Mike Riversdale

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them.

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them. ---- 24th April, 2001 Hard Boiled Hong Kong, 1992 Directed by John Woo With: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Running length: 2 hours 7 minutes Funny story to this one... due to circumstances beyond the control of mere men (squeamish co-viewer). This time round I only saw about 20 minutes of the movie. But nevermind, that's enough to give you the flavour, and anyway, I've seen it several times before. So what have we got.... the movie opens peacefully, with a visit to a teahouse. Hong Kong tea houses are gentle, civilised places where citizens meet to philosophise & generally chill out over a few cups of char. Enter the Hong Kong police force, staking out a bunch of gangsters suspected of doing their business from the premises. While I didn't time it, I estimate that Hard Boiled remains peaceful for approximately 2 minu...

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them. 20th April, 2001 15 minutes, just 15 minutes, that’s all we want. 15 minutes of peace & quite. Why??? Well, this is the first time that I’ve been able to sit down in front of the pc for 5 weeks and write the second letter from UK. The reason? Quite simple really. Tomos David Burge was born on 19th March and since then life has been somewhat hectic with night-time feeds, nappy changes and of course, lots of hugs and cuddles. Not only do we have the needs of young Tomos to contend with, we also have Philippa (5) and Georgina (3). A real handful but luckily the girls love their little brother and can’t do enough to help (in their own way of course!). By the time they are all asleep and things are quiet, we’ve only had the energy to fall into bed to grab a few hours sleep before the whole circus starts again. On the morning of t...

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them. ----- 9th April, 2001 The Celluloid Closet USA 1995 Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman With: Tom Hanks, Tony Curtis, Gore Vidal, Susan Sarandon, et al. Narrated by Lily Tomlin Running length: 1 hour 42 minutes Ever see Howard Hawk's classic western Red River? Did you guffaw when John Ireland asks Monty Clift if he can see his "fancy gun" and offers to show him his? How about Ben Hur? What exactly was it Messala (Stephen Boyd) wanted from Hur (Charlton Heston)? Specifically, what, that involved so much eyelash batting....? Or Spartacus? Do you prefer snails or oysters? Or both? The Celluloid Closet is basically a string of clips from movies both famous & obscure, linked by talking heads (also both famous & obscure). I love documentaries with clips from movies. I get a buzz seeing how many I know. ...

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them. ----- 5 April, 2001 I'm starting to think these little rants of mine should be called "Lifestyles of the broke and indecisive." Several weeks ago I fled the vast shores of China for a new, glamorous and better-paid life in Australia. And where am I? Wellington. (That's in New Zealand.) I had a great ole time in 'stralia, but managed to find myself somewhat directionless- oh and jobless. I arrived to a balmy - ok, hot- Sydney day…clean air, bright blue skies and sparkling waters. Oh how lovely it all was. Habour views, the Opera house, ferry rides into town and that very cool bridge of theirs. As I've never been to Australia before, so I popped off on a bus tour of South Australia through to Victoria and back to Syders. The trip down to Adelaide was trying, to put it mildly. Hours on the bus, with the o...

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them.

From the Web 1.0 days I bring you  The Forum . To preserve them for posterity as Geocities can no longer be found but also it's fun to re-read some of them.