Hock
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Music, movies and the occasional bit of TV. Sometimes those intersect with other aspects of life.
Finding it really hard to sort a favourite albums list this year.
December 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Finding it really hard to sort a favourite albums list this year.
The Specialist (1994)
Director: Luis Llosa
This is one of those wonderful situations where a couple of actors think they are in a great movie and one guy knows he is in a bad movie. So much unintentional comedy here that it becomes a fun watch. The poster is almost as funny as the movie.
Director: Luis Llosa
This is one of those wonderful situations where a couple of actors think they are in a great movie and one guy knows he is in a bad movie. So much unintentional comedy here that it becomes a fun watch. The poster is almost as funny as the movie.
November 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The Specialist (1994)
Director: Luis Llosa
This is one of those wonderful situations where a couple of actors think they are in a great movie and one guy knows he is in a bad movie. So much unintentional comedy here that it becomes a fun watch. The poster is almost as funny as the movie.
Director: Luis Llosa
This is one of those wonderful situations where a couple of actors think they are in a great movie and one guy knows he is in a bad movie. So much unintentional comedy here that it becomes a fun watch. The poster is almost as funny as the movie.
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
I’ve owned this for years and only just gotten around to watching it. I should have done so when I bought it. What a fabulous film. A real one for lovers of film.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
I’ve owned this for years and only just gotten around to watching it. I should have done so when I bought it. What a fabulous film. A real one for lovers of film.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
I’ve owned this for years and only just gotten around to watching it. I should have done so when I bought it. What a fabulous film. A real one for lovers of film.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
I’ve owned this for years and only just gotten around to watching it. I should have done so when I bought it. What a fabulous film. A real one for lovers of film.
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This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is an accidentally honest answer. What she's saying in code is:
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
"The President is a misogynist, petulant bully. You've all seen him be a misogynist, petulant bully. And lots of voters out there are also misogynist or petulant or bullies and that's why they like him."
Better Man (2024)
Director: Michael Gracey
Boy I really did not like this movie. It looks great and sounds great but the use of the CGI monkey in the Robbie Williams part did not work for me at all.
Director: Michael Gracey
Boy I really did not like this movie. It looks great and sounds great but the use of the CGI monkey in the Robbie Williams part did not work for me at all.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Better Man (2024)
Director: Michael Gracey
Boy I really did not like this movie. It looks great and sounds great but the use of the CGI monkey in the Robbie Williams part did not work for me at all.
Director: Michael Gracey
Boy I really did not like this movie. It looks great and sounds great but the use of the CGI monkey in the Robbie Williams part did not work for me at all.
Green Room (2015)
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
I had seen Green Room before but I remember being very distracted at the time and didn’t really absorb it so consider this a first time watch. What a great little film for its genre. Not for the faint hearted.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
I had seen Green Room before but I remember being very distracted at the time and didn’t really absorb it so consider this a first time watch. What a great little film for its genre. Not for the faint hearted.
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Green Room (2015)
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
I had seen Green Room before but I remember being very distracted at the time and didn’t really absorb it so consider this a first time watch. What a great little film for its genre. Not for the faint hearted.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
I had seen Green Room before but I remember being very distracted at the time and didn’t really absorb it so consider this a first time watch. What a great little film for its genre. Not for the faint hearted.
The Big Chill (1983)
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Never really knew what this film was about. A lot going on here but to be honest I didn’t really enjoy any of it. Every single character here is unlikeable and their plot lines are stupid. I don’t believe any of these people would actually be friends.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Never really knew what this film was about. A lot going on here but to be honest I didn’t really enjoy any of it. Every single character here is unlikeable and their plot lines are stupid. I don’t believe any of these people would actually be friends.
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Big Chill (1983)
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Never really knew what this film was about. A lot going on here but to be honest I didn’t really enjoy any of it. Every single character here is unlikeable and their plot lines are stupid. I don’t believe any of these people would actually be friends.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Never really knew what this film was about. A lot going on here but to be honest I didn’t really enjoy any of it. Every single character here is unlikeable and their plot lines are stupid. I don’t believe any of these people would actually be friends.
Urban Legend (1998)
Director: Jamie Blanks
It’s quite stunning how this film looks so good but is so bad.
Director: Jamie Blanks
It’s quite stunning how this film looks so good but is so bad.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Urban Legend (1998)
Director: Jamie Blanks
It’s quite stunning how this film looks so good but is so bad.
Director: Jamie Blanks
It’s quite stunning how this film looks so good but is so bad.
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"Also amazing are pancakes, folks. A new word nobody has ever heard. I came up with it. They're like cakes but from a pan. I call them pancakes. Christians too. Adopting to pancakes. Very big stuff. Ballroom. Huge. And some say flarpnozzle bing. Bingidy bangidy. So sad. Flurp."
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Also amazing are pancakes, folks. A new word nobody has ever heard. I came up with it. They're like cakes but from a pan. I call them pancakes. Christians too. Adopting to pancakes. Very big stuff. Ballroom. Huge. And some say flarpnozzle bing. Bingidy bangidy. So sad. Flurp."
Just watched The Running Man. Can someone explain Glen Powell’s redeeming qualities to me please.
November 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Just watched The Running Man. Can someone explain Glen Powell’s redeeming qualities to me please.
Nina + Field of Cops should be the final song on Heavy Metal.
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Nina + Field of Cops should be the final song on Heavy Metal.
Love seeing an opposition party faction smugly come out of a party room after winning a vote that will doom them to opposition status for a while to come.
Yesterday's Liberal partyroom meeting revealed a significant majority of MPs and senators want the party's commitment to net zero dropped, and Labor is pushing forward with its news bargaining incentive.
Liberal partyroom sets fire to net zero
Yesterday's Liberal partyroom meeting revealed a significant majority of MPs and senators want the party's commitment to net zero dropped, and Labor is pushing forward with its news bargaining incentive.
www.crikey.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Love seeing an opposition party faction smugly come out of a party room after winning a vote that will doom them to opposition status for a while to come.
Morning all. Have a wild Wednesday.
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Morning all. Have a wild Wednesday.
Morning all. Have a taut Tuesday.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Morning all. Have a taut Tuesday.
I still don’t know who is through. Maria and Bailey are bloody awful. #MKR But then again, Lol and Lil not exactly charmers tonight either.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I still don’t know who is through. Maria and Bailey are bloody awful. #MKR But then again, Lol and Lil not exactly charmers tonight either.
My prediction for tonight is that Lol and Lil will cook some excellent nuggies and chips and Maria and Bailey will cook sautéed Madagascan sea bass with an orange and fennel glaze and will completely screw it up. #MKR
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My prediction for tonight is that Lol and Lil will cook some excellent nuggies and chips and Maria and Bailey will cook sautéed Madagascan sea bass with an orange and fennel glaze and will completely screw it up. #MKR
Morning all. Have a merciful Monday.
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Morning all. Have a merciful Monday.
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In these dark times we must take joy wherever we find it, and I delight in every picture of how hideous Trump has made his White House look. No part of the decoration has been made to fit with any other. It’s a parody of elitism: witless, crude, clumsy, jarring, cheap, ugly, pathetic. It’s so him
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In these dark times we must take joy wherever we find it, and I delight in every picture of how hideous Trump has made his White House look. No part of the decoration has been made to fit with any other. It’s a parody of elitism: witless, crude, clumsy, jarring, cheap, ugly, pathetic. It’s so him