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No Bravery

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Directed by the Academy Award nominated director Steven Cantor, "James Blunt: Return to Kosovo" is a moving medley of James Blunt's songs and his memories of Kosovo in 1999, when he happened to be part of the first group of 50 soldiers to enter the war-ravaged land.


In 2006, Blunt returned to Kosovo, to see how much has changed since he returned from his mission of defending the border between Kosovo and Serbia. Blunt finds that lots of things have indeed changed for the better.

One of the most difficult bits for me to watch in the documentary is the discussion Blunt has with one of his interpreters about the interpreter's father, whose bones were found six years after he went missing. Blunt's abrupt change of topics was a little distracting: He turns to the girl next to him and asks her about her family.

While I appreciate that this documentary was a commercial device for creating a James Blunt fan machine, it had lots of genuine emotion. It was raw, emotional, and, most of all, honest. Maybe I like James Blunt just a hint more thanks to this doc. Damn the media team for James Blunt! :)

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"Rome" - WOW!

Monday, August 04, 2008

I started watching the highly acclaimed TV show "Rome" after a whole bunch of friends talked non-stop about all the things wonderful in this show, namely, the dialogue, the actors, the acting, the sets.

I even lied to Gina last year, saying that I had indeed seen it, because I felt so pressured to see it: Somehow, I was supposed to have seen it.

After seeing season 1, I can safely say that my friends were right. This show is ADDICTIVE! It's great, and it's such a pity that the producers ran out of money following season 2 because they spent all of their funds creating authentic sets and making everything feel Rome-esque from 50BC.

Besides the super-sexy English accent they all sport, of course, I watch this show partly because unimaginably attractive actors appear on the screen, and a good few of them are bound to get naked at least once in an episode, and naked they get. They do it with everyone and anyone, and they don't care...

Kevin McKidd ("Kingdom of Heaven"...the blond hottie above) as Lucius Vorenus, Ray Stevenson ("King Arthur") as Titus Pullo, James Purefoy ("Vanity Fair"...the semi-hairy chested hunk in a "Bedrooms and Hallways" scene above) as Mark Antony, are all some of my favourite actors, and when they get rough, naked and verbal, well, then, I rest my case...

I have a special place in my heart for Polly Walker ("Patriot Games") who plays Atia of the Julii. She is funny, witty, sarcastic, sacrificial, cheap, evil, and quite entertaining. I can't wait to watch Season 2! What a great substitute for a boyfriend!

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