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 | Feb 9, 2012 | Media
Recently Budweiser beer in the US did a ‘Flash Fans’ promotional event where they brought in busloads of 600 roaring fans with cheerleaders, TV coverage, commentators and big screen replays to a small town recreational ice hockey match between two social teams of the...
by Andrew Pitchford | Jan 9, 2012 | Observations
This morning I found this video from mate Steve Grace that he has recorded with the Watoto Children’s choir. I remember Steve saying what a challenge it was getting the primary shoot done in the outback. There’s a lot to be said for dusty trails. You need time to get...
by Andrew Pitchford | Jan 6, 2012 | Observations
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. Benjamin Franklin When I read this quote I was challenged by it simplicity and its ending. Around the blogs and the twittersphere there is a lot of topical New...
by Andrew Pitchford | Dec 16, 2011 | Media
Nobody could understand what Tom Cruise was doing with this production of Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Why take a monotonous story line and recycle the cliche on sequel number four since the 60s TV series first hit the big screen in 1996. The concern should...
by Andrew Pitchford | Dec 8, 2011 | Media
Recipe for removing stress: Take a weekend morning and head to the St. Lukes Vmax cinema to relax watching Puss n Boots 3D with your wife and two children in a theatre full of parents and primary age kids. This was the result I came away with after sitting through the...
by Andrew Pitchford | Nov 19, 2011 | Observations
One of the modern day dilemmas involves ink, skin and Mum. Most teenagers will think about it, bikers will do it and wives may regret it. The thought of getting a tattoo has probably drifted through your mind from time to time. How have you resolved the question. Did...
by Andrew Pitchford | Nov 19, 2011 | Media
In an increasingly mobile world where people and news travel fast, Contagion is a timely reflection on this brave new world. The conspiracy theorists will look to the movie for vindication while the script has a shot across the bow of everyone from the pharmaceutical...
by Andrew Pitchford | Nov 6, 2011 | Business Voice
Anyone who has watched Chef Gordon Ramsey walk into a struggling restaurant will see that one of his standard ‘tricks of trade’ is to simplify the menu. He outlines the reasons very quickly. The customer doesn’t want to know how many things you can...
by Andrew Pitchford | Nov 3, 2011 | Media
When I first heard the premise of Justin Timberlake taking a lead in Andrew Niccol’s new Sci-Fi Thriller In Time, I immediately thought this sounds like Logan’s Run with a Pop Star. Driving to the preview showing I was then confronted by a publicity poster on...