I haven’t been to the flicks for a while on account of having only a bicycle for transport and now, not even that. As much as I’m sure the public transport service in Nottingham is quite proficient, I have an aversion to buses that’s as irrational as a fear of spiders.
But given [...]
Archive > June 2008
What to watch at the cinema in July
Doctor Who and the Raiders of the Lost Planet
So then, Doctor Who. The Stolen Earth. Far be it for me to break a habit and speculate about next weeks season finale, I’m stuck on a train, going to be very late to work and have just watched selected highlights again on iPlayer. This is going to be spoilerific (in terms [...]
Sticking with Jim: Exposition in 28 Days Later
Idle thoughts (and associated spoilers) about 28 Days Later.
Just about all of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland’s not-a-zombie film is told from the point of view of the protagonist Jim (Cillian Murphy). The only part that isn’t is the prologue where we see some animal rights activists break into a primate research laboratory and [...]
A Web Development Jerry Springer Moment
So I was just dithering around with a possible new theme for this site (again? Yes, again. For about the billionth time in the last two years) when I once again stumbled across a little oddity with Internet Exploder which has led me to ask the following question:
What the fuck? What the [...]
Paging Dr. Horrible
This has been way under my radar but it looks mighty purdy and somewhat entertaining.
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog is an online musical extravaganza developed by Joss Whedon and his brothers Larry, Curly and Mo (or Jed, Ned and Ted)¹ and starring fascist poster boy, Neil Patrick Harris, Han Solo wannabe (and long time [...]
Possession (1981)
I’m not entirely sure what to say about this film apart from WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED TO MY HEAD?
Set in 1980’s Berlin, Possession charts the falling apart of a marriage between Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill (fresh from his success as Damien Thorn in Omen 3). Directed by the slightly wayward [...]
Pole Dancing
If it wasn’t for the fact that I have a 2 month old child who would be, let’s see, 8 months old at the time then I would seriously consider applying to be the third person in Ben Fogle and James Cracknell’s attempt to reach the South Pole in December this year.
No, seriously.
I mean [...]
A Brown Reason To Live
There’s some as might say that I’m trying to recapture my long distant youth.
And there’s some as might say that I never actually grew up.
There’s even some folk as might say that there’s a time to live and a time to die but you should smoke Elvis Presley’s toenails if you wanna get high!
That’s right, [...]
Only Forward
For some inexplicable reason¹ on Friday I got all proactive. I responded to an advert for short film scripts/treatments even though what I have in the way of short scripts I’ve been saving for me to direct. I also contacted a publishing company to see if the rights for a novel were available. [...]
Call me Legion because we are many
The Exorcist III.
Good or bad? Fantastic horror film or less scary than a visit from the in-laws? If you’ve seen it, what are your thoughts and why?
Go ahead, discuss.
