VIVISECTING ALEXANDER — Oliver Stone’s purest folly — or at least the one I’ve directly experienced, as I’ve avoided a good slew of his films precisely because I didn’t like the other ones — was never going t[…]

DISNEYLAND AT CHRISTMAS
You read that right, and to some it may suggest unnerving horror and to others the exact means of perfection, and so forth. To talk about it in huge detail would be worthy and maybe I’ll yet do that in the essay section[…]

Quick ILXor.com update — just in case anyone’s been wondering (I’ve received a slew of e-mails asking!), Andrew G., who oversees the machine in Melbourne, Australia, is aware of the machine shutdown but won’t be able to invest[…]

or Don’t Look Back in Anger
Shot during the Prague Spring and released after the Russian invasion, Lindsay Anderson’s ‘If….’ would seem to have earned its parenthetical (1968). With its violent anti-authoritarianism, lon[…]

Mankind: Have A Nice Day by Mick Foley
I suppose going from a novel by a Nobel winner (reviewed below) to the autobiography of an ex-WWE wrestler is probably about as big a drop in literary respectability as one could contrive. Perhaps predictably, I[…]

An Amazing Collection
This http://www.christopherporter.com/ has songs from africa and its disporia, and it is the widest ranging, most wonderful collection of the material i have seen on any mp3 blog–hip hop from Narobi, that sounds somewhere […]

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” Arthur C Clarke
A 15-year long conspiracy is fighting for its life. The conspiracy, committed by desperate Dr Who fans, permeates the corridors of British television. […]

THE DADDINO FAMILY TREASURY OF CHRISTMASES PAST
Christmas 1972

L-R: Bobby, me.
Weeks of preparation. Several hundred dollars spent on presents. Two hours of sleep. And after all that fussing towards perfection, you get what every parent wants to se[…]

This variation on the Groucho Marx joke was not something that ever really needed fleshing into a full movie. Nevertheless, given the literal meaning of the title, a pretty good fist was made of it. It is a superhero origin film, just with Santa as t[…]

Ghastly Tales for Gruesome Kids
It might be a little late to post about this programme as I think it’s off our screens for the moment, but hopefully it will return. Firstly, yes, it’s a children’s show. And strangely it’s been[…]