CATEGORY ERROR. My brain kept screaming this at me during The Simpsons Movie (I checked with Rob and Carsmile Steve who were sitting next to me and they swear it wasn’t them screaming it, so that just leaves my brain). My brain is a stubborn ol[…]

Like many seventeenth century punters who did not early adopt Facebook or the like, we don’t know much about Molière’s life. Much like we don’t know an awful lot about Shakespeare’s day to day routine. This I fear is not a go[…]

It’s nice to see MTV putting long-form reviews online. But when it’s as hapless and baffled as Kurt Loder’s review of “Sicko” one begins to wish they hadn’t.
Loder, you may remember, is the éminence grisé[…]

I am loathe to say too much about Transformers Movie, as I know some very good friends who want to see it untarnished of my smart-arsed wisecrackery. And lets be fair, the film is full of its own smart-arsed wisecrackery. Just let it be said that its[…]

A British sitting room, 1988. A father and his son are both watching a rental television, a Ferguson one, which was not supplied with a remote control. The child is sitting on the rug, whilst his father has dominion over the room in a very comfy chai[…]

Die Hard 4.0 (nee Live Free Or Die Hard – a title at least as nonsensical and thus great at Die Harder) is a terrific action movie. IF what you want from your action movie is lots of stupidity, stunts and one liners. Which luckily I do. Neverth[…]

I was directed to this article by Rosie of Popular Comments Box fame (and actually a lot of this post was a reply on her LJ) – it’s a (spiked) Daily Mail piece by Oliver Postgate, creator of much loved kids’ TV icons The Clangers, […]

i. this series of RHOME is much better written (and i loved the first series)
ii.  haha WOW to our first meeting with LIVIA* — this was an AWESOME ep all round, for sudden density of stress, ultra-perversity and OMG WTF did i just see that TV
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Black Snake Moan advertises itself as a pulpy throwback exploitation movie. There, in its stab at an authentically distressed poster, we have a masterful Samuel L.Jackson towering over a chained up, skimpily dressed Christina Ricci. “Come and see a[…]

So I had a little wander through the snazzy Brunswick Centre today. Mainly to go to the bank, but i thought I would sniff around. And I thought I would reacquaint myself with Skoob. Skoob being a rambling old second hand bookstore belov’d of ol[…]