It’s that time of year…
When I find my journey into work tormented by a new batch of Lambrini ads, said by their website to “offer a real insight into the world of women”. But this Christmas, for once, the least funny advert o[…]

There’s something a little uncomfortable about this headline. And this is the Guardian, not some Spanish rag.[…]

Giving the crowd the finger: literally. This horrendous story is exactly why FIFA are penalizing excessive goal celebrations. Sooner or later someone is going to break their neck doing a backflip.
You might think that giving the player a yellow card[…]

Freaky Trigger writer, posts essay about Lindsey Anderson’s If….
Ah, but its not THAT Freaky Trigger writer, it is Henry K.Miller.[…]

A jogger collapses, dead. A child is born. Intertitle: ‘Ten years later’. These are the first three events in ‘Birth’ and already it has the Luis Bunuel feeling — in spades. This was only confirmed when the end credits l[…]

A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS
I just love that phrase. It shouldn’t exist per se and yet there it is, and the link takes you to, among the other things, the cover art, which is even better. It’s what caught my attention a couple of weeks ago […]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1972

L-R: Nanny, Mom, Uncle John
Nanny wasn’t anyone’s nanny but my maternal grandmother; likewise, Uncle John was my maternal great-uncle. Grandpa (maternal grandfather) and Aun[…]

There was much controversy about allowing TV specials into this list. I allowed them via the justification that most of these films were seen on the TV in the first place. I just did not want to seperate that viewing experience. And whilst The Snowma[…]

Merry Christmas Titan! — though the gift will be delivered late. A quick check on the Cassini-Huygens mission (all’s going ridiculously well so far, next Titan flyby in seven days) shows that the Huygens probe will be released on Decembe[…]

Napoleon, for the eight millionth time — every so often I get a fit to revisit a subject I already know about and enjoy, partially to see what alternate perspectives or different foci could provide, and while I’m not a Napoleon fanatic I […]