Home | Start a blog | About Orble | FAQ | Sites | Writers | Advertise | My Orble | Login
 

RubySoho

Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


Joined February 21st 2008

Number of Posts:
159

Number of Comments:
2941

Karma:
10



About Me
No details about me yet :(

Tags & Posts

Bookmark Tags



Popular Tags

Popular Posts

Blogs

RubySoho's Blogs

1008 Vote(s)
72 Comment(s)
11 Post(s)
25001 Vote(s)
3422 Comment(s)
204 Post(s)
108629 Vote(s)
7826 Comment(s)
1051 Post(s)

I mentor these bloggers

Learn more about the Orble Mentoring Program.


I do not mentor any bloggers.

Recent Posts

Leave Brittany Alone...

December 23rd 2009 23:06


...Brittany Murphy that is. I'm astounded at all the finger pointing, speculation, claims and counter claims. A family has just lost a young daughter, can we not let them grieve and just wait until the coroner's report before discussing how she died and why?

When my 31 year old brother died suddenly from a cardiac malfunction we had to put up with whispers of drug use and conspiracy. Turns out he had a heart defect. That's all. Maybe i wouldn't feel this way if I hadn't lost someone I loved at such a young age. But I did and all I think of is the absolute hell Murphy's family is going through because we went through it too. Magnified by a thousand because they know the whole world has to have an opinion on it.

52
Vote
Comments (3)Comments (3) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


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.
64
Vote
Comments (10)Comments (10) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


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.
62
Vote
Comments (7)Comments (7) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


Post Deleted

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.
60
Vote
Comments (15)Comments (15) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


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
[ Click here to read more ]
126
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (12)Comments (12) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: HIPSTERS

August 19th 2009 22:15
Hipsters (2008)

Director: Valery Todorovsky


[ Click here to read more ]
48
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (8)Comments (8) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: NOBODY BUT US

August 17th 2009 10:12
Nobody But Us

Director: Sergei Govorukhin


[ Click here to read more ]
69
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (5)Comments (5) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


Russian Resurrection Film Festival 09: WILD FIELD

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


[ Click here to read more ]
69
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (7)Comments (7) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


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


[ Click here to read more ]
141
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (20)Comments (20) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


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


[ Click here to read more ]
58
Vote
Read MoreRead More Comments (2)Comments (2) Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: RubySoho - Category: No Category
   


  

Recent Comments

Comment by RubySoho
on Sex Sells: The Astronomical Rise of Taylor Lautner

February 7th 2010 23:47


Music Zone
Thought Zone
well if it makes you feel any better, I read that the two Taylors have broken up. I don't know why I know that.

I didn't find Lautner any worse or any better than anyone else in the Twilight films...

Comment by RubySoho
on Vera Farmiga: The sexiest woman in Hollywood?

February 5th 2010 03:28


Music Zone
Thought Zone
I think one of the reasons i liked it so much was because i felt it was underrated. to be truthful i'm not generally a fan of action movies so i probably haven't seen as many Bigelow films as you guys, but Strange Days really appealed to me.
But then, that could also be because I was slightly stoned both times i saw it. i had just arrived in LA on my first big overseas trip and i was getting a kick out of seeing all the landmarks i had just visited appear in the film. Ah good times.

I think movies can be like music in that sometimes you hang on to them because they remind you of a certain time in your life. Still, even if not huge fans, you guys gotta admit Angela Bassett rocked heavily in that film.

Comment by RubySoho
on Vera Farmiga: The sexiest woman in Hollywood?

February 4th 2010 05:57


Music Zone
Thought Zone
yeah, the stats are shameful. but this sort of stuff does not happen in a void. as long as women are recognised primarily on whether they are sexy or not, then they will struggle to be taken seriously in whatever endevours they undertake.

it shouldn't matter how long Bigelow has been around. if the second that a woman threatens to become just as or more successful than a man, he then turns around and starts making comments on her 'beauty', you can be sure it's another, subtle form of discrimination, a way of putting her back in her rightful place- as an sex object.

p.s Bryn- my Bigelow fav is Strange Days.

Comment by RubySoho
on Vera Farmiga: The sexiest woman in Hollywood?

February 3rd 2010 10:55


Music Zone
Thought Zone
I'd be pretty surprised if Bigelow doesn't win now after her DGA victory. I do think however, her biggest competition may be Tarantino rather than Cameron. I don't usually make award predictions but Hollywood would be mad if they didn't acknowledge the zeitgeist. after Clinton (and Palin) came so close to the White House, I think the masses are ready to see some more female firsts.

Also, the comments I was referring to were more smutty than snide though. Complimenting the first female director to win the guild's directing award on her sexy legs? Is this how we acknowledge major historical moments? It doesn't matter how many cracks there are in the glass ceiling if the measure of a woman's worth is always reduced to her sex appeal.

Comment by RubySoho
on Vera Farmiga: The sexiest woman in Hollywood?

February 2nd 2010 09:19


Music Zone
Thought Zone
I don't really understand why such a talented and thoughtful film critic is focusing on this. But then I don't understand why Kathryn Bigelow, upon becoming the first female to win the DGA award for best director, had to deal with comments thrown at her by her male peers that appeared to give her more kudos for her appearance than for her talent. Such is the lot of a woman I guess.

Comment by RubySoho
on Top 40 Films of the Last Decade (2000-2009)

January 12th 2010 22:28


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Not a fan of subtitles I see.



Comment by RubySoho
on Why has the Lord foresaken Palestinians?

January 11th 2010 08:51


Music Zone
Thought Zone
So S.L., I am assuming that if Canada got attacked and taken over by 'the Muslims' tomorrow then you would gladly give them say, Nevada? Or how about New Mexico? Come on, it's only a chunk of land, mostly desert. And Canadians are Christians too right, so you know, if they need a homeland after theirs is occupied and subsumed and after they have been violently ejected from their homes, then you should happily give them yours.

It's only fair. I'm sure everyone in Nevada and New Mexico will understand.



Comment by RubySoho
on Why has the Lord foresaken Palestinians?

January 9th 2010 07:51


Music Zone
Thought Zone
Unfortunately Israel is the cause du jour of the conservative movement in America. Obama's hands are tied. Any move to aid the Palestinians and attempt to force Israel to withdraw the illegal settlements will only result in cries of anti-Semitism and from the right.

Israels' treatment of the Palestinians is the greatest travesty in the world today, made even greater by the lack of knowledge and awareness that Israel's supporters have.

Oh and he probably doesn't exist. That's most likely why God has forsaken them.

Comment by RubySoho
on Best films of 2009

January 7th 2010 09:38


Music Zone
Thought Zone
I'm so glad you included 500 Days of Summer. That's actually my favourite of the year, although I have yet to see the three you voted ahead of that.

Comment by RubySoho
on Nowhere Boy

January 4th 2010 00:26


Music Zone
Thought Zone
yeah, i agree that Johnson was perhaps miscast. all i could think when he flexed his biceps was that Lennon was never that buff!

i quite enjoyed the film but it won't linger with me. the major effect it had was getting me thinking how close the Beatles came to never actually existing! they are such a part of our human legacy that its easy to take them for granted and assume they were always meant to be. but watching this movie and seeing how completely different Lennon's life could have been...makes me think of all the talented nobodies out there for whom the planets just won't align like they did for Lennon and mcCartney. but to be honest if it wasn't for the fact that i was watching the early life of the John Lennon then it is quite possible i would have lost interest in the film about half way through.

also, i think this film suffered somewhat in the editing process. there was a hint of an almost incestuous relationship between John and Julia which went nowhere. i think if you are going to suggest some sort of Oedipus complex then you are obliged to follow it through. Ditto for the the relationship between Mimi and her boarder.

but probably the biggest surprise in the film for me was how sunny and pleasant Taylor Wood made Liverpool feel. not the drab, dreary town of popular folklore that's for sure.