John pondered holding up a boombox to save the world Hollywood has a large number of easy targets for vitriol such as Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay who produce loud, visually stunning movies that are devoid of any quality story or character development. As many people sagely state “Michael Bay likes blowing sh*t up!”, and [...]
A short while ago I wrote a post entitled Death of the Cinema, where I talked about how the movie going experience has been somehwat lost to me recently. Rising ticket costs and the fact that the sound and picture quality, combined with the fact I have to do at least a forty mile round [...]
Even now it seems almost impossible for me to comprehend that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the Governor of California. It’s like saying that Jason Statham will one day be the Prime Minister of England. Actually I for one would be totally fine with such a thing. But turning to the movie in hand, Terminator 3 has [...]
Ever since Doctor Who exploded back onto our screens TV companies have been aiming to capture the audience with shows that appeal to both adults and children (no doubt there are marketing meetings making extensive use of the word “demographic” taking place right now) in the Saturday tea time/early evening slot. Demons was originally shown [...]
The Day the Earth Stood Still (which shall from hereon be referred to simply as “Earth”) is a remake of the 1951 movie of the same name. I can’t talk with authority regarding the differences between the original and this ultra-slick, polished and extremely noisy remake given that I haven’t seen it. I will tiptoe [...]
I just had to post this, created by my design demon Anto. Now all I have to do is wait for the delivery of my ED-209.
It has been a strange few days since my last post. I shan’t go into details but suffice to say, we had a bit of a health scare with Sally which resulted in an extremely unpleasant 24 hours but ended up with a Hollywood style happy ending. Long story short, everything is fine. Yesterday (Thursday) [...]
I’ve had a rather busy week this week, choc full of movies, technology and cars. Here’s an update on the saliant points: At the start of the week when the sun was still shining (it has been raining continuously since Saturday evening) I changed from this: To this: I had a good laugh last Sunday [...]
I seem to sound like a broken record (ask your parents kids) sometimes but I’ll say again I apologise for the slowness of updates again this week, I do have a very good reason for my tardiness, honestly. But it’s not one I’m going to share with the world and its web. Laptop First item [...]
No prizes for guessing what I’ll be watching for the next couple of evenings! Needless to say, the whole package is absolutely gorgeous. With a bit of luck the review should be up by the weekend.
