Some Fathers Do ‘Ave ‘Em or Troy.
So, I finally got round to seeing Troy, and the one thing that struck me was how much Paris came across as an ancient Frank Spencer. He was always getting things wrong, then trying to put them right and […]

It has romance (for my Mum). It has violence (for my Dad). And it does not have much swearing in it.
At least that is what I thought when I left. I enjoyed it too for what it is worth. But then i remembered that Alec Baldwin only really has one line,[…]

PUMPKIN AND GIN PIE!!!!
*faints*[…]

HURRAH!! I’m not last in the ILX Fantasy Euro2004 League. I’m sure “mymble” and “blueski” (whoever they could be) would agree that making no subs due to being at glastonbury was the major cause of our downfall (al[…]

Dracula (Part Two – Transylvania)
The fictional Dracula is a composite character drawn from diverse sources. One part Jack the Ripper, two parts Romanian folklore, but the name Bram Stoker borrowed for his creation belongs to a barbaric and ver[…]

Look on our works… This confirms all my prejudices. Creators of the idea (I refuse to say “brand”) of “world” music ‘fess up: every record made to fit into that genre has been pants (which is not to mean that good […]

FT Top 100 Films
70: THE FIFTH ELEMENT
Anthony Easton Says:
Its a beautiful film, one of those sound and furies that signify nothing, i am not even sure it has a plot or even that the plot matters–its a series of sci fi set pieces, some of them[…]

Lazy Links For Idle Hands
Fat Planet – MP3 blog, wide-ranging like a (slightly) less pop-friendly Fluxblog.
This story made me think of Robin C.
“It’s a very sexy statement.”[…]

Where does it start, where does it begin?
So, the Euros finished with a Greek victory. Does this mean that the season has ended? Because if so, tell that to the Hibs players who started their inter-two bob cup campaign this weekend[…]

I am currently reading Gould’s Book Of Fish, by Richard Flanagan, which won the Commonwealth Prize for literature in 2002 (though Amazon suggest there was a version of it knocking about since 1998). A beguiling work, it puports to be a reweitte[…]