Pegasus and the flame by Kate O'Hearn
Mythology and Reality collide! So the blurb on the back of this book tell me. The mythical winged stallion Pegasus crash lands on a rooftop in modern day New York, fleeing...
22 October 2011
Robin Hood dir. by Ridley Scott
Directed by Ridley Scott ; Screenplay by Brian Helgeland
You all know the legend of Robin Hood, he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, living in Sherwood Forest with his band of merry men, his main nemesis being the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. And there have been many version of Robin over the years. My personal favourite still remains the tv show from the 80s Robin of Sherwood. It managed to get the balance between myth and reality just about right, in my opinion, of course. But even Kevin Costner’s version was damn fine fun. This is not.
14 May 2010
white shining silver studs with their nose in flames
Well now, those last three posts haven’t really been posts at all now have they? So be prepared for a huge long lengthy rant/moan about something or other. All ready? Good,...
12 August 2006
The road to truth is long, and lined the entire way with annoying bastards.
There was was quite a bit of showjumping on the telly over the weekend. The BBC had some, and so did CNBC. But yer man who does the commentary on CNBC[1]...
19 December 2005
Ladyhawke dir. by Richard Donner
I’ve wanted to buy this film on dvd for a long time now, but kept putting it off because it is a pretty vanilla dvd release. Menus are not a special...
18 September 2005
King Arthur dir. by Antoine Fuqua
This film suffered from many poor reviews. Both from critics and, in my case, from friends who found it boring. Course I don’t read reviews before I go see films, I try to make up my own mind. Still I wasn’t expecting a lot from this film.
I’ve never really been a huge fan of Arthur films. First Knight was really really crap, imo, and Excaliber was a bit wierd. Plus there is the whole Monty Python thing :)
So why’d I go to see it?
Ray Winstone of course!
20 August 2004
Hidalgo dir. by Joe Johnston
Frank Hopkins sets out to the Middle East to compete in a long distance race, 3,000 miles across the desert. Racing against the finest Arabian horses on his mustang Hidalgo, in...
20 April 2004
Seabiscuit [based on book] by Laura Hillenbrand dir. by Gary Ross
Went to see this film last night, and really really enjoyed it. Course I am a horse-person, but have never been a huge fan of horse racing. And you don’t need...
16 November 2003
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