I’m excited by the movie posters around town for The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D. This is a fantastic film (which I have on DVD), and the chance to go and see it in cinema again is always welcomed. And whilst usually 3D films (mostly of the IMAX variety) seem a bit pointless and gimmicky, I’m [...]
I’ve been enjoying the fact that, from the start of this week, the Film4 channel has been available free on the Freeview platform. I’ve been waiting for this to happen for a while – whenever I’ve looked at the Sky packages, FilmFour (as it was known then), has been the most attractive channel, but you [...]
Went to see King Kong at the Prince Charles cinema after work on Thursday night. I had forgotten how long it was – we didn’t leave the cinema till 11PM! Still, it was quite an entertaining film, with funny and farcical moments. I didn’t really buy into the characters – the woman gets slightly over-attached [...]
The dudes at Robot Co-Op (or ‘coop’ as I sometimes mis-read the URL) have ‘acquired’ the lists of bests website. I didn’t know of the Lists of Bests website before, but I like the tongue-in-cheekness of the announcement: “Yahoo! has been making the news as of late with its acquisitions of all the great Web [...]
I went to see Crash at the Prince Charles Cinema with Fiona last Friday. It was a bit of a random idea – we were walking past – but we were delighted to discover that we could see that film for just £1 each. This is apparently a regular all-day Friday special price. I always [...]
I was watching TV this morning when the Bafta nominations were announced. The Constant Gardener received the most nominations, with ten, including Best Film. I managed to see The Constant Gardener a few weeks back, and it’s a truly great film, powerful both politically and emotionally. It feels like a British film without having to [...]
Went to see the new Wallace & Gromit movie at the weekend, and loved it. I’ve always enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit characters, and the feature-length film didn’t disappoint. It’s funny thoughout, and just when you think it’s about to get chessy, it diverts into a gag instead. There’s plenty of great action sequences, as [...]
Yikes, in the past couple of weeks I’ve been to see a few ‘cultural’ things that I meant to write about, and haven’t until now gotten around to. First up, I went to see the ‘British-Iranian’ comedian Omid Djalili perform his stand-up show ‘No Agenda’ at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Omid is known to British audiences [...]
One of the great things about working for the Science Museum is that it’s full of things to do and explore at lunchtimes. I was always dragging my dad there at weekends when I was little, and the fascination still hasn’t quite worn off. One of the more recent installations is an IMAX cinema in [...]
Ed Jefferson (aka nudejournal) passed me a ‘meme’ thing. I haven’t been listening to much music lately, so I thought I’d do it with DVDs instead: Spooks Season 2 Mary Poppins (girlfriend bought it) I (heart) Huckabees Hustle Season 1 Black Books Series 1-3 Antz The Five Obstructions I pass it on to anyone who [...]