I was quite looking forward to Pushing Up Daisies - there was a lot of advance publicity and it looked fun.
I watched the first episode aired on UK terrestrial on Saturday night and was very disappointed. It seemed to me to be a commercialised rip-off of Amelie.
And where Amelie, and even to a certain extent [...]
I have always loved Westerns. And I have always loved Clint Eastwood: particularly in Westerns and in Dirty Harry; but I will make no excuses for Play Misty for Me.
But his best role for me, and one that he has played variations of throughout his career, is The Man With No Name.
The Man With No [...]
JUNO (in low tones) Dude, I’m pregnant.
LEAH Maybe it’s just a food baby. Did you have a big lunch?
JUNO It’s not a food baby. I took three pregnancy tests today. I am fo shiz up the spout.
LEAH How did you even generate enough pee for three pregnancy tests?
JUNO I drank like ten tons of Sunny Delight. Anyway, [...]
Writing about http://imdb.com/title/tt0401383/ and http://www.lescaphandre-lefilm.com/
I am not articulate enough to express how I felt about this film, other than to urge you all to go and see it (with plenty of tissues and a strong stomach). A huge thank you to Paul & Sarah who took us to see it at the gorgeous Queen’s Film Theatre.
As your fellow passenger, I encourage you to — from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you’re unconvinced by my particular train and bus rules, tell me so. But allow me to convince you. And I will promise you, right here and now, no activity will ever [...]
When my sister was about 13 she took part in an interesting experiment about the amount of information people can take in from different sources at once (basically a group of them sat in front of a bank of TVs showing different things and were then tested in a Crypton Factor stylee). The upshot of [...]
We went to see The Golden Compass last night. It was fast-paced (no surprise given the length) and visually beautiful - but the script was a bit clumsy in places:
It’s Ma Costa, Head of the Gyptians and Billy Costa’s mother….
But I was left wondering where I could get an Armoured Bear.
Himself suggested that I could [...]
As my mother is inexplicably fond of saying, by way of a tip:
Never put a cat in the washine machine or you’ll end up with a sock in the puss.
(Don’t get me started on the mushroom and fuschia jokes….)
But here are some stolen top tips or kernels of thoughts gleaned from the CIPR Conference on [...]
Last night I had an unpleasant reoccuring dream.
It’s Christmas Eve night and I’m at my parents’ house. But I have not bought one present.
This version of the dream had me frantically checking through my own existing belongings to see what could be gifted to people, running through alternate ideas such as making vouchers or cooking [...]
Writing about I for India
(Yes, I do listen to far too much Radio 4 - picked this up from Front Row, it sounds like a wonderful piece of social history.)
When Indian doctor Yash Pal Suri arrived in England in 1965, the very first thing he did was to buy two Super 8 cameras, two projectors [...]
