I have recently read John Gray’s Straw Dogs and my pained response may or may not produce something longer from me at a later point. For now I am content just to blog this essay by Keith Sutherland from the academic Journal of Consciousness Stu[…]

aka Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, which gives away a bit too much of the plot in my opinion. I would imagine that this film is exactly what Mystery Science Theatre 3000 was designed for: schlocky half arsed plots, lousy set design and a star who[…]

The Advent Calendar Of Comics: Dec 6[…]

Popscene Contd.: hot on the heels of Poptext, here’s another new pop-for-nerds blog. I think I like this one even more, because it has pretensions to MATHS at the end of each entry.[…]

The Guardian’s pop coverage just gets odder. This article calls for U2 to split up – nothing very radical in that, though the author seems to think that they should split because they’ve failed to usher in a new era of Christian con[…]

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[…]