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Today’s Joanna Page: Miss Julie

12 January 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

I was going to do a great big review of Miss Julie, but although it does look a very interesting and important film, judging from the bits I’ve seen, Mike Figgis is the director and it got three nominations for various awards:

a) I’ve not had the time to watch it properly
b) It’s Strindberg so somehow something else always pops up instead
c) Joanna Page is only in three scenes as a servant so does anyone really want me to? In the first scene, she’s just peeling vegetables (see above) so that doesn’t even count.

So I’m going to leave you with these two clips from her feature film near-debut (This Year’s Love being her debut, assuming her Love Actually CV isn’t lying since I haven’t actually watched it yet). All you really need to know is that she’s a servant, and Peter Mullan (currently appearing in The Fixer) is a footman who’s contemplating an affair with count’s daughter Saffron Burrows (who’s just finished appearing in His Own Worst Enemy). She may still be young (21ish) at this point but there are certain mannerisms you might recognise already. This is it though – she’s not in the rest of it, apart from the vegetables bit at the beginning.

Next time, I might get round to a review. It’ll be brilliant, I promise.

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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and what can Santa Rob bring you next year?

23 December 2008 Rob Buckley 14 Comments

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It’s that time again everyone. Time for my annual Festivus break, whatever Festivus is. I have minimal plans to blog until January 5th – there certainly won’t be a Daily News until then – so I’ll see you all back here on that date. Behave though since I’ll be watching.

But, as is our new tradition, let’s take this as an opportunity to have a reader survey. What sorts of things would you like to see on this here blog in 2009? More of the same, less of the same, or something completely different? At the very least, a blog software upgrade some time in the New Year should give you the ability to sign in with your Blogger or Facebook account, so you don’t need to ask for that.

Anyway, leave your requests below in the comments and I’ll decide what gets the chop and what stays alive when I get back. Ali Larter and Joanna Page are staying, of course, and do I need to even discuss the popularity of Sitting Tennant? I think not.

In the meantime, a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to you all and thanks as always to everyone who’s left a comment for livening up the place!

Today’s Joanna Page: This Morning and Loose Women

22 December 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

Today’s Joanna Page continues with the interviews theme of last time to feature two appearances on morning TV: the first on This Morning to discuss the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special, the second is from a much earlier appearance on Loose Women.

Why Loose Women? Well, you might remember it gets a mention in Gavin & Stacey series two, so it’s both ironic and informative for American viewers, who might be wondering what they’ve been missing out on (not much, guys. Don’t worry).