On the Broad Gauge

Very busy day today.

Just wanted to say how thrilled I am to receive a comment on yesterday’s post from no less a personage than Ron Oliver, director of the Donald Strachey movies I like so much.

I should have done a better job at a review

A great thing about going out with someone in the media is that you get to see a lot of movies. A couple of things I’ve seen lately that tickled my fancy:

1. Inception. Saw this at the media preview the day before release. I enjoyed this. I’d say it is what The Matrix might have been without all the semi-religious waffle that ended up with it disappearing up its own fundamental   Better acted too. I’ll probably not bother watching it again though. Enjoyable but nothing lasting.

2. On DVD I’ve recently picked up a couple of telemovies in the “Donald Strachey” series. They’re gay themed detective movies of the old school starring out actor Chad Allen and a pretty darned good actor he is too. So far I’ve seen Third Man Out, A Shock to the System and On the Other Hand, Death. Personally, I reckon A Shock to the System is the best. It’s the story of a young man who committed suicide after becoming the poster boy for an ‘ex-gay’ group. Or was it murder? Highly recommended if you’re into a rattling good American detective yarn.