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RubySoho

Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


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ThoughtZone: Fair and Balanced

October 29th 2009 01:56
Yesterday I posted this mega-cute pic of Jesus Christ Barack Obama holding a wee little pink baby (complete with fairy wings and all). I hope this doesn't give the impression that I am in any way bias in my political leanings. So it is in the interests of Free Speech fair and balanced journalism I am now posting another politician-with-baby photo, this time featuring none other than Obama's predecessor George W Bush.



bush angry baby





Heh. Out of the mouths of babes I tell ya.
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The Cutest Picture In The World

October 28th 2009 02:05
obama baby wings







Damn but if that man doesn't know how to hold a baby.
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October 1st 2009 12:27
Sorry to those of you who commented on my "Why, Natalie Portman, Why?" post and who may therefore be wondering what happened to it. No, it wasn't Harvey Weinstein monitoring the internets for any anti-Polanski diatribes, I deleted it on account of it not being very thoughtful. I will have another crack at the issue when I have calmed down a little and attempted to see things from the other point of view.
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On Things That Infuriate Me

August 24th 2009 20:17
Even as women's rights groups in Afghanistan were protesting against a new law which effectively makes it legal for Shia Muslim men to rape their wives, women in the landlocked African country of Mali were also protesting a new law. But in Mali's case the new law actually strengthened the rights of women by giving them equal rights in marriage and strengthening their inheritance rights as well as those of children born out of wedlock.

So why were these women protesting? Because they, as part of the tens of thousands who attended protest rallies across the country believe the new is un-Islamic. From the BBC
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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: HIPSTERS

August 19th 2009 22:15
Hipsters (2008)

Director: Valery Todorovsky


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: NOBODY BUT US

August 17th 2009 10:12
Nobody But Us

Director: Sergei Govorukhin


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: WILD FIELD

August 12th 2009 22:47
Wild Field (2008)
Director: Mikhail Kalatozishvili
Starring: Oleg Dolin, Daniela Sroyanovich


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The Most Trusted Journalist In America

July 28th 2009 09:20
For many years it was celebrated anchorman Walter Cronkite. But when he died earlier this month Time magazine conducted a nation wide survey, asking 9409 Americans this question: Now that Walter Cronkite has passed on, who is America's most trusted newscaster?

To make it easier Time kindly made it a multiple choice question with surveyees choosing between Charlie Gibson (ABC), Brian Williams (NBC). Katie Couric (CBS) and Jon Stewart (Comedy Central


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Russian Resurrection Film Festival

July 28th 2009 08:35
The 2009 Russian Resurrection Film Festival hits Australian screens this month, kicking off in Melbourne at Palace Cinema Como on the 19th August. The festival will then roll into all major capital cities finishing off in Canberra. Dates are as follows:

Melbourne Palace Cinema Como 19 – 26 Aug


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How My Brother Died

July 7th 2009 03:49
The day after my brother died the police handed us the Coroner's certificate. The sudden and shocking death of my 31 year old brother was summarised in four cold words: Cardiac Tamponade, Aortic Dissection. No, we had no idea what it meant either.

My brother wasn't sick. At least not as far as we knew knew. A few days before his death he complained of some chest and back pains but two visits to his GP only yielded the advice to rest up and go to the hospital if the pain got worse. For his part, my brother googled his symptoms and the best Dr Google could do was advise him that he possibly had pesticide poisoning. The GP agreed. So two days before he died my brother told me that he was not feeling a hundred percent because he had eaten too many mandarins


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Comment by RubySoho
on Twilight: New Moon ($16-)

November 20th 2009 07:59


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Oh no, you didn't just compare this tripe to Romeo and Juliet. You'll have the bard spinning in his grave for eternity.
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I'm sorry to say I don't get all the hype around this "saga". I just don't get it. Just because it's based on a series of children's novels and is aimed at fans of said novels, doesn't mean it should get excused for being poorly written, poorly made and poorly acted.

But each to his own.

Comment by RubySoho
on SCREAM

November 19th 2009 07:14


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Oops, I seem to have contradicted myself in my two comments. Let me rephrase it, I think Luhrmann obviously would have wanted the film to be be viewed in any era and still be considered a good film, however he was still focused on making it a 90s rendition. But it was just so 90s it got stuck there.

perhaps viewed purely as a extreme stylistic it isn't so much that it dates, but that it becomes a modern work of art and thus renders it dateless, but of a time.

I think that is exactly what Luhrmann was going for and at the time I thought he had succeeded but watching it now, I really don' t think it holds up.

I've never sat through all of Zefferelli's version and I don't think Shakespeare has to be played straight, i just think Luhrmann overdid it. Which is of course very unlike him .


Oh and sorry for derailing this thread fog.

Comment by RubySoho
on SCREAM

November 19th 2009 03:18


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Yeah, I wasn't really talking about Australia as that is a whole different kettle of fish. And I don't think Luhrmann intended for Rome Juliet not to stand the test of time, it's just some of the stylistic choices he made have dated the film considerably. It was designed to be young, hip, flashy and super cool and at the time it was. Luhrmann was so intent on showing how Shakespeare was still relevant to the modern day that he succeed in making seem relevant to the modern day in which it was made but no longer relevant now. That's just my take on it.

Comment by RubySoho
on SCREAM

November 18th 2009 10:25


Music Zone
Thought Zone
i think some films lose their power when taken out of the context of the time in which they were made. i haven't revisited this film in recent years but your review and the comments remind me of how i felt when re-watching Baz Luhrmann's version of Romeo Juliet. it dated terribly, the fast editing was garish, the music was overbearing and the acting much cheesier than i remember.

i don't think Luhrmann really intended for it to be a timeless rendition, it was very much made for the moment and designed to encapsulate the mid ninieties.

Comment by RubySoho
on The Big Steal

November 12th 2009 21:00


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I do wonder how the film would have turned out if Tass had taken it on. Probably a good deal less sentimental I'd say. And yeah, I think her place in Hollywood would have been sealed if she'd taken it on. You never which decision you make is going to be the one that defines you.

Comment by RubySoho
on The Big Steal

November 12th 2009 09:23


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Nope. Totally serious. She came in and gave a guest lecture in my last year at the VCA. She tried to tell us that she didn't regret the decision but we were all like COME ON! It's Forrest Gump! I can't remember what she made instead. But suffice to say it was probably the wrong decision.

Comment by RubySoho
on The Big Steal

November 12th 2009 08:02


Music Zone
Thought Zone
did you guys know that Nadia Tass turned down an offer to direct Forrest Gump? She didn't want to be typecast.

Comment by RubySoho
on Amélie

November 9th 2009 10:36


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I don't know if it's the character or Tatou herself but I couldn't stand this movie. "I like to crack creme brulee with a spoon". Uurgh. I'd like to crack her head with a spoon.

Comment by RubySoho
on Revising History, the PC Way

November 3rd 2009 21:00


Music Zone
Thought Zone
is there an article somewhere on this that i could read?

Comment by RubySoho
on Revising History, the PC Way

November 3rd 2009 03:00


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what exactly did the man want to put on the plaque?