Rewatching the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmeses on BBC2 (Sat) has been fun for many reasons:
Such as Brett’s fabulous-absurd performances – his Holmes-method seems to have been, rather than play it small for the cameras, to take Victorian […]

In particular, Tony Hadley crooning in is fat faced way:
“Listening to Marvin, Allllll night long.
This is the sound, of my soul.”
Well assuming we can even call True a soul song, if there is one thing it does not sound like it is the mas[…]

The ILM Rough Guides in easy reference format thanks to a heroic effort by Steve M.[…]

I think I understand all the reasons why people don’t like Lost in Translation, but ironically for the film I think much of these criticisms are due to interpretation. Unsurprisingly, middle class single me, positioned socially somewhere betwee[…]

Chelsea 4 – 0 Watford.
The reason why holding the big team to a draw at your home ground can never be seen to anything but a slightly delayed result to the big club. Still you make a bob or two. But just don’t even think about calling it[…]

“It was all going well and then you mucked it up. Trust a geologist!” Excerpt from the new series of Rough Science in which our host Kate Humble shows consternation at the new boy geologist getting the wrong kind of rocks to make Plaster […]

Load “” Screen$
Waiting the three long minutes for a 16K Spectrum to load from tape was relieved by the loading screen. For the longer games (there is no real ZX Spectrum worthy of the name larger than 48K) there had better be an interest[…]

Five Thoughts About The Last Samurai: 5
Premise no.1: Battles are chaotic places
Premise no.2: Chaos is by its very nature unstructured
Conclusion: As long as you jerk the camera, constantly change the p.ov., put lots of gruesome special effects on t[…]

Five Thoughts About The Last Samurai: 4
I know villains are suppose to twirl their moustaches, but surely it is too much of a signal to the audience to have a villain whose moustache comes pre-twirled?[…]

Five Thoughts About The Last Samurai: 3
Fans of Liquid Swords by the GZA/Genius will thrill at the moment when the Emporor sends his ninja spies to the Samurai village to kill everybody. Unfortunately fans of decent martial arts movies will note th[…]