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New Media Arrives

Thanks to the excessively cold temperatures this past week we went without any post until yesterday when this bumper crop arrived.  To be honest I’m amazed it all came at once Planet Terror and Crank 2 were from the Play.com sale (£9.99 each, the only non-digital sale items I bought this..no wait..last year) and Bayonetta [...]

SNOW DAY (and a half)

All of my friends around the world who are used to dealing with snow and ice regularly are more than welcome to point, laugh, giggle and perhaps even guffaw right now. Yes, England isn’t particularly good when it comes to handling snow.  Winter tyres on cars?  Nope because we roughly seem to get two or [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Taking of Pelham 123

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (henceforth to be referred to as Pelham in this review) is something of an oddball movie because at times it isn’t sure quite what it’s meant to be.  Is it an action movie, thriller, character piece?  More on that in a moment. This re-imagining (which is Hollywood’s latest [...]

Life Laundry 2009

I’m a big fan of what is usually referred to as “life laundry” which essentially means “get rid of all the junk you don’t want/need/have any further use for”.  Which when done correctly means I end up with a tidier house/mind, a happier spouse and a feeling of inner goodness for donating a load of [...]

Here We Go Again…

Yes, I did flip the image so the text would show! I’ve performed yet another blog u-turn with this site. I know I said it was going…again.  I wasn’t going to continue…again.  Haven’t got enough time to continue….blah blah de blah.  Sorry.  I’ll hang my head a little bit but hopefully my loyal readers (yes [...]

BBC iPlayer on Freesat

I have been a little bit out of touch with the world of Freesat just recently, but thanks to the launch of the Food Network (channel 405) I have become complete addicted to it over the first couple of days of my Christmas break.  The PVR is actually getting some use for once! But I [...]

12 of 12 V4 – December 2009

Here we are again for one last time this year.  Has it really been four years of 12 of 12?  Tempus Fugit.  Of course by now the great Chad Darnell needs no introduction as the creator of the challenge.  Be sure to visit the other folks 12s and comment on their efforts.  We really like [...]

12 of 12 v4 – Dull Thursday

It’s 12 of 12 time once again.  The year is nearly up and if you listen closely you can hear the sound of the bottom of the barrel being scraped as I tried to get something worthwhile to look at.  Be sure to visit Chad’s site and wish him a happy birthday before checking out [...]

12 of 12 v4 – Tribute

Hi everyone and welcome to the 12 of 12 for October.  As always we give props to the Big Daddy of 12 of 12, Chad Darnell.  Be sure to check out the 12s from the other guys and girls this (and every) month. This months 12 is rather bittersweet.  In recent times I have kept [...]

Blu-ray Review: Angels & Demons

It only seems like five minutes ago I reviewed The Da Vinci Code’s Blu-ray outing as Angels & Demons received its theatrical release.  Now, never ones to miss a cross-promotion opportunity, Sony provides the BD release of Robert Langdon’s second theatrical outing just as Dan Brown’s latest cash cow is about to hit book retailers [...]