Movies-and-TV

The Man

Here’s something to ponder: There’s this TV-show called CSI, and it seems that people either love it or hate it. I, and I’m not afraid to admit it, love it. All three versions of it. There’s just something soothing in watching beautiful people get bludgeoned to

Movies-and-TV

Knight Rider

I know I’m a bit late, but here’s something I noticed a few days back. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, the IOC announced in Guatemala who would hold the Olympic Winter Games in 2014. Salzburg was among the cities that really wanted to hold these games.

cheese

Lunch and Simpsons

In an effort to actually eat all the food I took home from the Easter vacation, I recently devoured the equivalent of about half a cow and two whole pigs during the 25 minutes of one Simpsons episode. It gets hardly better than that. PS: I just noticed I didn’

Movies-and-TV

Oskar Werner...All Caught Up

The Internets is full of wondrous things, one of which is this tribute video to Oskar Werner I found on YouTube. While the fact that something like this exists on YouTube only slightly mystifies me, I do wonder though why the creator of this video chose to add a song

Books

The Brothers Lionheart

When we were young, my parents always made sure we had enough books to read. One of the most read authors back then was Astrid Lindgren, whose books always were a lot more than simple youth fiction. Her books brilliantly managed to capture what it’s like to be a

Movies-and-TV

...and so they went

So, Oscar Night is over, and the only really interesting thing about the show was Jack Nicholson’s enormous head. And once again I was baffled by the selection of songs they had nominated for an Oscar. Now, I didn’t exactly do a whole lot of research apart from

celebration

And again...

Last year we were unable to witness from the cozy confines of our own home the greatness that is a self-celebratory wankfest, mainly due to a certain cable company promising things they couldn’t hold. Today we’re on the eve of the first Oscar Night in our very own

Movies-and-TV

Hostel - A Review

I recently came around to watch Hostel, the movie which had had enjoyed quite a box office success and which many claimed was the most gory, horrible, sickening movie they’d ever seen. Oh well. Unfortunately, the movie is just one big, stinking mess. The script is ridiculous, with plot

Movies-and-TV

Little Amadeus and possible spin-offs

Only recently I was made aware of (meaning, I turned on the TV and saw) a TV cartoon show called “Little Amadeus”. I was hooked the moment I heard the theme song, which basically was a song about little Mozart having all sorts of fun being little and a genius.

cable

Understanding

Today I got a letter from our cable company. Inside, there was a laconic message that went something like this: “We ask for your understanding that starting next month, the monthly fees for our services will be raised by 30 Euro-Cents.” Now, usually I’m really quite an understanding person.

cellphones

IQ test

MTV and other clones of the Viacom owned company have resorted a while ago already to selling ringtones and broadcasting E! documentaries on Paris Hilton’s dog. Lately though, people seem to have tired of the ringtones, so now they’re not only selling ringtones, but other stuff as well.

documentary

The Road to Guantanamo

We went and saw The Road to Guantanamo last Saturday. It’s a drama/documentary about and with the Tipton Three, which are three UK citizens who were held in Guantanamo Bay for two years, then released, and not charged with anything at all. There were a lot of things

austria

SOS ORF

Since I’ve done my share of ORF bashing on here (for the uninitiated, ORF is Austrian’s national broadcaster), I’m glad to announce that I’ve had the opportunity to sign an online petition that demands better and less politically motivated programming. The great thing is that the

Apple

How to get on TV

It used to be quite difficult to get on TV (so I’ve heard), but the last few years have made it increasingly easier (so I’ve seen), not least due to the advent of talk-shows and reality crap like “Big Brother”. I always thought that, well, it can’t

Movies-and-TV

We feed the world

Yesterday, in the course of an extraordinary Sunday which, among other things, was filled with breakfast at the MuseumsQuartier Wien and a visit to the MuMoK, we went and saw “We feed the world”, a documentary exploring, among other things, the origin of the food we consume here in Austria.