I have something to share with you that I am not proud of but nonetheless I have the courage to stand up in this circle of friends and admit it to you and to myself. Call it something of an intervention. I am a fan of Solzhenitsyn. Yes, that Solzhenitsyn. The guy with the ridiculous […]
Nobody has seen all the classic films that they are supposed to have watched but there’s always time to catch up. A plane drops a nuclear bomb whilst a cowboy rides on it whooping and waving his hat. Military and political leaders argue around a circular table in a darkened room below a single circular […]
If two people try to learn a new skill, which performs better: the one who has no prior knowledge and relies on the introductory teaching alone or one who has watched the skill several times on film and also has introductory teaching. You might argue that the one who hasn’t seen the skill before would […]
So there’s an argument that has done the rounds since the release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace that has only gotten stronger since Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull and Red Tails. The argument is this: George Lucas is an untalented film-maker who got lucky. According to this theory, Lucas was lucky enough during […]
I’m going to start keeping an occasional diary of my training with a few additional details. At the moment, I am a little out of shape (having not done any sort of physical activity after the Half Marathon in July) but shaking myself loose of a summer torpor and throwing myself back into training. Having […]
Five brief thoughts on a recent film. 1) I am late to the party with this film and I came with only one question: Is this the only good X Men film (so far)? Let’s face it, the X Men trilogy and the Wolverine spin-offs have some good moments but are tragically disappointing. The answer […]
Five brief thoughts on a recent film. 1) The worst thing that can happen when watching a film is to be constantly reminded of a better film that you could be watching instead. This is the End is from start to finish a film that wanted to be Shaun of the Dead. Rogan and Baruchel […]
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