This is the first novel of his I’ve read since his death on New Year’s Eve, aged 75. I’ve read around half of his 100+ books under lots of pseudonyms (Wiki lists eleven).
This is a reasonably representative Westlake novel – it[…]

Che Part One is a film without a proper beginning or all that satisfactory end. I knew the second part of that sentence before I went in, I know Soderbergh has split his four hour film into two so it is more palatable to audiences. I toyed with going[…]

And so Walkers search for a “new” flavour has boiled down to six “new” flavours of which at least three would be familiar to snackers in some form or other. There have definitely been Fish and Chips flavoured crisps before and[…]

Role Models is another “crude with a heart” manchild US comedy, which combines sex obsession, with thirty-something slackerdom and Live Action Roleplaying to ramshackle but generally amusing effect.
You read that right. The plot of Role […]

I’ve not even opened it yet (it’s a collection of 1950s DC SF comics) – I just wanted to show everyone the cover.[…]

I have been watching the news coverage of the current mess in Gaza with a slightly detached air. Not because it isn’t shocking (I work with a Palestinian and so get better, personal coverage from him). But more with an eye on the ticking clock […]

I wrote and posted this last June not thinking Stuck would get a release in the UK. Well it has. One screen (like New York and Chicago) and its well worth seeing. Or watching on DVD when it comes out in two weeks time. So I thought I would repost it.[…]

I will get back to liveblogging the Pitchfork 500 very soon, but in the meantime a SPARE COPY of this excellent tome has come into my possession. If you want a chance of winning it, you can enter Freaky Trigger’s first ever* PRIZE COMPETITION**[…]

22. Blue Pearl – (Can You) Feel The Passion
If Rage’s ‘Run To You’ was filled with tame but uncomfortable references to knobbing within a loving relationship, then Blue Pearl’s contribution to Rave ’92 is a steamin[…]

In the old days on FT, when we had a regular science column, we mostly used to post links to the BBC News website and be snarky about their rubbish sicence reporting. WHY DID WE EVER STOP?
Look at the following paragraph regarding the growth of the […]