Ralph Fiennes turns in a great comic performance in this flight of fancy through a surreal story set in a colourful, fanciful, Wes Anderson pre-world-war-two world. There’s a lot of swearing (some would say an anachronistic amount), and some other grown-up content, but to see Anderson’s take on series of action movie tropes is worth …
Author Archives: cafedave
short black panther, mortdale
Five Senses coffee. 34 Pitt St, Mortdale. For many years there has been a massive void on Sydney’s Blue railway line in terms of great coffee. There are plenty of places with espresso machines, and no shortage of places with good breakfast options around, but very few that hit the ball out of the park …
two chaps, marrickville
Blind Man Coffee. 122 Chapel St, Marrickville. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a cafe that was a converted garage. Last time was a mixed-bag (now closed down), but this time they’ve managed to make a blissful retreat from the densely packed street surrounds. The exclamation marks on the wall show the …
Barista Haus, Rockdale
Sensory Lab Coffee. 4/495 Princes Highway Rockdale. In a dark alley near the post office is a little taste of a Melbourne laneway-style cafe. Don’t let the milk crates fool you, there are proper chair and tables inside, and boards to eat off. White tiles, elegant typesetting: there’s a particular interior design that they’re shooting …
The Sconery, Chippendale
Gabriel Coffee. 71/65 Myrtle St, Chippendale. In the middle of the built-up part of Chippendale is a playground, and a large, paved area with some outdoor tables and chairs. A sign says “The Sconery”, an intriguing name. Step inside, and there’s a coffee machine, a windowed cabinet with salads, and a range of pastries, biscuits …
Gasolina kitchen and espresso, Ramsgate
The Grounds coffee. 1/226 Rocky Point Rd, Ramsgate. Ramsgate’s latest cafe is beautifully fitted out, and already churning out great coffee and food. You’d like more detail than that? Sure. The menu is standard cafe breakfast items with an emphasis on high-quality breads – a brioche roll for the breakfast burger ($10), and a …
movie: robocop (2014)
Movie: Robocop. Reimagining the original Robocop (from 1987) in the modern day, with Samuel L Jackson as a kind of Fox News presenter, Michael Keaton as an evil billionaire, and Swede Joel Kinnaman in the titular role. Special effects heavy, and neither as violent and chilling nor as thorough in its presentation of a world …
movie: non-stop
Non-Stop is the latest Liam Neeson vehicle – it’s a thriller / whodunit on a plane. It’s no Citizen Kane, but it is an amusing puzzler with plenty of twists and turns. Julianne Moore is highly watchable, and the other group of people do a sufficient task at keeping the film going. There are a few …
apple tv: jiro dreams of sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a short (75 min) documentary about the only Sushi chef to ever win 3 Michelin stars for his restaurant. It tells something of his life story, part of his family life and background, but is mostly about the pursuit of perfection in the craft to which you devote your life. Having …
apple tv: idiocracy
Idiocracy is one of those movies like Three Kings where it defies belief that someone funded the production of the story. An average person from today is put into suspended animation, and awakes, hundreds of years later, to a society where he is now the smartest person in the world. Its crass (in a frat-boy …