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The Gondoliers
Posted at May 07, 2015So. What did I do after watching John Wick? I nearly forgot — why I should keep this blog up to date — but I saw a production of Gilbert and…
John Wick
Posted at May 07, 2015Sorry! I started writing this post in particular ages ago (OK, a month) but never got around to finishing it. Tonight I catch up. So. John…
Runs In The Family
Posted at March 31, 2015A few years ago I went to the show “An Evening with Neil Gaiman & Amanda Palmer” at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver (November 201…
Moll
Posted at February 22, 2015I recently saw another play at the Gaiety Theatre. At some point they’ll have a special seat reserved for me, no doubt. This time it was…
Jupiter Ascending
Posted at February 12, 2015Right! I just watched this film tonight. It wasn’t good, but I enjoyed it. Thoughts: CG action sequences are incredibly boring. As cool as…
Ex Machina
Posted at February 12, 2015I went to see Ex Machina a few weeks ago with the meetup group. It’s about a dev for some Facebook/Google amalgamation called “Bluebook” who…
Quick Update
Posted at January 24, 2015Due to an increase in spam, I’m disabling comments on all posts older than two weeks. Accordingly, I’ll try to post more frequently so that…
The Peter Pan Panto
Posted at December 13, 2014Madness. The Gaiety Theatre was packed, almost all school children (something like ten school groups were there). They were encouraged to…
The Imitation Game
Posted at December 13, 2014Another movie, yarr. If I remember correctly, I described it afterwards as “well-made rubbish”. It just felt artificial. The framing device…
Interstellar
Posted at December 13, 2014I liked it. It felt like three movies smushed together. I don’t think it entirely worked — in particular, the emotional core of the movie is…