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Man Out Of Time

So this is where he came to hide
When he ran from you
In a private detective overcoat
And dirty dead man’s shoes

The pretty things of Knightsbridge
Lying for a minister of state
Are a far cry from the nod and wink
Here at traitor’s gate

‘Cause the high heel he used to be has been ground down
And he listens to the footsteps that would follow him around

To murder my love is a crime
But will you still love
A man out of time

There’s a tuppeny hapenny millionaire
Looking for a fourpenny one
With a tight grip on the short hairs
Of the public imagination

But for his private wife and kids somehow
Real life becomes a rumour
Days of dutch courage
Just three French letters
And a German sense of humour

He’s got a mind like a sewer and a heart like a fridge
He stands to be insulted and he pays for the privilege

To murder my love is a crime
But will you still love
A man out of time

The biggest wheels of industry
Retire sharp and short
And the after dinner overtures
Are nothing but an after thought
Somebody’s creeping in the kitchen
There’s a reputation to be made
Whose nerves are always on a knife’s edge
Who’s up late polishing the blade

Love is always scarpering or cowering or fawning
You drink yourself insensitive and hate yourself in the morning

To murder my love is a crime
But will you still love
A man out of time

Will you still love
A man out of time

Will you still love
A man out of time

Elvis Costello

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Gone Baby Gone

“I always believed it was the things you don’t choose that makes you who you are. Your city, your neighborhood, your family. People here take pride in these things, like it was something they’d accomplished. The bodies around their souls, the cities wrapped around those. I lived on this block my whole life; most of these people have. When your job is to find people who are missing, it helps to know where they started. I find the people who started in the cracks and then fell through. This city can be hard. When I was young, I asked my priest how you could get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He told me what God said to His children. “You are sheep among wolves. Be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.”

This opening monologue to Ben Affleck’s extraordinary directorial debut sets the stall out for one of the most compelling and atmospheric thrillers of recent time. Based on the novel by MYSTIC RIVER author Dennis Lehane and set in a similar, tough, uncompromising Boston locale, GONE BABY GONE has arrived on DVD almost one year after it’s cinema release in the US. The film deals with the search for a missing four-year-old blonde girl named Amanda McCready. In her name and physical appearance, the fictional Amanda resembles poor Madeleine McCann in the most spooky of ways – and Disney, the film’s distributor in the UK and Ireland, apparently felt it insensitive to push any quick release in the aftermath and furore of that particular tragic train of events.

The above intro is spoken by Casey Affleck, brother of Ben, who plays Patrick Kenzie, a private investigator, who along with partner Angie Gennaro (the naturally beautiful Michelle Monaghan) live together and know the neighbourhood. Both are hired by Amanda’s concerned aunt and uncle to knock on ever suspicious local doors immediately closed to the police in the hope of getting some manner of lead on the missing child.

Amanda’s mother Helene (Amy Ryan) is a drug-addicted single parent, a human wreck of desperation, at times riddled with guilt for neglecting her child, yet also selfishly far removed from any true realistic grasp of action and consequence.
Throw in shady local hoods and personalities, compromised police practices having to be applied to necessitate any form of judicial progress (with two excellent performances from veteran legends Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris in particular) and we have a bracing, thoroughly thought provoking piece of cinema.

The other remarkable performance comes from the director’s younger brother, playing the unlikeliest, least conventional of movie heroes – a wiry, pallid individual who reveals an unexpected toughness and determination that belies his boyish appearance and relative inexperience. A noble character with a strong, painful sense of good.

There are a few narrative lapses along the movie’s unpredictable route to resolution, but these are minor and pardonable in a thriller as brooding and edgy as this.

The much talked about similarities to the McCann case are indeed notable, and at times this is not easy to watch – not so much in any graphic sense, but in it’s exploration of the depths of human tragedy and misunderstanding.
Emotional and ethical quandries abound, and it is Affleck’s naturalistic treatment of these morally complex scenarios, together with his love for authentic locations in keeping with the spirit of the city where he was born and raised that truly elevate this film to greatness.

Please, give it a watch.

=D> =D> =D> =D>

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@pete wrote:

quit is the best thing Rick Astley did :wink:

:lol: I was waiting for something like that :lol:

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An 80s icon.
But curiously enough, this powerful little tune is the best thing Rick Astley ever did in my opinion.
Released in 1991.

Cry For Help

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Duran Duran

Save A Prayer

8)

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Well, the 80s were pretty much the formative years for me I suppose :roll: ..ushered in when I was just over 8yrs old.. booted out when I was 18.
Although I’ve always had a closer relationship with 70s music and culture, there is no escaping the fact that in many ways the self obsessed, tacky and vacuous 80s era had it’s fair share of fun.

So, first up for me..

The uber ponced, mega hairsprayed.. Duran Duran with..

Girls On Film

I loved the Duranies 8-[ .. I’m such an (old) new romantic!

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@pete wrote:

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Creatures who lick their fingers before turning a page :evil:

Ewwwwwwwwww

I f**king HATE it!!!!!!!!! :evil:

how about

as an alternative ?

I’ve absolutely no problem with that sort of thing whatsoever :P

In fact.. I openly encourage it :)

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For those interested..

First 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)

Second 2008 Presidential Debate (Full Video)

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Creatures who lick their fingers before turning a page :evil:

Ewwwwwwwwww

I f**king HATE it!!!!!!!!! :evil:

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Official trailer for Oliver stone’s controversial biopic..

W.

And one of the official posters..

In cinemas in Uk and Ireland – November 7th 2008.

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