Blogs Posts by Nick McHardy
Welcome to my blog, where I cover tech, games and whatever else that’s interesting in the universe like vinyl, fusion jazz and side projects.
This website is inspired by the web of the late 90s - no, not just the style of the site - but also harking back to a time when people would set up websites (probably on Geocities or similar) and write about anything that interested them. Most of the websites looked terrible (my first few sites were no exception) but it was so liberating having your own site. So here’s my modern-day version of that late 90s vibe.
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There’s also a 🍊 Garden Diary to check out. It’s sometimes updated as the seasons change.
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📅 Posted 2019-08-05
(1 minute read)
For other movie reviews, check out posts tagged with film.
Green Book
United States (2018)
8.2 on IMDB
I had never heard of Green Book before and that surprised me. Normally, I like to get into all of the music-related movies and even more so, the historical music movies. But this one? Slipped my feed, obviously.
Green Book is a movie about a working class white Italian-American bouncer who turns into a national Uber driver for an African-American classical musician, Dr. Don Shirley. They go on a tour through the American South in the 1960s despite many racial slurs and almost tour-ending moments.
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📅 Posted 2019-08-05
(3 minute read)
This is my fourth installment of movie reviews whilst travelling to and from Europe. For the previous reviews, check out posts tagged with film.
On Happiness Road
Taiwan (2017)
7.1 on IMDB
I really hooked into the animations this trip, to the point where half the movies that I watched were animation. I am a fan of animations of course, but I haven’t had the time to watch much lately. On Happiness Road was a deeply refreshing movie, in part because of the storyline being so fascinating but also because it’s simply a Taiwanese animation. I haven’t come across anything similar to compare with, but since I was watching the movie onboard a Taiwanese airline so I think that totally makes sense.
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📅 Posted 2019-07-29
(2 minute read)
This is my third installment of movie reviews whilst travelling to and from Europe. For the previous reviews, check out posts tagged with film.
Intimate Strangers
Korea (2018)
6.8 on IMDB
I had seen promos for this during 2018 and it had even come out at our local cinema, but as of writing, I still hadn’t managed to get around to seeing Intimate Strangers in a real theatre. It was probably best that I didn’t, because despite the amusing hook, I didn’t enjoy this movie nearly as much as I thought I would. Let me explain.
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📅 Posted 2019-07-28
(4 minute read)
To continue my series of film-reviews-whilst-on-a-plane, here’s the latest installment. You can catch the first at Extreme Job - A Movie Review.
The Shawshank Redemption
United States (1994)
9.3 on IMDB
Ah, the Shawshank Redemption. Despite being such an old movie, I have never watched it until now. I had always wanted to, but never had the time. I guess I was fascinated with the stupidly high IMDB score of 9.3. You just don’t see a score that high very often but with a quick glance at the top 10, they’re mostly old movies. I should work my way through that list, one day! Oh yes, and it’s the highest rated movie ever on IMDB. So let’s see what the fuss is all about.
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📅 Posted 2019-07-21
(3 minute read)
Recently I got back from my first trip to Europe, which turned out to be everything I thought it would be.
But actually: Today’s post isn’t really about Europe at all. The thing about Europe is it’s so damn far away from Australia, so I actually watched a fair amount of movies on the plane this time, which was a first for me. I put this down to the 22.5 hours spent flying combined with the movie selection onboard the flights being surprisingly decent. I managed to fit in 7 films and I’m going to embark on a series of short movie reviews of all 7. I’ll be posting these in memory order, starting with…
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