Of course it is difficult to think up plot twists. That is why they are twists. And the more heist movies you see, the harder it will be to think of something original. Inside Man clearly has this problem, and even alludes to it in the key discussion[…]

So they can bribe them to vote for them with toffees. Of course what they don’t understand is that there is such a thin line between some of the parties at the moment that frankly a bag of toffees, or at least Jelly Babies, I could probably be […]

Now we all know the French are the epitomes of taste, subtle cuisine and dumping tequila flavourings in their kiddie beer for no reason. Well Desperados, previously the be-all and end-all of stupid beer ideas has a few new chums to be laughed at by m[…]

Well he won’t get into Bluewater – will he? Saturday Tea-time TV sees the return of Robin Hood in October and sticks closely to the the Doctor Who tradition by having him played by someone related to an old Doctor (Troughton). But what&#8[…]

Is HALF FRENCH. Winner of the BBC wots design good for award is Concorde – a notably English word there. Well done Half French Half British British Design winner.
(I wonder if this was done in France if Concorde would even come close?)[…]

Maybe he was a member of the Kane Gang? Pat Kane’s secret, slightly more talented brother. Or is it a “whole new way of gaming”. Well, I doubt that. But as a way of wasting time at work – maybe Jamie Kane is the future.
Find o[…]

First there was the Kit-Kat (it killed babies but was damn tasty).
Then there came the Kit-Kat Chunky: like a Land Of The Giants version of one Kit-Kat finger. But it retaine dthe red branding and was, on the whole, decided to be the most sucessful b[…]

Reading the Sight & Sound review of Syriana (handily on-line here) you get the feeling that reviewer Ryan Gilbey did not want to like the film from the off. And I don’t really have a problem with that. A review is very much a negotiation o[…]

It’s Ig Noble time again. Which can only mean it time to laugh at silly scientist proving stuff that is obvious or useless – eh? God those brain-boxes would probably get run over if left to their own devices on a normal street, showing St[…]

Have you been to Selfridges recently (and I don’t mean its dreadful flash heavy website)? The department store which has never had the balls to use “We don’t just sell fridges” as a slogan, has turned all punk. There are effor[…]