Channel Two ft N’fa – Universal King
I know i know, i’ve posted this before and not to long ago but me nah care! I thinks its a perfect song for the day seeing as the infamous himself woke me up this morning (11.54 technically it was morning, yes the first time this week!) and forced me to… (more…)
The gayest Oscars?
That’s what their saying and while i think its silly to suggest the politically incorrect theme ran through out the whole event, looking back i can’t help but agree. Jay’s Glamostrator, Mickeys RIP Lowki trinket, the peer on peer loving in nominations, Harry’s insanely high pitched interviewing technique and all the points raised when reading Gawker today! Their Top 10 is spot on with my own personal highlights of the event except the order and one little faux pas, they missed out the dude that came on after the Ledger Family tear-jerker of an acceptance speech. I cant find it anywhere online yet so i actually might have been the only one who laughed out of shock and cringed at the audacity of his terrible sense of humor!
‘Wow, the whole place is in tears and im up next!’
LMFAO, so inappropriate but 10 points for effort Mr. I also most definately would have put Pineapple Express ripping The Reader nearer the top the whole skit was genius!!
A Thousand Words
A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.
One of the popular choices last week on Vimeo, this short film by Ted Chung got me all choked up with its totally romantic storyline. Shot beautifully in black & white with no dialogue this picture (apart from making me miss my digital camera, hurry up fixer man!!) definately speaks a Thousand Words.
Making the video!
Making the video – The Qemists On The Run ft Jenna G from Jenna G on Vimeo.
OK so im probably doing this the wrong way round but im not bothered… Friday saw the final version of the ‘On the run’ video hit the internet… Heres what went on behind the scenes on the day….ok not everything cause im protecting the innocent but still its a fun lil snapshot of our Monday at the transgender safehouse known as The Little Marlborough!!
Home blud?
Less than 12 hours and im on a plane back home to blighty….definately sad to be leaving the winter sun and Aussie attitude behind. Thinking about all the things that make me smile about my little island in the freezing cold to make the trip home less stressfull…this always gets me going, thank you Regatta & Rabbi for showing me this one 
Films on the Plane
So you would hope that any airline flying passengers for over 10 hours would have decent inflight entertainment and Singapore airlines do not disappoint… I watched so many film i wouldn’t have even give the time of day on land, all of which were pretty amazing. I implore you (if your a film lover) to go and see these flicks if you already haven’t… First up Hellboy 2…i know i haven’t even seen number one but i love the director Guillermo del Toro (i can’t wait for The Hobbit movie), his style and detail are jaw dropping (Pans Labyrinth) as well as his constant connection to earth and nature regardless of the topic of the film! The angel of death in Hellboy is gorgeous and i’ve never wanted a fan shaped forehead made of bone so much in all my life!! LOL a little more action next from Jolie, Mcavoy (Shameless) and Freeman…Wanted was the all out action, assasin, ‘break Mcavoy in the US’ movie from the beginning of 2008, loose story line but amazing action scenes and including a lovely role for BBC’s Hustles’ Marc Warren (go on england!!) Death Defying Acts – CZJ & Guy Pierce take on Houdini’s physic challenge…some amazing performances in this especially from Saoirse Ronan (the annoying little chick from that flick with Mcavoy and Knightly)…again never would have got this on dvd but it is definately worth a watch… Der Freund – German and complex like the best of them are, this film is really amazing….slow calculated and heart wrenching , you would be lying if you said you couldn’t identify with at least one of roles! I dipped in and out of a host of others mostly martial arts, but im saving them for the journey home!! Cant wait to see Chocolate (female On Bak)..going home will much fun, that chica can kick mad ass!
Merry Chrimbo 
International love returned…
Jenna G “In Love” live @ +160 Edición Espacial – 2 DEC 2008 from plus160 on Vimeo
Two weeks ago i was basking in the summer sun of South America longside Danny Wheeler. We made great friends and played some dope music which was documented by everyone involved in a variety of ways. Got part 2 of my own video diary still to come, following our adventures in Caracas….Back in Argentina though DJ Orange and his +160 crew were putting together this lil taster of a fantastic night, i crack myself up at the beginning…listen to me freestyle about needing a drink!! Big up to all in attendance, Wheeler, Omik and the accelerated sounds of +160
BBC2 Blast Film Festival
Been doing a bit of presenting for BBC Blast Film Festival alongside Radio 1′s film expert James King. Was a mad experience my first time having to switch cameras mid sentence…chat show host vibes lol!! It was such a fun day made all the more special by the lovely crew and amazing location…Dragons Den headquarters Watch the fruits of our labour combined with the fruits of yours this Friday morning on BBC 2 more info at end of post….
Vaughn loves that christmas cash
It was a year ago next week that i was at Claridges in London for the Fred Claus press junket. I never seen the movie, it looked terrible Vince Vaughn starred as the trouble some brother of one my favourite actors Paul Giamatti who played Santa Claus (sooooooo beneath him). It also had Ludacris as a elf and the kid from Idlewild in it, hence 1X’s interest. Anyways I didn’t pull the short straw of interviewing Vince (who incidentally got paid £20 million for the role), so i couldn’t tell you how genuine he is. Im thinking though its not that genuine thanks to his return in another crappy movie this season, Four Christmas’s. Starring Reese (cheesy chick flick don) Witherspoon, Jon Voight and some others it tells the tale of a couple spending christmas with their divorced parents…Hollywood reality YAWN, wonder how much they all got paid for this monstrosity. Go see at your peril
Some DvD Justice!
Justice – A Cross The Universe – Trailer from INDUSTREATE on Vimeo.
I want to see this now, like yesterday even….one of my favourite albums of 2007 didn’t see them live but in every car and bedroom i played it in, it was going off! Documentary includes cameos from Antony Kedis, the pair shopping for million dollar houses and my personal fav, Xavier & Gaspard kissing
DVD ‘Across the Universe‘ is out 24th November with a live CD mixed by Ed Banger, ill see you at the front of the queue!
Thanks to Trash Menagerie
Its a whole new world…..
Wow i can’t f**kin believe it, he won, he won! History just happened and i watched it!! OMG OMG this is the first thing that came to mind…i know its disney but its perfect, just like his speech, the campaign, the votes, the whole evening, THANK YOU AMERICA!!
Bond or Bourne?
Old debate which has took me a while to make my mind up on… Still half and half really, its a close call, their both secret goverment agents that flout rules and international laws to get their man or woman. Bond gets way more action…as in between the sheets. In a fist fight i think Bourne would take the pre 00′s Bond all day long, but Daniel Craig ain’t taken no shorts though in the recent 007 flicks making me lean on a whole towards Bond as the badder man. Not bad meaning bad but of course bad meaning good…but who do you thinks the baddest?
Watching paint dry.
Last week i got me an IMac, its gorgeous, shes’s gorgeous and i couldn’t wait to get her home and fill her full off wonderful apps that i could play with. Being as thrifty as i can i decided to partake in a little file-sharing to boost the apps i already owned. Got down with torrents, opened me ports and followed the links…BOOM! I was in business, that was until Ilife 08…It was supposed to come with the Mac but it didn’t, long story but it doesn’t matter. So i follow the link and drop the torrent into Transmission…cut to 3 days later im still watching the f***er download and its only jus half way!! Theres absolutely nothing i can do that i haven’t already tried to make this thing go faster and so i find my self sat in front of the screen, in the wee hours of the morning willing the DL speed to stay at 80k. My pirate obsession has turned me into some Gollum like creature lit dimly by 20inches of beautiful flat screen, hissing for my precious to complete, i guess that is the price i pay!
The Bollywood Harry Potter!
Who ever thought of this is a f**king genius..the fact that Warner couldn’t even bring a court case against it is classic! Hari Puttar is the story of a young boy from India who moves to England and becomes involved in a plan to save the world….sound familiar? A high court didn’t seem to think so meaning this genius piece of Bollywood cinematic ripping is getting released in India at the end of the month…i’ll be ovguide-ing this v soon 
Lights Camera Action – Taken
Movie out this month directed by Luc Besson and starring Liam Neeson as an ex-Goverment Preventor with 96 hours to save his daughter from the eastern european sex trade…..sounds to far fetched…well it just might be. Obvious flaws in the storyline plus some shockingly cheesy script moments weaken the powerful punch of this movie delivered through its gloriously brutal fight scenes and over the top car chases. Famke Janssen (Jean Grey, X-men) is the only believable character in the story having perfected the bitter rich wife role to a ‘T’ in The Whackness…is she being type cast all of a sudden? Release date on this was put back so many times this year as critics believed it was cashing in off the Madeline Mcain abduction, however i think that story was made up to give this film some sort of serious credentials…Good luck with that! This film is ‘Ransom’ meets ‘Man on Fire’ with a thick slice of Segal realism and a terrible influence as im off now to take on the Turkish sex trade operating on Blackstock rd, armed with the essential ipod speakers and the deadliest weapons….my hands!
Saturday night TV sucks!
Ok im trying to find something to ease me into an early sleep but theres nothing on the TV. I mean absoloutely nothing….right now im watching James Van Der whatever from Dawsons Creek in a serious film about a Giant Squid?! My other options are more highlights from the Olympics…which i watched all day anyways heavy but overkill, a tribute to Crossroads…hosted by Julian Clary & Fearne Brittain say no more, festival footage from Reading and Leeds (live music is so overated on tv), Sexcetera…im far to horny to watch ugly people be freaky!!
I just want to go sleep with a nice film, interesting doc, soothing audio…instead im pissed off becase telly is so fucking pants right now. Its Saturday night for god’s sakes, prime TV viewing, no wonder everyone is out binge drinking on the weekends in this country, theres nothing to stay in for TV SUCKS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. Heres the piece of poo im watchin disguised as a polished turd of a trailer…
They are now sailing out into the lake to kill the giant squid after it attacked someone on the pier…James has a plan…its so bad….im still watchin, more so cause i cant believe that he wanted to be the lead in this film…Dawsons Creek still gets re-runs right? He must be making change…enough, i would have thought, to say NO to action movies about killer squids. Killer Squids?!?!?! Giant Killer Squids…what the fuck am i watchin…who actually gave this project the green light? The best bit…its classfied as a horror…about a giant killer quid with one eye and its called ‘Eye Of The Beast’
LMFAOROFPML!!
Im home baby!
Its quiet as hell and no-one seems to be about that i know, theres no where near as many cool places to go as in London but it is cheaper…i kinda feel the same about being home as i do when i watch this video…..
Huh?
Classic scene – Mikey phone call
So in The Wackness my crush makes some grave first love mistakes on his girls answer machine when she spurns him. Acted so well by Mr Peck it was quite unbearable to watch, you felt so sorry for him, heart broken and having been the nicest of guys, at the same time you just wanted him to shut up and put down the phone cause he sounded like an idiot…it reminded me of this classic scene from Swingers.
STOP CALLING HER BACK!! 6 YEAR RELATIONSHIP? LMAO, WHEN TAPE RUNS OUT…PUT THE PHONE DOWN! Have i ever done this? Dam wait lemme think, definately not on an answer machine…oh gosh maybe i’ve wiped it from my memory…this really feels like something i could have done in the past…maybe thats why i find it so amusing…its nervous laughter!
The Wackness is all good!
Just got back from a screening (at the very rude Soho House) of this film out the end of the month and im in love with Josh Peck. Had a vague idea that this film was about the NYC hip-hop scene in the 90′s due to the poster and an even vague-er press release attached…and was wrong. Had absolutely no idea who Josh Peck was before but rightfully fell in love with his perfect portrayl of Lucas Shapiro, Luke for short, a weed dealer who doesn’t rap unless its along to his walkman. Thats right people we’re talking cassettes, Illamatic, pagers not mobiles, Notorious B.I.G & Tupac being friends, Kurt Cobain killing himself, 40 O’s, the words dope/mad luv, a whole heap of weed and loads more good stuff from the year critics call the greatest in hip-hop…1994, oh and a dam good film.
Superbly written by Jon Levine inspiring amazing performances from Ben Kingsley as the best shrink ever and Josh Peck as my ideal geek, but not so much Method Man, who should have left the Jer-may-can accent at the door. Its got a very nostalgic soundtrack for those in the 18-35 bracket that you cant help but sing along to, this instant cult classic is exactly what i was crying out for in one my previous posts. It might not be an out an out comedy homage to the green but its a beautiful film with marijuana and hip-hop connecting the characters (alongside unsual friendships and life sucking) and i can’t wait to see it again when its released. Theres some absolute classic lines that had us cringing and laughing out loud, a great contrast to the bleaker moments we have to watch these characters deal with. Think American Beauty or Garden State meets Juno or just go and watch it and appreciate the goodness of The Wackness. Sent me on a great trip down memory lane..94 a big year, for me anyways
To misery from glee in 12secs…
Sat in Catch 22 studios and Prash tells me, amid a million others things, that Cheech and Chong are making another movie! Yay Stoner heaven, 2 legendary pot heads back on the big screen reminding us its fine to be a pensioner an blaze the herb!! Ganja for all, no sand, no twigs just good old fashioned THC, where do i book my ticket? 2secs, Rejoice did i, 4secs, gaily ran me to my mucky mac and googled new+movie+cheech+chong+2008, 6secs later….
How do you like them apples the whole first page of google did not reveal it to be true, no new film, just new t-shirts (which i ordered *blush*) and a new US comedy tour….booo! Am i to just forget about the whole thing? Page 2 of google had some crappy story from back in 2003 that they were thinking about doing a new movie…am i to believe if this is tru that a) they havent pulled there fingers out and made it yet and b) that the news has only just got to Reading!
Please can someone make another stoner movie, a brand new one with totally hilarious but sexy men…that stoner model Adrienne from ANTM cycle could be in it for the lads, Matthew Mconaughey for us ladies, or just me…the market is crying out for it. I am telling you How High, Half baked they are the most recent right? Oh wait Grandmas Boy, that was slighty stonerish, classic dealer! Have i missed something? Any suggestions that are crap will not be taken on board…no part timers here thank you Can someone also please stop hating on Reading and tell it things a little sooner, cause that just ain’t right.
In keeping with the green nature of this rant i am so high this post has took me ages and contains many a fun link, please explore them all!
x
BFM @ Richmix – Shoreditch
Got invited to take part in a Q&A discussing issues raised in Chris Rocks new film, I Think I Love My Wife, at the 1st Black Film Makers event in London. It was fun, the film, the panel, justifying respect in a relationship to a male comedian, who was also part of the panel, which turned into a X vs Y debate! Maybe not the best idea after a recent heinous experience of infidelity in a relationship, my opinions bordered on bitter lesbian but it sure made for some good viewing!
Shouts to all BFM family for a great night and all in attendance for a even better vibe, see you at the next one..oh wait its Adulthood, i’ve already seen it!
