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"Batman" - 1989. 

There's a Tim Burton season on in The Triskel at the minute.

I've seen this countless times - it was the second film that I saw in a cinema...

Deadly!
It was my first trip to the cinema to see this. Screen 1 in the old Capital on Grand Parade. Such a shame that's gone.
I even bought the mug at the merch stand aftereards.

How long is the season running for in the Triskel?

There are two films left "Edward Scissorhands" and "Batman Returns".

They've got a 30th anniversary of "Trainspotting" at the end of the month too.

Speaking of anniversary screenings, I urge all of you to go see "the Devils"once its re-released in October. Absolutely top tier film.

The Triskel is showing this in November, I believe. Shuld be some craic seeing "The Devils" in a church.

Deadly.

Fucking maddening. I'm glad that I flicked on to here yesterday. I didn't have a ticket - I didn't see any notes that it was sold out and I don't use Facebook/Twitter etc. but a few of us were going to have a couple of cheeky Sunday pints in The Mutton and then head in.

I would have assumed that Eventbrite would hold the funds until the gig took place, no? How can you have a "No Refunds" policy for a gig that doesn't happen?

although having French subtitles on screen is always a slight minus of any Anglophone cinema experience here

I went to a screening of "Nosferatu" - the Robert Eggers version - while I was in France a while back. It was VO-SF so the French subtitles on-screen too, for some reason I found my eyes drifting down to the subtitles even though the film was in English (mainly) and I speak barely passable French.

Worse that that though was when I went to a screening of John Woo's "The Killer" in Paris one pissing rain afternoon, the lady at the desk told me, in English, that it was subtitled.

I replied, in French, with a very smart "Oui, je comprends! Ce n'est pas un probleme!" because I assumed the subtitles would be in English.

She smiled and said "Ooh! Tu parles Chinois?" which I didn't fully cop but see was smiling at me so I gave it the oul Del Boy "Oui oui! Mange tout dans combien de temps a la mode!" and strutted into the auditorium.

Then, because I'm a thick cunt, had to sit through a 2-hour Chinese film with French subtitles.

Hayden Panettiere, 36. Noise already of unpleasant circumstances, but I don't know if that means suicide or foul play.

I read the report of her death in the paper this morning. I didn't know much about her. I watched a bit of the first season of "Heroes" back in the day but it wasn't my thing.

Her personal life sounded fairly grim from how The Guardian covered it.

Speaking of battering Nazis, wee lad's first watch of Raiders last night, having left him mull over The Sound of Music and The Ten Commandments for a few months. Loved it of course  Still a 10/10 masterclass in film making.

Not sure where you live but there's a few 45th Anniversary screenings of "Raiders OF The Lost Ark" in the (appropriately named) Arc cinema in Cork starting from around 11th September.

I'm sure that  the 4K run is not confined to just Cork.

"Batman" - 1989. 

There's a Tim Burton season on in The Triskel at the minute.

I've seen this countless times - it was the second film that I saw in a cinema - but I hadn't seen it on a big screen since then. There are some fairly cheesy bits in there and a 4K remaster hasn't been kind to some of the make-up/VFX but it's still brilliant.

Some people complain - especially after Nolan started making his trilogy - that Nicholson is hammy and just mugs his way through the film. I disagree, he's playing it like he does the more manic part of RP McMurphy, the coming unhinged side of Jack Torrance and the sleaze of Daryl Van Horne.

Keaton is class as Bruce Wayne/Batman. I love the scene where he goes into Nicholson territory when they confront each other in Vicky Vale's apartment - "Yow wanna get nuts? Let's get NUTS!" 

[Hiroshi Suzuki - "Cat"]

Hiroshi Suzuki - "Cat"

LITE - "Cubic"

Death Cab For Cutie - "Asphalt Meadows"

Pretty sure that's in Freebird in Dublin currently. Check the website

Nice one for the heads up. Had a look, it's listed on their site but marked as sold out.

In case ya were still on the lookout for it
https://sentinelrecords.com/product/sleep-sleeps-holy-mountain-lp/

Sound - thanks. I'll get on that.

There was some form of vinyl copy of Holy Mountain in there at lunchtime today anyway. Dunno if it's the version you;re after but it's definitely there.

Sound. I'll get onto them.

Yes. It's excellent to my ears anyway, felt like I was hearing it to the first time again when I played it, and I actually remember checking the sleeve thinking it has to be a remaster (didn't notice the Full Dynamic Range thing when I was buying it).

Class. Nice one.


I can't bring myself to listen to the new track.

Is the album artwork A.I. generated?

 

Pretty sure that's in Freebird in Dublin currently. Check the website

Nice one for the heads up. Had a look, it's listed on their site but marked as sold out.

It'll be earache getting the money, but their fdr pressings sound great and they've better quality control than third man records.

Nice one.

Does this look really cheap to anyone else? As in - too cheap. Am I missing something obvious? I haven't ordered a record from the US in a fair while.

The new Sleep album is out on September 3rd but - and this is in true Sleep fashion - will not be available as a physical record until the end of October.

I will not be buying it - purely based on the dogshit single that they released from the album so far. 

While I'm on this subject;

Does anyone have the new (?) version "Holy Mountain" on vinyl that boasts "Full Dynamic Range"? It's on their Bandcamp for a surprisingly reasonable price inc. shipping so I am tempted to buy yet another copy of that record - and I assume that they get the cash, not Earache. 

Picked up Radiohead's "OK Computer" (OK_NOT_OK version) at the weekend.

I am very familiar with this record but I hadn't listened to it in a long while. I got genuine goosebumps at a few points and I found myself on the verge of tearing up during the vocal harmony midway though "Paranoid Android".

It's such a deadly album. The mastering is excellent on this reissue too.

My top 3 are "Rubber Soul", "Revolver" and "Abbey Road" also but, in what order, I can never decide.