Grizzly Man dir. by Werner Herzog
In 2003 Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huegenard were killed and eaten by a bear. That was Treadwell’s 13 year in bear country, and he left behind 5 years of...
4 September 2006
I have no fear of losing my life – if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.
I’m pretty sure that the whole world and its mother have posted about Steve Irwin. But, still. Poor old Terri, not to mention the kids. And all those idiots saying he...
4 September 2006
When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother’s Day
I’ve been a neglectful blogger lately. I’ve thrown up the odd post, but for the past two weeks I haven’t really been commenting as much as I should. I have however...
31 August 2006
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
ISBN: 0552550299 #1 in The Bartimaeus Trilogy Group read: FantasyFavorites & FFseries See also: LibraryThing ; Official Site The temperature of the room dropped fast. Ice formed on the curtains and...
30 August 2006
Spending 10 seconds chatting to Malcolm O’Kelly about Beck is more fulfilling than hours spent talking to Kenny Cunningham about, er, I can’t really remember
Let me start off with a preamble. I’m not a huge fan of the colour pink. In small doses I can take it, and even like it. And certain shades are...
29 August 2006
Schadenfreude ist die schönste Freude (denn sie kommt von Herzen)
I’m not a big fan of reality tv. I’ve never watched more than 1 episode of any of the seasons of Big Brother, apart from that celeb one with Jack Dee[1]...
27 August 2006
Severance dir. by Christopher Smith
A lot of the marketing around this film is comparing it to Shaun of the Dead, and if you enjoyed that you will Probably enjoy this too. It shares the same...
26 August 2006
We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
ISBN: 1852424672 Orange Prize winner 2005; The Guardian Just before his 16th birthday Kevin Khatchadourian murders 9 people; 7 students at his high school, a teacher and a worker in the...
25 August 2006
I’m the green fairy…
Well it has been longer than usual since my last post, but moving a library’ll get you offline for a spell. The movers arrived on Monday and began packing, so we...
25 August 2006
Harsh Times dir. by David Ayer
I’m not all that sure how to describe this film. If you’ve seen Training Day you may have a general idea of the tone; gritty and violent. But this isn’t about...
23 August 2006
A Scanner Darkly [based on book] by Philip K. Dick dir. by Richard Linklater
I have come to conclusion that I dislike this new animation style of digital-rotoscoping. That is where actors are filmed and then converted into animation using some computer aided magic. (As...
22 August 2006
Of course… they all have lovely bottoms!
That’s right folks, it’s time to once more avoid all contact with RTE as the Rose of Tralee takes centre stage. And you too can participate by placing your bets now....
21 August 2006
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