Mr Busy, the slightly gossipy insiders view of the movie industry page of Sight And Sound wanders into a minefield this moth. In trying to define a cultural mindset, a move away from direct arthouse snobbery into what he describes as “Smug&#822[…]

Grand conspiracy theory I know, but finally in the recent Peter Jackson production of King Kong I HAVE PROOF. See below:
Proof 1: There is snow everywhere. In particular Central Park is so cold that an iced over lake is strong enough to support the w[…]

I went to see the Memories of Geisha Girl Film yesterday and was surprised at the things I learned.
a) Geisha Girlz were all Chinese.
b) They can juggle fans, which to Japanese men are irresistible.
c) They play very out of tune ukeleles.
d) Everyon[…]

The book I’m reading about the 60s covers the beginning of Dr Who in some Carmodic detail (it’s a symbol for erm yeah WHITE HEAT OF TECHNO), and on Friday night I watched the first ep of the Eccleston series again, so time for a DR WHO PO[…]

For some time I had heard rumour of Channel Four dipping their toes back into the Breakfast TV market. I had even been telling people about it happening without realising IT HAD ALREADY STARTED. And my general prediction about it was correct. Morning[…]

In Lower City a prostitute ends up hanging out with these two dudes (they are dudes). They both take it in turns to have sex with her in a casual way. And this goes on until…
The odd thing about Lower City is the pounding sense of inevitability[…]

Before the hordes arrive talking about Life On Mars (aka Goodnight Sweeneyheart) I caught the first episode of the new series of Without A Trace last night. What a misnomer that title is: every week there is a trace, THAT IS THE POINT, THAT IS HOW TH[…]

k-punk makes an interesting point here on icons vs “madeleines” and the capacity for time-travel… that the things that take us are increasingly overlooked and private and unexpected, rather than public and shared (though i do wonder[…]

Anyone missing the unique contribution to human-animal relations made by That’s Life in its heyday should get themselves to the Ananova quirky section, where pets still do the “funniest things”.
Young Cross-Stitcher Of The Year Awar[…]

13 – Tzameti uses its cheap black and white stock and short running time to stark effect. That its premise is near ridiculous, its characters uni-dimensional and the ending somewhat unlikely is to misunderstand what is so great about it. Basica[…]