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Further Filmic Musing
Having watched a film, I like to look it up on IMDB ( Read more... ) -
Filmic Musing
Watching "300: Rise of an Empire". Can't help thinking that the Greeks might have done better if they'd put some armour on. -
The BNP: Just as Nuts as Ever
Those delightful chaps over on the lunatic fringe had a bad election season as voters abandoned them in their droves for the dubious delights of Nigel Farage, but they're still plugging away. What fascinating insights does their website offer today ( Read more... ) -
Film Review
So a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I mentioned a particularly bad film. But, now, I have discovered a film that makes The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns look positively Oscarworthy. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present, for your delectation, Grendel.
Some films are bad. Some films are so bad they're good. Some films pass through that ( Read more... ) -
Cricket
For any cricket fans out there, it looks like there was a corker of a day at Trent Bridge today:
Fourth day of Notts v Middlesex in the County Championship. In the first three days, Middlesex had made 505-9 declared on their first innings, Notts had replied with 392 all out. Middlesex had reached 220-5 by stumps yesterday. This morning, Middlesex ( Read more... ) -
Olympic Memories
I was just watching a BBC documentary on Torvill and Dean's Bolero performance. You forget just how good they really were. When you thInk how difficult it must be to find one person who can dance well enough to compete internationally, and then add that not only do they have to dance but they have to do it in skates on ice, the fact that it's ( Read more... ) -
TV Related Musing
I was watching "The Route Masters", the Beeb's new fly-on-the-wall documentary about Transport for London, the other night.
One of the undoubted stars of the show was the Gurkha-turned-road-mender, who trotted around with his mate, cheerfully filling potholes and carrying stranded pedestrians through flooded tunnels, whilst commenting that he liked ( Read more... ) -
Musings
Watching Borgen -high quality Danish drama. It's subtitled, which is a good job, because I don't speak Danish - but occasionally I hear something in the dialogue and, whilst I don't understand it, it's almost as if I get a sudden nudge that understanding's just frustratingly around the corner, potentially there but out of reach - vanishing as soon ( Read more... )