Ultra slow ultra runner; Election loser; Eating contest winner; Doting father; Sometime: Podcaster; Filmmaker; Biz starter.
A fixer for a law firm (George Clooney) works to patch up the fallout of his old friend and partner in his law firm (Tom Wilkinson) going off his meds, and seemingly going moonbat. Exceptionally well cast. Strong performances performances all around – including some seriously brave work by Tilda Swinton, as the evil big corporate lawyer.
Good from beginning to end, I thought, with particularly strong (if understated) closing titles.
Strongly recommended.
It turns out we can probably formulate a few simple rules…
If you break these rules, your movie will suck – as evidence of this I present Rogue Assassin, a steaming pile of crap.
Don’t bother.
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The aftermath.
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Ok? Ok.
We were at a bit of a loose end as to what to do for my birthday, it’s not a significant number, so a quiet night out seemed appropriate, we decided to roll on over to the 2007 Metro Restaurant of the Year Supreme Award Winner: The Engine Room.
I started with the Twice Baked Goat Cheese Souffle (a bargain at $18), and let me just say that this is simply the best souffle (goat cheese or not) I’ve ever had. With a brilliant balance of crispy and creamy, and a simply divine melt in your mouthness, it was so good I wanted another one. Or two.
(Actually, I started with a glass of Craggy Range sauvignon blanc – made with grapes from a relative’s Marlborough vineyard.)
On the the main, which in this instance is a Freedom Farm pork chop with harricot beans, fennel, & salsa verde. I don’t think it’s going too far to say this is the best pork chop I’ve ever had in a restaurant. Everything was right. Delicious.
At this point the wheels fell off. Poached peach with vanilla rice pudding & amaretto.  But it was ruined as the rice pudding was completely undercooked, very disappointing.
So I replaced it with…
A delicious wild berry tart – that was as good as the poached peach should have been.
The service was wonderful, location is great, and so on, so it’s very disappointing that they filled up my dessert with fail. Ignoring the dessert, this was one of my top 10 dining experiences. But I can’t ignore the dessert.
It was still a wonderful evening on the Shore, and I recommend this place strongly to anyone – well, anyone with a good palate. Reserve well in advance, even several days out we had a little trouble getting a table.
“I think if you asked him to find his elbow, he’d need a map and some time. But he was so used to using a particular kind of polished language that I think he’d sound like he was doing something groundbreaking while he went about his search.” – Me, just now.
And, yes.
Right, so when I’m coming to your self service carwash place to find out what your locations are, I might expect to see locations, hours of operation and various services available, I might even expect to see advice on how to get the best results for my car. What I don’t expect is to be offered one of a selection of dozens of desktop wallpapers of car wash bays, girls washing their cars, and yeah sure some clean cars. So, for today, my what the fuck? is carwash wallpaper.
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I hope you like this as much as I do. Some of these really look pretty hairy.