Posted on February 2, 2025
Song Recommendations 34
Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve picked out some more songs for you guys. These are some songs that I have recently discovered and I really love them and there are other songs that I already knew from way back that are amazing, so enjoy.
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Posted on January 25, 2025
Song Recommendations 33
Hi guys, welcome back to my blog, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve picked out four more song recommendations for you guys, these are four other songs I really love, enjoy.
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Posted on January 19, 2025
My Film Recommendations 4
Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve got some more film recommendations for you guys. I’ve been watching more films lately and I’ve discovered some wonderful films that I would love to share with you guys. So enjoy
So the first film I want to recommend is Bedazzled 1967. I love this film so much, I watched it a few weeks ago and it instantly became one of my favourite films. So it’s this film that came out in the sixties and it’s about this guy called Stanley Moon who works at a wimpy bar and he likes this girl but he doesn’t have the courage to ask her out, he’s a hapless loser and a no hoper and so at one of his visits to church he asks God to grant him the strength to ask her out but he summons the devil instead and the devil grants him seven wishes in return for his soul and once the devil is in his life, he causes havoc and slowly ruins his life. It’s such a great film, it’s really funny. It’s a Peter Cook and Dudley Moore film, I love Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, I love their comedy so much. I really love the plot idea for the film, I think it’s really creative and fun and just twisted and demented, I really love it, I’ve always wondered what it’s like if you have the devil in your life and this film is a prime example and obviously you’ve got Peter Cook playing the devil and he was brilliant as the devil. I think they did a remake of this with Brendan Fraser but the original is brilliant. It’s a very quirky film and if you love black humour then you’ll love this. And I sometimes shout ” Julie Andrews!!!” if you’ve seen the film, you’ll know the reference, brilliant film and it made me laugh a lot and it was perfect because I was just starting to get into their comedy and I was studying their comedy too. I so recommend this film, I love it so much. I’m such a nerd for classic British comedy.
The next film I’m going to recommend is Band Of Thieves 1962. I really liked this film. It came out in the sixties and it’s about these prison inmates who become famous jazz musicians but how long until they go back to their old ways? It’s a fun film and I love the jazz music in it. This is the film that got me into jazz music and I’ve been listening to some jazz music very recently. This film was a cool discovery I think, I watched it on Talking Pictures TV, I loved the idea that they were criminals who turned to jazz music as a main focus but then that guy was trying to make them take part in crime again. I recommend this film to any aspiring young or old jazz musician, it’s great.
The last film I’m going to recommend is The Rebel 1961. I really liked this film too. Basically Tony Hancock plays this guy who is so sick of his life and going to work every morning and being surrounded by others who have no personality or no imagination and he wants to go his own way and go out and do his own thing. So he wants to be an artist and he makes these mad sculptures and he drives his landlady up the wall with his mad creations and he feels like his art is not being appreciated in London so he goes out to Paris because he thinks he’ll be more appreciated there. I really loved this film, I thought it was really funny and it’s very creative, artistic, fun and thought provoking at certain times and very colourful and artsy. I recommend this film to any art students out there, I think you’ll really like this. And also, Irene Handl is in this, I love her, she’s such a great actress. She played Tony Hancock’s landlady in the film. I know her from The Italian Job 1969, that woman with the cats talking about that guy in the lounge doing something quite obscene with a net, ha ha. I honestly don’t know how she or those two kept a straight face throughout that scene, I would have started cracking up. They just looked severely disturbed, ha ha. I love her, she’s great, she was also really funny in The Rebel. I love music and art related films. This one’s great because it’s got such a brilliant cast, I loved the performances, the comedy, Tony Hancock was really funny. I love that bit at the end where he goes something like ” You’re all stark raving mad, the lot of you, you don’t even know what you’re looking at” I love that, I think it might have been a bit of a dig at some people who don’t understand art or who have no interpretations of art. I love films about normal people / working class folk getting together to beat the system or put two fingers up at the establishment, they’re always so fun and interesting to watch.
That’s all for now, I hope you liked these recommendations. I hope you all have a nice day wherever you are right now. I love you guys, take care
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Posted on January 17, 2025
Song Recommendations 32
Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, I hope you’re all doing well. I’m back with a few more song recommendations, I hope you enjoy
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Posted on January 12, 2025
Song Recommendations 31
Hi guys, some more song recommendations for you guys, I also really love these songs, it’s a mix of sixties, fifties and seventies music, which I love. Enjoy
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Posted on January 10, 2025
Song Recommendations 30
Hi guys, welcome back, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve picked out some more song recommendations for you guys, these are a few other songs that I really like, enjoy.
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Posted on January 8, 2025
Film Recommendations 3, Some More Of My Favourite Films
Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve got some more film recommendations for you guys, another three more. These are other films I love
So the first film I recommend is Some Will, Some Won’t, it’s a great, wonderful comedy film that came out in the early seventies. It was a remake of a classic old black and white British film called Laughter In Paradise. Some Will Some Won’t is such a brilliant film with a brilliant cast and it’s well written and really funny, it’s so much fun, I love this film so much. Basically it’s about this relative of this family who is really rich and wealthy, suddenly dies from dangerous circumstances after falling to his death after one of his mad capers and the family is contacted at the time of his death. They join one another at a family gathering which they will then determine their futures. They watch a tape, their grandfather left them before he died, this tape will determine what their lives are going to be like from then on and discuss financial matters. After hearing him read out his will, they find out that he’s going to share out the inheritance with his family full of parasites but only on one condition. Before they receive their share of the inheritance, they have to do these tasks which is things they all hate doing. It’s a brilliant film, I love the idea for the plot, it’s got a great cast, you’ve got Wilfred Bramble, you’ve got Ronnie Corbett, you’ve got Leslie Phillips who are all brilliant classic British actors. I just really love this film so much, my dad likes this film so that’s how I knew about this film. It’s a gem. If there’s anyone reading this post who loves very quirky, twisted Classic British humour then you’ll love this film.
I am such a geek for classic black and white horror mystery films from the thirties and forties, they’re so good, I’ve been watching an old horror film every night. My favourite old horror, mystery films would have to be Psycho, The Old Dark House, The House On Haunted Hill, A Shadow Of A Doubt, Strangers On A Train, The Cat And The Canary, Gaslight, The Footsteps In The Fog, The Ghost Of St Michael’s and Ghost Train. These are all great old spooky horror films.
Another film I recommend is The Lady Killers which came out in 1955. I love this film, it’s basically about these crooks who pose as a bunch of musicians and they stay in this accommodation and while they are there, they plan a robbery all under the suspicion of the guy who is in charge and his land lady having no clue who they even are and what they’re doing in her apartment. It’s got a great cast, Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and others. I remember that really funny bit where during the robbery and everyone’s causing havoc, Frankie Howerd turns up and he’s at the market and the horses are trying to eat the fruit and he flips and the horses just do a total rampage and there’s fruit on the floor everywhere and he’s having this breakdown and the people watching it happen and they’re thinking ” What on earth, who is this nut case?” and I love that, it’s so funny. This film is so much fun. I think they did a remake of this but you can’t beat the original film, it’s a classic masterpiece. I discovered this film by accident and I fell in love with it. If you love films about heists and robberies, then you’ll love this and because of a brilliant cast, you won’t be bored. It’s a nice mix of drama, Gothic horror and comedy.
The last film I’m going to recommend is The Million Pound Note which came out in 1954 starring Gregory Peck. I love this film so much. Basically it’s about this guy {played by Gregory Peck} who comes down to The UK to find work because he doesn’t have any money and he finds himself to be a victim of a wager when he picks up a piece of paper with a million pounds. This is such a great film and Gregory Peck is so charming and handsome in this role and you can’t help but love him, a guy who doesn’t know what he’s letting himself in for. This is where they got the idea for the film Trading Places starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd which is also a great film but they’re both great in their own ways. I totally recommend this wonderful classic.
That’s it for this recommendation post, I’ll be doing more.
Posted on January 7, 2025
Some More Film Recommendations Of Films That I Love
Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, I hope you’re all doing well. I’ve got some more film recommendations for you guys. As you all know, I love films, I love cinema, I love storytelling and stories. Cinema is an art in itself, I think films are just wonderful and there’s nothing better than after a really long day to tune out and get lost in a great film with a wonderful story and wonderful characters. I’ve picked out three more recommendations for you. These are just some more films that I really love and that I adore that I recommend to others. So enjoy
So the first film I recommend is Ill Postino or The Postman in English. Ill Postino is an Italian film and it’s one of the most beautiful films I have ever watched. It came out at some point in the nineties and it’s about this young man who is a postman and he becomes friends with this poet. It’s a beautiful film about the power of words and poetry. I love this film so much, I’ve seen it twice now. Wonderful film. The main actor who plays the post man is so cute and I couldn’t help but smile like an idiot throughout the film. I cried like a baby when I watched this movie, it was so beautiful. This film inspired me to get back into writing poetry when I was in a bit of a slump. I think every poet should watch this film. It’s a really beautiful film and it’s shot so beautifully. I think the fact that the guy who plays the post man died during the making of the film makes it even more heartbreaking for me. It’s so sad he didn’t even get to see the film, it makes me so sad thinking about it, he was sick, but he left his mark on the world. Words cannot explain how much I love this film, It’s like one of my absolute favourites. I thank my dad for recommending this film to me and we all watched it together as a family and we all fell in love with this film. I love Italian films, two other great Italian films I love are Cinema Paradiso and Mediterraneo, I hope to discover more. This film has got everything in it, friendship, romance, wisdom about life, poetry, everything and the soundtrack is incredible. I love the friendship between the post man and the poet and it taught me so much about poetry and the power of words and metaphors. One of my favourite scenes is the one where the poet is trying to explain the use of metaphors to the post man, it makes me laugh every time I love that. I totally recommend this film, It’s stuck with me and it’s one of those films that never leaves you. Check it out when you get the chance. This is the kind of film I would recommend at a film club or a book club, I feel like it deserves so much more recognition, it’s such a beautiful story and it connects you to these characters.
So the last film I recommend is Picnic At Hanging Rock. I love this film, it’s an Australian horror thriller mystery film. It’s basically about this all girls school who go out on a picnic near the cliffs but things suddenly take a dark turn when some of the students and a teacher go missing. It’s a very good film and it kind of freaked me out slightly when I watched it for the first time because it was a very unique horror mystery film, it’s very mysterious. You don’t see any gore but it’s still creepy. I think it was a really beautifully filmed horror film. The
It came out in 1975 and I really love it. The cast is great and it generally keeps you guessing throughout the film and I generally felt like I was on this picnic with the girls and experiencing the horror and disappearances first hand. I’ve not read the book but people say it’s really good too. Another thing I love about the film is that the writers leave it to your interpretations so it’s never fully revealed what happens in the end but the audience can make it up, I really like that, I like a bit of mystery. I totally recommend this film to those of you who like weird, strange mystery horror films. After watching this it became one of my favourite films and it generally made me wonder what actually happened to those girls. It’s really different to a lot of horror films because throughout the film you don’t really see much but there’s also a really sinister element to it and it’s really eerie. Fantastic film
The last film I recommend is To Sir With Love, I love this film so much. This is a very special film for me, an absolute classic. It came out in the sixties, One of my favourite Sidney Poitier films. He plays the role of this teacher who comes to this school and teaches this really rowdy class of students but they don’t accept him because of his skin colour and it deals with racial issues especially at that time and he just tries to win over their respect. This is an incredible film with an amazing cast and it’s written so well. You’re constantly rooting for him because he really cares for these students. When I first watched this I had all kinds of emotions and the ending was beautiful and heartwarming. The scene where the class finally accepts him and respects him for who he is and they’re looking at him smiling and they’ve come such a long way brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful film that I recommend everyone to watch in their lives, This film teaches loads of important lessons about youth and how you treat others. I don’t think I will ever fall out of love with this film. I love To Sir With Love and I love Lulu’s song. If I ever went to a film school and if I was asked to study a film of my choice I would choose this film or The Italian Job, both great films that bring me so much joy.
That’s all I have time for today, have a nice day wherever you are, love you guys so much, take care.
Posted on January 6, 2025
Song Recommendations 29
Hi guys, hope you’re all doing well. I’ve got some new song recommendations for you guys, these are some more songs that I love, enjoy
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Posted on January 5, 2025
My Love For Classic British Cinema And Television
As you all know by now, I love classic films and TV shows, I always have done. I am such a nerd for classic British Films and TV. My favourite films list just goes on and on and on. I’ve always loved learning and discovering films and TV series of the sixties, seventies and some of the eighties too. I remember I did a post on some of my favourite classic British actors and actresses. One of which is Robert Powell whom I’ve mentioned hundreds of times, I just really love him, I love his work and I love his contribution and how he expresses himself in his career. I was really impressed by his incredible performance in Jesus Of Nazareth, he was amazing and he made me cry almost several times. I remember when I was talking about him on the post and I said that he’s been in the industry since he was 11, actually, correction, he was three which was even younger than I originally thought he was. I didn’t realise this until I watched another interview of him in the two thousands where he revealed that he was actually three, so I do apologise for that. What else can I say about him? I just think he’s incredible. Also, I remember I put out links to those episodes of Thriller which I recommended. Luckily they seem to still be up there but one of them, titled Sign It Death has sadly been taken down by the owner of the channel because he has recently taken his channel down off You Tube which is a shame, first world problems but I’m sure you guys will understand.
I think it’s time I talk about my love of classic cinema and at the end of this post I will be giving out some recommendations, so stay tuned for that.
I love classic cinema, especially those old British films from the forties, fifties, sixties and also seventies. I’m a nerd for classic British cinema. Some of my favourites include The Raging Moon: 1971, The Italian Job 1969, Goodbye Mr Chips 1939, Melody 1971, The Railway Children 1970, To Sir With Love 1967, The Battle Of The Sexes 1959, Footsteps In The Fog 1955, Gaslight 1944, I start Counting 1969, Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush 1968, Gregory’s Girl 1981, The Millionairess 1960, Some Will Some Won’t 1970, And Soon The Darkness 1970, Picnic At Hanging Rock 1975, The Incident 1967, Genevieve 1953, The Man Who Would Be King 1975, Escape To Athena 1978, many more.
Now to end this post, it’s time for some film recommendations. I’m only going to give three recommendations for now and then maybe I’ll do some more on a different post.
So the first film I’m going to recommend is The Raging Moon which is a film that came out in the early seventies. I just absolutely adore this film, it’s such a wonderful, beautiful story. So basically, this young man falls ill on his brother’s wedding day and he’s basically paralyzed from the waist down and he gets put in a home for disabled people and he’s really bitter about life and what’s just happened to him but then he meets this girl who also is in a wheel chair with the same problem and they fall in love and it’s one of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever had the pleasure in watching. One of the most beautiful love stories ever told. I cried so much during this film.
The actor who plays the lead is Malcom Mcdowell who you all may know from The film A Clockwork Orange and Nanette Newman plays his love interest. They were both incredible in this film, I loved the performances from everyone in the cast. It’s a soft, tender film but at the same time it’s a really powerful film and it had an impact on me when I first watched it. I randomly discovered this film and I fell in love with it, now it’s one of my favourite films. The ending still breaks my heart. Beautiful film and I introduced this film to my family and they really loved it. Beautiful storytelling and I loved the performances, just wonderful. I’m such a cry baby when it comes to films. That’s a good thing because it means you’re immersed in the story and these characters. The best films are the ones that make you cry. The Raging Moon is amazing, I’ve seen it twice now. This film deserves a lot more recognition, I feel like it’s not being talked about enough, an underrated masterpiece in film and cinematography. I totally recommend this film. It’s also based on a novel and they later adapted it into a film. It makes me really emotional when I think about how they both fell in love but the ending has just ripped me apart. Life is unexpected and it’s never straight forward. I love how they didn’t sugar coat it, they made it as real as possible and it’s really wonderful, I wanted them to fall in love and settle down together. I’m always recommending this film to everyone I know, I love this film so much. They should show this film in all schools, it’s amazing.
Another film I really love is Melody 1971. I just really love this film so much. It’s a great film about youth, friendship and love. And it’s this beautiful love story between this young boy and this young girl who love each other but the world around them constantly tells them they can’t be together. It’s really wonderful, it’s really innocent and adorable. This film made me so happy but it also made me sad too. It’s a really beautiful story. The soundtrack is entirely made by Bee Gees and I love the soundtrack. I love their earlier music. This film also has a brilliant cast and I love the performances. My dad introduced this film to me and I watched it on my own and it’s like my favourite film. It’s the definition of wonderful. It’s one of the most wonderful stories that’s ever been told. I really recommend this film. I think all young people should watch this film at least once in their lives.
The last film I recommend is Goodbye Mr Chips 1939. This film is just amazing, This was one of the first films that really made me cry. It’s so beautiful and the story is incredible. They did loads of remakes of this film but the original version is the one to see. It’s a really beautiful film set in this school. I don’t want to give any spoilers so I’m not going to tell you what it’s about but all I can say is that it is one of the best films ever made. One of my absolute faves. And I found myself crying throughout the whole entire film. It’s an absolute classic that everyone needs to see before they die because it’s got some important lessons in it. It’s one of the most powerful stories ever told. I recommend this film to everyone. I’m really recommending some tear jerkers today, ha ha.
Thank you all so much for reading this post, I hope you liked it. Have a nice day wherever you are, I love you guys so, so much, take care
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