28 January 2005
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Lookie, lookie, two vaguely serious posts in the one day. Must be Friday. One of the Blue Peter presenters was recently in the news, some one had rung in complaining about her. The reason? They had some competition to find … Continue reading
28 January 2005
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You don’t get lyrics like that very often, now do you? It is from the song Little Musgrave. You know when I was a kid listening to trad. music was very uncool. No one my age did, and if you … Continue reading
28 January 2005
Cast: Jacinda Barrett, Joaquin Phoenix, John Travolta, Robert Patrick
Script: Beau Thorne
Setting: Baltimore
2 Stars
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So you see firemen and Joaquin Phoenix and you think, hmmm, that’ll be fun. (Or you do if you’re me). Well it wasn’t. Honestly, yet another crappy film. 2005 has been very mixed so far. Ladder 49 starts with Phoenix … Continue reading
27 January 2005
Cast: Robert Pattinson
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Man, I hate those red spoiler warning on Whedonesque.com, especially when they relate to Serenity, like this one, which says it is only a minor spoiler, but how minor is minor? And if I give in this once, will I … Continue reading
27 January 2005
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For almost two years I have not had to commute to work. Before that it was an hour long journey on a bus out to work (which weirdly featured in a dream last night). But lately I’ve been hearing amusing … Continue reading
26 January 2005
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“Graphic novel innovators Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman (creators of “The Sandman” and “Violent Cases”) have fashioned a fluid visual style with endless curves and no right angles. Cats with wings eat books that fly, giants float in the sky … Continue reading
26 January 2005
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Or so some saying goes. The Irish Times(sub req.d) has a story that George W. Bush is related/descended from Strongbow, and therefore from his wife Aoife and so of Dermot McMorrough. McMorrough, High King Of Leinster is “reviled in many … Continue reading
25 January 2005
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And the nominations are: Best picture The Aviator Finding Neverland Million Dollar Baby Ray Sideways – I’m guessing The Aviator will win this, the only other one I’ve seen is Finding Neverland, which was good, but the money is still … Continue reading
24 January 2005
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the internet. Through it you can find out such great information. For example, Neil Gaiman has a Beowulf script that looks like it’ll be made into a film, directed by Robert Zemeckis. I also manage to finally purchase GGK’s Fionavar … Continue reading
20 January 2005
Call no: 800
Cast: Christopher Plummer, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster
Genre: sff
6 Stars
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ISBN:0330419455 # 1 in the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series Picked this up because it is the Jan. read for Fantasy Favorites. unfortunately it is book one in a series that, as of yet, doesn’t seem to be completed. … Continue reading