I should be studying but my brain isn’t quite engaged, and I am spending the whole of tomorrow in the city so I’ll have plenty of time to catch-up and post to my seminars then. I’ll be specifically hunting out cafes without wifi because the internet is just to distracting for the weak willed. Today [...]
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Recent Netflix Rentals
Posted: 12/08/2010 in film, Navel gazingTags: Amanda Palmer, Cate Blanchett, dorian gray, eileen atkins, films, how to lose friends and alienate people, johnny mnemonic, mark strong, ridley scott, robin hood, russell crowe, scott pilgrim vs. the world, simon pegg, toby young, William Gibson
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I am going to watch Clash of the Titans this evening, and I thought I’d better brush up on the mythology: – Perseus was conceived when Zeus visited his mother, Danae, in the form of a shower of gold. (Probably worth pointing out that at the time his mother was being “rained” on she’d been [...]
Creation (Grade: A+)
Posted: 01/23/2010 in filmTags: Creation, darwin, evolution, film, HMS Beagle, jennifer connelly, Landmark sunshine, paul bettany, polymath
Last night (after crepes) we went to see the 7:05pm showing of Creation at the Landmark Sunshine. We got there early because I imagined that it would be packed. It’s a film that struggled to get a US distributor because it is about Charles Darwin – surely that is a no brainer for a packed [...]
The Abyss
Posted: 01/03/2010 in film, UncategorizedTags: films, james cameron, michael biehn, the abyss
Last night Alex and I settled down to watch The Abyss for the first time, and after seeing it Alex neatly summed up the experience as “2 hours and 40 mins we wouldn’t be getting back anytime soon”. Oh Cameron you suckered us in again! That’s almost 9hrs he’s swizzled out of us in the [...]
It is Monday night and Alex is off playing tennis; I can’t watch Prison Break because he is not here and I don’t have enough spare time to view it twice (but it did cross my mind). So after I finished myrequisite hours of study I settle down with Derailed which is conveniently being shown [...]
My Granny Moth taught me that these should be the first words uttered on the first of the month; to welcome it and bring good luck. Ideally it is best to say them in front of kin, for the simple reason that they are familar with the tradition and wont look at me strangley (or [...]
A regular dose of nonsense is important so take a peek at Snakes on a Plane. Go in open minded, just wanting some mindless entertainment and you’ll leave happy. It’s a B-movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It is full of cliches and stereotypes, but seriously how can you not fail to enjoy snake [...]
In double quick time all my course material has arrived. Stacked up in the living room I have also sorts of goodies that once digested will allow me to cast an informed eye over the television series Rome. I am hoping to be more organised this year so that my social life doesn’t come to [...]
Heeding the major’s advice to conserve energy we headed to the cinema to watch Scoop. I figured that they would be running the film and AC regardless so we might as well indulge in a mid week outing. Except that the AC wasn’t on for the duration of the picture and it got a little [...]
Just back from seeing this film. I was a little hesitant because of the use of rotoscoping (animated images drawn over live action film), not a huge animation fan but since it was based on a Philip K. Dick story I figured it was worth a shot; and it wouldn’t have worked without the rotoscoping. [...]
