Archives – 2004 – March – 02  

Oh, Pete has already written about Along Came Polly
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But, I’ll post my review anyway, if that’s okay?
My “it’s got Ben Stiller in it so it must be good” theory has been somewhat exposed by his latest effort “Along Came Polly”. It’s not a terrible film, bu[…]

Is there something about the 4:3 aspect ratio that makes Elephant more intimate?
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Is there something about the 4:3 aspect ratio that makes Elephant more intimate? Probably not in a cinema like the UGC Shaftesbury Avenue, which without framing blinds presents everything on its big white wide screens with acres of white spaces on th[…]

UNHEALTHY VEGETABLES: PART ONE aka: The Goodness of Potatoes and Root Vegetables
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UNHEALTHY VEGETABLES: PART ONE aka: The Goodness of Potatoes and Root Vegetables: QUITE FRANKLY HAS THERE EVER BEEN A BOOK MORE SQUARELY AIMED TOWARDS ME… EVER? (Well apart from that edition of War and Peace me mam threw at me when I kept askin[…]

The problem with most romantic comedies is that they generally try too hard on the comedy front
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The problem with most romantic comedies is that they generally try too hard on the comedy front, leaving a relationship which can barely be called romantic. The farcical shenanigans of how to shuffle two people who hate each other into the same room […]

TEJO, BLACK ALIEN, SPEED – “Follow Follow” / “Quem Que Caguetou”
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TEJO, BLACK ALIEN, SPEED – “Follow Follow” / “Quem Que Caguetou”
This is another new record I like a lot. It’s the music from a recent Nissan advert, which had very violent Latinish dance music playing in the backg[…]

Great Words In Science Number Two: Winding (number)
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Great Words In Science Number Two: Winding (number)
A lot of people’s view of topology stops short at “a cup of coffee is a doughnut”, and that’s a perfect place to stop, because it seems like nonsense/obvious to pretty much e[…]

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