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The first episode was very good. It was 1.5 hours and I think the whole think is a two parter, continued on Tuesday. I have no idea if they intend to make any more. Maybe it is being treated as a pilot ( Read more... )

The remake of Survivors starts on the BBC at the weekend. It has kind of caught me unaware, I'd thought the earlier rumours would come to nothing. The only question is, can it be as good as the original? No Ian McCullough this time around of course, in fact I haven't even looked at the cast list. I'll leave it for a surprise ( Read more... )

[*Rec] is one of the most effective and genuinely scary horror films that I've seen in years. Wonderful stuff. I'm off to cower in the corner of my room for a few hours until the shakes wear off. Sure it's not really original, and it contains a lot of stuff that has been done before, but it carries the claustrophobia of the Romero films that ( Read more... )

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Linux Game Publishing have been working on a port of Disciples II for ages. It is still in production but: "well, disciples is going to happen its just a case of when, as people keep on quitting after looking at the code…". Ouch ( Read more... )

A great article about what the author calls a
cognitive surplus. A good read if you've ever been annoyed by someone asking you how you find the time to read ( Read more... )

Films watched recently that I enjoyed: Kill Bill Vol. 2 (excellent, better than vol. 1 which I also enjoyed), Resident Evil : Extinction, Stardust ( Read more... )

I'm a bit behind since Black Static issue 3 has now arrived, but I'm on my second read through Black Static issue 2 now, reading the fiction. As with issue 1, this magazine is highly recommended, I think they're putting these up on Fictionwise now. The opening story is a collaboration between Lisa Tuttle and Steven Utley, a wonderful story called ( Read more... )

Not really updated in a while, so should probably write something before the weeks turn to months, the months to years and the years to decades. Still on tender hooks waiting for the outcome of a restructure at work. The usual throw the cards in the air and see where they land. It wouldn't be so painful if the process hadn't gone on for six months ( Read more... )