Radio Wammo » john henderson http://www.wammo.co.nz off the wireless Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:36:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Film Review: Farewell [COLD WAR] http://www.wammo.co.nz/2010/10/21/film-review-farewell-cold-war/ http://www.wammo.co.nz/2010/10/21/film-review-farewell-cold-war/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:38:19 +0000 wammo http://www.wammo.co.nz/?p=3304

John Henderson reviews the new film ‘Farewell’. The French intelligence service alerts the U.S. about a Soviet spy operation during the height of the Cold War, which sets off an unfortunate chain of events….

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u5sgk2KEnM

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John Henderson reviews The White Ribbon, a film about strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFsEdW26yk

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Filmmaker Tom Reilly discovered the ‘secret Westie kingdom of Gordonia’ when he needed a part for his car and someone sent him to Graham Gordon’s European Car Parts. There, in the middle of the Waitakere rainforest, he found acres of wrecked cars and a population of refugees from the dismantled health system living in ramshackle dwellings.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0rHpu-m30

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The New Zealand war time film ‘Home By Christmas’ is having another run at Auckland’s Academy Cinema. John Henderson revisits this wee gem.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lImppSoW1ms

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John Henderson takes a look at Banksy’s story loosely based around an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker who attempts to locate and befriend Banksy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9SgU73Ba1I

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John Henderson reviews this new documentary about entertainer Joan Rivers and finds it far from flattering!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHU3qU9qDoA

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John Henderson takes a look at Michael Caine’s 110th outing at the cinema in this gritty old school meets new school revenge flick.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=shT56XE3GNg

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John Henderson reviews the new Chris Rock documentary about the African American obsession with hair

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICmpdtW-tV0

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John Henderson takes a look at this behind the scenes documentary of the recording of the charity studio album released on 31 August 2009 by New Zealand singer/songwriter Neil Finn for the benefit of Oxfam.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQV3GnMOM_g

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John Henderson takes a look at Gasland, a documentary that examines the environmental chaos caused by the mining of ‘clean’ natural gas. Gasland is screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcBsgShu_uM

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