Archive for December, 2007

12 Posts of Christmas (No. 2)

Writes ck on December 13th, 2007

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Today we bring you the opportunity to impose your face or the face of those you know onto the body of an elf. Said elf will then do some form of crazy dance and have your entire office in fits of laughter, racing to impose their own heads. Its all very simple and straightforward to [...]

‘Once’ receives 2 Grammy Nominations

Writes ck on December 12th, 2007

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I’m reporting this news a bit late but its noteworthy nevertheless that Irish movie ‘Once’ has been nominated for two Grammy awards, namely Best Compilation Soundtrack Album in a Motion Picture while one of its songs, Falling Slowly, was nominated in the Best Song category. It will compete with US films, Hairspray and Dream Girls. [...]

Christmas Starts Here

Writes ck on December 12th, 2007

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So today begins the Dossing Times 12 day countdown to Christmas. 12 posts of random Christmas related trivia, videos, information and whatever else strikes us over the next while. Those of you who can add will know it is in fact 12 days to Christmas Eve but I won’t be posting on Christmas Day! So [...]

Movie Review: ‘Youth Without Youth’

Writes ck on December 11th, 2007

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Francis Ford Coppola, despite his status as a mould breaker in film, suffers the same burden of having to bow to the ignominy of the Hollywood studio system and its demands of crowd-pleasing output. Consequently, you cannot help but wish for a project such as his adaptation of Mircea Eliade’s novella ‘Youth without Youth’, to [...]

New Indy Art Work……….

Writes ck on December 11th, 2007

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…………the most exciting bit? - the words May 22

CIA Admits to Destroying Interrogation Tapes

Writes ck on December 7th, 2007

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BBC coverage here

Top 6 Friday: Vocal Performances in a Movie

Writes ck on December 6th, 2007

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To mark a birthday, the promise of a night of karaoke and also just some good entertainment here is my selection of actors lending their vocal ability to the flsm they have starred in.

6. OK so Hugh Grant rarely deserves mentions in any list worth compiling but I enjoyed ‘Abot a Boy’ and I enjoyed [...]

Random stuff

Writes simon on December 6th, 2007

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One of my favorite bloggers is back Palestinian Princess , now married and living in New York. But still with incites of her home. Check it out.
Also posts today from Irish Election by me today
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New Motor Tax will encourage more pollution.
There Is a lively discussion over [...]

A 9 minute wine ad

Writes ck on December 5th, 2007

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Now here is advertising. A nine minute ad for a bottle of wine based on the idea of Martin Scorscese embarking on a project to bring 3 pages of a never completed Hitchcock script to the screen, encompassing both a mockumentary style format and the eventual outcome of the recreation - a gorgeous homage to [...]

The Dossing Times predicts………

Writes ck on December 5th, 2007

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Casey Affleck for an Oscar nomination next January. ‘The Assassination of Jesse James’ may be the most unique and distinctive film of the year, with muted intense performances played out in surrounds of the most striking beauty I have seen on film for an age. This is not a crowd pleaser, this is not a [...]