In the last ten years there has been no Central London venue suggestion that made the heart sink more than ‘Let’s meet at the Moon Under The Water‘. Even if you disregard that they are Wetherspoon’s pubs, one needed to conside[…]

Everyone knows that Boogie Nights was loosely based of the life of John Holmes, right? That was the justification for putting the let-down last quarter in. The heist gone wrong section of Dirk Diggler’s life seemed out of place in the otherwise[…]

Paedo fun with Farrell. The Pocohantas story retold, but not in cartoon form but as a potentially raunchier Lolita-esque tale. The age difference bewtween John Smith (42) and Pocahontas (11) could make this a rather fascinating tale, if it is told st[…]

Am I the only person who thinks the Michael Moore vs Disney story is complete guff, and is there wholly to dupe a politically sensitive Cannes jury into festooning Moore’s film with an award. Moore is nothing if not a tremendous self publicist,[…]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part Two of Two
So away from literary concerns, how is the science in Mendel’s Dwarf? Well don’t ask me, I gave up Biology aged thirteen because the experiments were not as good as Chemistry and Physics and it was a […]

Mendel’s Dwarf: Part One Of Two
Simon Mawer’s novel Mendel’s Dwarf is that potentially most annoying of things. A parallel narrative, where both generally unrelated storylines unfold, taking space, time and momentum from the other. […]

In the Lousy last night (the Princess Louise by Holborn for those not up with rubbish made up Freaky Trigger slang) and the talk turned to one of the pubs more unusual fittings. Not the grand mirrors, or the intricate tin false ceiling. Not even the […]

Disappointment rarely comes straight away. It creeps, next day, until you realise the film you saw which you thought was pretty good was actually pretty rubbish. It is even worse when that film also inflicts a retro malaise upon a film you previously[…]

PUB QUIZ QUESTION OF THE WEEK
(From the super hard Haringey Arms quiz last night)
What three tube stations have all five vowels in their names?[…]

Fears that football films will glamourise hooliganism. Do films automatically glamourise their subjects. Hmm, methinks knee-jerk reporting here. And in the comments section please a list of things which have never been glamourised by film. Michael W[…]