Podcasts Alice Isn’t Dead So, I’m kinda late to the podcast party. I dimly remember looking at them when the phenomenon first took off, deciding that they were mostly like talk radio, and
Games Not quite the Neverending Story I recently played through The Longest Journey – an entry of that oft-neglected genre of computer games, the point-and-click adventure. Following on from the purely text-based games which have been around
Movies Movie misdirection… This post contains spoilers for Bridge to Terabithia. And the “totally misleading trailer of the week” award goes to Bridge to Terabithia. Given the current cinematic drought, I was happy
Movies Warm and fuzzy… So, I went to see Hot Fuzz today, another excellent piece of it’s-not-quite-a-spoof-it’s-just-really-funny cinema from the team behind Shaun of the Dead and the ultimate fanboy sitcom, Spaced.
Theatre Spamalot Spamalot was, quite frankly, a disappointment. Yes, it was good fun, but… Well, for starters, it didn’t help that our seats in the gods were terrible – cramped, and with
Movies No, Mister Bond, I expect you to die! This evening I donned my dinner jacket (de rigueur for Bond premières in Oxford) and headed out to Casino Royale. James Bond is back – and how. It is a reboot
Movies In which Zorac lambasts a Miyazaki film This post contains spoilers for Howl's Moving Castle. So, I saw Howl’s Moving Castle yesterday. Speaking as someone who first read the book many, many years ago and has
Movies Revenge of the Sith This post contains spoilers for Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith Well, it was better than the last two, but still suffered from many of the same
Music The Wildest Times in the World Yesterday really didn’t get off to the best of starts, due to a severe lack of sleep, and that was followed up by public transport working against me. Still,
Music Pyjamarama On Saturday evening I went to see Bryan Ferry. There was some amount of concern as regards the weather, and also his recent troubles with laryngitis which lead to some
Games What is the Secret of Monkey Island™? It’s many, many years since I first played The Secret of Monkey Island™, back in my Amiga days, but I’ve been a fan ever since. For my mind,
Movies Movie Revue A quick review post for some movies I saw over the weekend: Love Actually: This a first class romantic comedy – the intertwining of the multiple love stories is a really
Movies Everything that has a beginning has an end… …except that in parts of The Matrix Revolutions, that end just couldn’t come soon enough. This post contains spoilers for The Matrix Trilogy. I absolutely loved the original Matrix,
Games I'm just a little anxious to get up there and whup E.T.'s ass Ah, the joys of classic gaming. Simple, yet addictive. Those of you who had an Amiga (or knew someone who had one) may very well remember Deluxe Galaga. It’s
Movies Up With Chocolate! I saw the trailer for Down With Love last weekend, and with that and the promotional stuff around the foyer, it certainly looked like it could be fun – and I
Movies The Italian Jobs On Saturday’s foray into town, I went to see The Italian Job – which is not a bad movie in and of itself, albeit not a great one either. The
Movies Shawshank Redeemed Watched The Shawshank Redemption this evening. It remains in my estimation one of the greatest movies ever made – if for no other reason then because it’s a film that
Movies X2 OK, so here's a quick, first-impressions, no-spoilers review of X2: It rocks! X2 is very much a worthy sequel to the first film, and has the advantage of many of
Movies Play it again, Sam… Last night, I rewatched Casablanca for the I-don’t-konw-how-manyeth time. Despite all the competition, it manages to remain my all-time favourite movie (not an original choice, I know, but maybe
Books Night's Dawn It’s review time again! This time, three weighty volumes by Peter F. Hamilton: The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alchemist and The Naked God – space opera on a grand scale
TV Once More, With Feeling! This post contains spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer through the end of season six. In honour of the first anniverary of it’s première on British television, I bring
TV Hush This post contains spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer. “Hush” is widely regarded as one of the best upisodes of Buffy. Joss Whedon pulls all the stops out to deliver