In a world populated by overblown blockbusters, the simplicity and directness of Wes Craven’s Red-Eye…
No. We cannot praise a film merely for cutting out what might be called the extraneous fat of the standard Hollywood film. It is instru[…]

I spent much of Saturday with my brilliant friend Sharon, and one of the subjects we covered at length was different ways of looking at art forms. One of the interesting areas, for me, was an idea of regarding the physical skills of many screen perfo[…]

AIM: To examine whether Beatrix Potter named Ginger and Pickles, her least-known children’s book, after her favourite condiment.
APPARATUS: Chopping board, sharp knife, small bowl
INGREDIENTS: fresh ginger, gherkins.
METHOD: Obviously gherkins[…]

Though it’s always nice to see Steve Buscemi again, the real surprise is the reappearance, in the film’s best and biggest joke, of an indie character actor (verging on leading man) who’s not been seen for some time now. My respect f[…]

Welsh authorities say tradition of Melltith has gone “Beyond a joke”. Said tradition involved townsfolk barring the way to the church for a bridegroom in order to prove his worth. And perhaps cutting down telegraph poles to do this IS goi[…]

There is more food science to come, but I was reminded last night in FreakyTrigger Central (PunKum restaurant) of one of my least favourite food misidentifications. Last night my hot Thai curry was flecked with red chillis. Not a problem, I avoided a[…]

All the things that made the trailer to The Island so great, make the film of The Island so rubbish. Mainly the plot. You seem the film of the Island takes about half an hour until the viewer realises that this does not take place in a contaminated w[…]

i’m too angry and too sad about what’s happened in and near new orleans – and what’s been allowed to happen – to try and be clear about everything i’m feeling today, or anything, really: i always wanted to know mor[…]

A Romanian Football Club Chairman has put his club on Ebay to get rid of it. Unfortunately for the sale of said club the idiot chairman seems to know nothing about rule one of salesmanship. “Thou shalt not go on Teh Interweb and tell everyone h[…]

BBC News 24 Interviewer to David Attenborough in story about decline in numbers of mountain gorilla:
“So, what were they like to work with?”
They were actors in gorilla suits all along![…]