On the way home, at JA's request we listened to a bit of Radio 2, with 'Whispering' Bob Harris thinking of the money and apparently covering for Chris Evans. It turns out that Radio 2 are currently having a competition … Continue reading
Ah, yes, it wasn't her tied to a bed frame and repeatedly electrocuted for doing her job as a nurse and treating someone's wounds, was it? Let's see what Sheila Cassidy has to say. … Continue reading
I was thinking on Wednesday evening * that The Who have lost their drummer and bass player – the rôles of the surviving members of The Beatles. What would The Who have been like with Ringo on drums and McCartney … Continue reading
(see previous post!) has been solved, but I will confess to not understanding why the solution works. … Continue reading
Does anyone else have a problem with accessing live.com (now annoyingly used for hotmail.com too)? I can see it here (WinXP64+Firefox and Ubuntu 6.10+Firefox) and at work (Win2k+IE6 over Citrix) but not on the client PCs at work (Ubuntu 6.06 … Continue reading
Someone left a copy of the Sun on the tube this morning, so I had a look through. … Continue reading
.. is very very good. Aardman claymation visual style plus a very British sense of humour done with Dreamworks computer animation. I see Pixar are doing a 'rat' film: their's have beautifully animated fur, while these don't even have combed … Continue reading
Pop star tries to justify his owners' getting even richer as 'socialism'. Really nice to see him being jumped on by so many people and I do love the irony of the current reader's offer. … Continue reading
The Prestige The original book is magnificent. I liked the film… but it isn't. Interestingly, for once a film adaptation has made the main characters nastier and less sympathetic. The book's Angier and Borden are tied into a rivalry in … Continue reading
Somewhere I have a much more extensive review of the films that were at this year's Frightfest, but I see two of them are 'coming soon', albeit in an low key way: Puritan – low budget UK, starring Nick Moran … Continue reading