Pop Factor: 807 Controversy Score: 153
A little cold, a little forbidding, perhaps even a little too well-drilled: typical Girls Aloud. Their singles are design objects: beautiful, impeccably put together, never neglecting the practical (i.e. you c[…]

Quick Question: what was the first pop song to introduce the idea of jealous people/haters envious of the artist’s success? Does this particular ‘meme’ have a pre-80s or pre-hip-hop life? I’m sure it must but can’t think[…]

Not entirely surprising but oh how I wish I had 15 million quid to splash out on this and annoy the neighbours. Add to the list of lovely buildings that never were…[…]

Guys – the next time your partner complains that you’re not listening, just explain that it’s a natural reaction…[…]

Vote Beaker: “the nation’s favourite fictional boffin” is the BBC’s latest wheeze.[…]

FT Top 100 Films
57: THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY
Why did they drop the word Incredible from the title of the Hulk movie last year? Did they feel pointing out the lack of credibility in a tale of a man who gets angry and turns into a nine foot two year old[…]

Do not base your knowledge of 19th century travel on the Jackie Chan/ Steve Coogan Around The World In 80 Days. Its setting at the turn of the twentieth century gives it a number of problems, not least that the route taken by Fogg is frankly lud[…]

It’s hard to watch half an hour of film title sequences without the films. It’s like foreplay without fucking, over and over again. Still, you take what you can get. This Saul Bass exhibition is well worth the effort. The denial and frust[…]

FILM-CRIT IN THE BLOOD
mum s: “the other one i hate is mr grek” sistrah becky: “mr who?” mum s: “he’s everywhere: he’s very ugly and green” ” sistrah becky: “the incredible hulk?” mum[…]

I went to see the stage version of When Harry Met Sally last night. Yes, yes, purely for research purposes, though it was actually quite a light, fun evening – which reminded me that like any form of entertainment sometime theatre should be jus[…]