Category: film

  • Sci-fi London 2010 Manga All-Nighter

    It is Sunday evening, and I’m now still processing all I saw last night at the Apollo cinema in London. A fantastic night of entertainment, liked some of the films, didn’t like others, but the overall evening, and the organisation deserves mentioning as being wonderful, everyone that set up the night deserves props for the…

  • This is England

    I’ve been watching This is England tonight, a 2006 film by director Shane Meadows. Brilliant. One of the best films I’ve seen in a long time. Hilarious and horrifying in different measures. You have to start with the performance of the star, child actor Thomas Turgoose. He’s just incredible in the role. If I remember…

  • Foot on the pedal – never ever false metal

    We saw Run Fat Boy Run at the cinema this past Saturday, starring Simon Pegg. Not that great to be honest. Dylan Moran was alright in it. And there were a lot of Nike logos, which was annoying at first, but after about the 20,000th I grew into a state of tacit acceptance, and at…

  • Michael Moore wins an Oscar!!!!

    And is a total hero about it. I am so pleased for him having won the Oscar, and so proud of his speech having won it. If in the same situation I could make half as many people boo me, I would be proud.