Blood & Chocolate (DVD)

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Kosovo prepares for independence declaration. Note the choice of music.

From the Independent. The world's largest river island is being eroded away. 600 square kilometers gone in about sixty years ( Read more... )

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-botox-is-destroying-hollywood-stars-ability-to-act-779102.html

Resident Evil: Extinction (DVD)

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BBc reports that tattoos could be an ideal way of delivering vaccines. Ideal, and ideal, well.

But now we know why "tramp stamps" and barcode facial adornment could be futuristically justified, right?

Maybe something for the explorer_caste project. "Look at your tattoos, you have been to a lot of xenobiologically nasty places!"

Chuck Norris, veteran hero of such quality films as The Octagon and Missing In Action III, does not endorse The Golden Compass.

It isn't entirely clear if Chuck has seen the movie. But...

On the surface, "The Golden Compass" comes across as another fantasy-filled movie like "Harry Potter" or "Chronicles of Narnia." What lies beneath, however, is ( Read more... )

I fell asleep watching the Super Bowl last night ( Read more... )

for most stupid symbolic gesture I hereby hand to good ol' NASA"Beaming" a Beatles song "directly into space". Wow. And aim it at the North Star too. Because Polaris (a rather unlikely star to communicte with, I guess) is probably packed with aliens who will tune in to Sir Paul & gang 431 years from now. Right. Are we surprised they choose the ( Read more... )

Sometimes I wonder about the little things in life. Like just how computer games are coded for audience. (Or movies, where you can do things like wondering over the cultural dimensions of how say Brokeback Mountain is rated. Try this: France: Unrated, Sweden: 7 , UK: 15, USA: R, Poland: 18 and China: Banned)

If you look at this list, as an example ( Read more... )