Way, way too much fanny dangle – though I will admit to feeling a little awe at the seamless might of the German organised fun machine.[…]

Leaked TV alert
According to b3ta‘s blog, the first episode of the new Dr Who has leaked onto BitTorrent already. I can’t find any supporting blogging or actual evidence (not while I’m at work), but they are usually reliable on this[…]

The Last Dragon
I can’t decide whether this was a phenomenally stupid or fantastically brilliant idea. Obviously we are used to drama-doc versions of scientific discoveries, and we are accustomed now to CGI versions of wildlife documentaries &#[…]

Call that an ‘influence’?
It’s odd and unpredictable, the personal influences that can mar a film. I just watched Nasima Oshima’s Gohatto, a rather lovely and tense film of love and jealousy among a samurai corps. There’[…]

why the WEST WING is so brilliant part a squillion
ok the ep wz the part two of the zoe=kidnapped story, which closed the series just broadcast on c4, and all through the early part of this last ep mark s = “ambushed” by “unexpecte[…]

what is it goin to BEEEEE??
my office overlooks a building being newly builded: this is v.interesting over an above the excitement of watching others toil while you loll: today they installed a strange narrow slender balcony out from one of the high[…]

Jamie’s School Dinners
Now whilst I applaud his efforts to improve the diets of school children and am finding the programme very interesting (apart from the family bits, why does he do this? Jools clearly doesn’t enjoy it) there is one t[…]

Ocean’s 12 is a soundtrack in search of a movie. No, scratch that. It is one of those soundtracks to imaginary films made by bands like The Cinematic Orchestra which somehow has stumbled across a film that kind of fits it. WHatever, David Holme[…]

What the Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy has to say about movie trailers.[…]

Stan Lee At It Again: Stan’s new idea is a superhero who balances his powers with real-world problems. Cynics may note that this seems remarkably similar to another new idea he had – in 1961.[…]