to add insult to injury last night I incurred a mauled hand, courtesy of elder cat Oswald (previous owner Eric Clapton). It was my fault, I suppose. Rosie the labradoodle still regards our cats as fair game. We’ve tried ...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Robert Thornton Post Time: 06-20-2008 at 05:36 AM

I have a cold. It's not horrendous, but it's mightily annoying, and tasting wine with a cold is like the equivalent of driving in rain with broken windscreen wipers - something I've done before, many years back when I was courting Fiona in a blue Vauxhall Astra 1.3 Estate with ...

A major Hollywood consortium including actor Will Smith, and HBO Films, have separately bought the rights to a book and a New Yorker article about the Jefferson Bottles affair...

... watched my fair quota of rubbish films. No Reservations is a really limp rom-com starring Catherine ... . Much more highly commended come another pair of films, neither of which have anything to do ... writing has been the bane of several of the Aussie films I’ve seen, just as it is with many British films. But I’d rather have averagely written interesting films than tight skilled writing applied...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Roy Hersh Post Time: 06-05-2008 at 06:30 AM