One of my mottoes in life is “If a bandwagon is passing, jump on it”. So, without further ado, I present to you the next generation of gaming console.
Previously known as the “Revolution”, Nintendo have now renamed their new product “Wii”.
Some have already suggested that it is perhaps pronounced “Why” but no, it’s [...]
Archive > April 2006
And this little piggy went Wii Wii Wii, all the way home!
100 Movies: Double Indemnity (USA:1944)
Dir: Billy Wilder
Scr: Billy Wilder, Raymond Chandler (adpt. James M. Cain)
This is the film that, with the exception of The Maltese Falcon and M, more or less paved the way for Film Noir. Spoofed countless times in everything from Mr Magoo to Wayne’s World 2, it’s unsurprising that this ranks so highly on the [...]
100 Movies: Spirited Away (Japan, 2001)
Dir./Scr: Hayao Miyazaki
I’ve rented this Oscar-winning film out several times with the intention of
watching it and finally, last night, I did.
I’ve mentioned elsewhere how much I detest the cutesy style of most anime.
This is despite the fact that Akira remains one of my bestest films ever
but, fortunately, my desire to watch films is always [...]
Birthday Meme
It will eventually be review day here at Tabula Rasa as I’ve been saving up some film (and book) reviews for your limited pleasure. In the meantime, via Annie, here’s a meme:
Go to Wikipedia. Type in your birth date (but not year). List three events that happened on your birthday. List two important birthdays [...]
Dusk
Inspired by Amber, I was going to write about my favourite Chinese restaurant and post pictures. But I couldn’t find them to scan them in, so you’re saved a nostalgic and dull post.
Instead, you get this:
When berks attack!
Tired of your current wardrobe? Want some new threads to impress that boy/girl/bit of both you’ve been chatting up?
Then get your groovy self down to Deathgob where the berks are waiting eagerly to take your order.
(This post is a blatant plug for some people I met once who have got a lot [...]
24 seconds (or how long it took to write this)
A clock is ticking on screen, time reading 12:34:56
EXT – HOUSE – NIGHT
JACK BROWN runs up to the door. It’s closed. He pulls a cellphone from his pocket and presses a single button.
INT – BST HQ – ELEVATOR – NIGHT
The security phone in the elevator rings. A CLEANER answers it.
CLEANER
‘Ello?
EXT – [...]
Looking for this man to sell him to other men
One – you lock the target
Two – you bait the line
Three – you slowly spread the net
Four – you catch the man
I got headhunted yesterday.
This was quite a coincidence as I’d decided over the weekend to see what
other jobs were out there. Of course, I haven’t mentioned The Plan yet but
while the foundations for [...]
I have no interest in moisturizer!
“I’m really sorry about your galaxy an’ all but I’ve got my own plans”
Pink Five – watch her in action on AtomFilms
Gened for combat!
So there I was, wending my way through Victoria tube station, idly wondering where the word wend derived from, when I noticed a familiar face, a face I had not seen since, oh, before you were born. (Not you, you!)
The gaunt and determined expression, the blue skin and the pupil-less eyes were the first [...]
