by Andrew Pitchford | May 4, 2012 | Media
Assemble! Get your 3D glasses on and come save the world with the Avengers. It’s a film project I didn’t think would come off but the genius of Joss Whedon has directed a mega blockbuster for the Marvel franchise. The question of whether an ensemble cast would work in...
by Andrew Pitchford | May 2, 2012 | Observations
This morning my daughter came home buzzing about the story of the young man who chucked a star in the ocean. Chances are you have heard the story before from some teacher, motivator or friend trying to lift you from the clutches of apathy? There are a few versions...
by Andrew Pitchford | Apr 29, 2012 | Observations
I’m a big fan on grace. I can tell you that while I’ve needed a lot of it and learned that I can’t be too proud in accepting it I still struggle to give it. Why is it so crazy that our human condition falls to the level of greed even when we’re talking about the last...
by Andrew Pitchford | Apr 28, 2012 | Observations
I still remember looking at my Dad’s collection of LPs (old speak for MP3 embedded on black plastic dinner plates) and thinking I wonder if I can have these when he dies. It’s a strange feeling thinking your parents are really old and wondering if they...
by Andrew Pitchford | Apr 18, 2012 | Observations
I can still remember the day five ‘hoods’ ganged up on me as I was walking home. At around 8000 people, Te Awamutu wasn’t a big town but like any place on the face of the planet it had its ‘bad element’. It still astounds me because I had walked those streets at all...
by Andrew Pitchford | Apr 17, 2012 | Observations
Today I had one of those moments where you just need to know that God is still in control. My Mum must have been ‘in the zone’ because she sent me a TXT with Lamentations 3 v 22-27 which was spot on and then this song by Jeremy Riddle came on the radio from the crew...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 30, 2012 | Media
I’m ecstatic, gutted and elated from this movie that played me like a banjo, plucking heart strings at will. In the last month I have been challenged as a Dad by two movies that might slip under your radar as you keep a hand on the wheel of life steering through...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 30, 2012 | Media
The latest screen masterpiece from Clint Eastwood is the life story of a figure called the second most powerful man in America. After all who could hold their position in charge of a nation’s law and order system for nearly 50 years serving the needs of America and...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 30, 2012 | Media
Talk about the sleeper hit. Most people I’ve spoken to about ‘John Carter’ have asked the “Who’s He?”. Many think its Dan Carter’s brother but once you look at the background to this science fiction saga from Edgar Rice Burroughs the man who brought us Tarzan you...
by Andrew Pitchford | Mar 30, 2012 | Media
Mary Poppins said a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. With the Lorax the 3D animation experience is coated in syrup, sprinkled in hundreds and thousands and covered in orange candy floss. The experience was fun, immersive and thought provoking. It’s...