I was trying to work out what it was that was nagging me about The Door In The Floor. It is a sedate and thoughtful movie which is a wee bit like the Graduate with less laughs, and more tragedy. And a naked Jeff Bridges.
And even though I had guesse[…]

KITCHEN SCIENCE
What happens when you cook a garlic and coriander naan bread for eight hours.
a) It goes very very black, and very very hard but does not produce much smoke.
b) You lose all respect from your flatmates who ask you never to cook when y[…]

Scatology Alert
Japanese firm invent in toilet entertainment centre.
But hold: closer reading suggests that Toto Ltd’s Z Series Neorest offers the worlds first autofragrance and stereo music system. Okay so it my be more advances than my versio[…]

I expected M*A*S*H (the book) to be like a poor man’s Catch-22, and indeed it is. However that poor man will finish it a lot quicker, be able to read good, hearty, storyful chunks of it on the crapper AND be acquainted with the madness of war. […]

Head-On is the best film I have seen this calendar year*. Even if it is not the tale of some grumpy London music hater (who I understand is restarting her tale of her mammoth global circumnavigation via music hatred this afternoon). Instead it is one[…]

AVERAGE WATCH
Situations where the mean is useless. What do you think the average age of the a member of the audience to the Spongebob Squarepants movie is? Well, on yesterdays showing* I would say the average is about fifteen. However this average i[…]

The trailer for Oscar nominated German film Downfall is very disappointing. At no point does the very starry (vor a German film) cast shake off the grimness fo a end of WWII Nazi flick and settle down to the Milton Bradley game of the title.
Of cour[…]

I was in the much mentioned Hairy Tortoise last night and I notice their beer menu has a new arrival. Asahi Super Dry. 2000ml. That’s right, my favourite sound in Japan* is now availible in London. Admittedly for the price of ‘13.60, whic[…]

MP3, MP4*, iPod…GO!
I was listening to a random old mixed CD this morning and C30, C60, C90, Go came on by Bow Wow Wow. Now I have an amazingly soft spot for this song, with its ice cream carton tub thump and Annabella’s yelping sub strea[…]

My parents can be a touch impatient when it comes to television. Given the full range of Sky Channels which can be cycled through in about the time that it takes for you to forget what was on the first one, I rarely expect to see a whole film all the[…]