Apparently this is bullshit, but if Oliver Stone needs a scriptwriter with local knowledge… accept no substitutes.[…]

Scratching the surface of dude
Study of the second most flexible four letter word.[…]

DALI MEETS DAHL
No, that would be too fucking glib. But its about time Tom Burton made a good film and even if he arses up this version of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, this day-glo trailer is already a queasy classic.[…]

I’m Dreaming Of An Office Christmas
Volume I of the background CDs for the work do, with thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions.
1. THE DRIFTERS – “White Christmas”(1)
2. JACK SCOTT – “Jingle Bell Slide”([…]

Sleigh this sexy Santa![…]

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED
Look! Silver jump suits and everything. My favourite is the “i-foot”: “a two-legged mountable robot like device that can be controlled with a joystick.” JOYSTICK?? Take this seriously and plug it direct[…]

No trip to Finland is complete without a visit to Santa’s village in Lapland. It was September outside but in a tiny corner of Lapland it is Christmas all year round. The ‘village’ is a mix of log-cabin chintz and blocky granite sou[…]

Usually Christmas films have the bonhomie of the season coupled with the goodwill-to-all-men message pushed to the fore. This is the meaning of Christmas to these films and thus are more than able to hang saccharine, feel-good fairy tales on the Yule[…]

Two docs in shaky-cam.
1: Mondovino, in cinemas today, arguably the best of this year’s documentary explosion. Like The Corporation it’s an investigation of global capitalism, but rooted in a concrete analysis of one product: wine, openin[…]

When Santas Clash!
“Some of them are believed to have overindulged in alcohol…”[…]