Updated my to-see list again – dropped off King Arthur and The Terminal after considering that I’ve got more than enough films that I really want to see without adding ones that I’m not sure about! I’ve also taken Two Towers off – not that we’ve watched it yet, but we have started (are about […]

Another one bites the dust – Final Fantasy this time, thanks to Channel 5. Don’t think I’ll bother doing a full review – would have been wowed 3 years ago when it came out, now – not so sure..

Hoorrah – my “to see” list is finally shrinking! Went to see the newest Harry Potter flick last night with the missus (first evening out together post-Ben, thanks to a wonderful friend who babysat!), and another friend at work has leant me The Two Towers, which will probably take us all week to watch! Saw […]

On one level a wonderful film – thrills, spills, laughs and tears, magic, betrayal, twists a-plenty, and as a cinematic experience I hugely enjoyed it. But as a Harry Potter film – well, I’m not sure it cuts it…. Warning – this review contains spoilers about the Harry Potter film and books. The lastest installment […]

Thinking about language, I was pondering about the fact that I now use the term “guys” generically to refer to both men and women, but yet would still refer to something intrinsically male as being a “guy thing”. Similarly I suppose I might refer to something being “a girl thing”, but I can’t imagine ever […]

H’mm – addendum to last entry.. I can also recognise which Spice Girl is which just by their voices! 🙁

Been listening those crazy kittens (the atomic ones), and I put up my hand to liking their music – a great combination of catchy tunes, harmonies, some fantastic instrumentation and arrangements, and often quite memorable lyrics. ANYWAY, the point was that several times they use the word “baby” to refer to their romantic interest – […]

Ben’s first thunderstorm last night. At around 4am, two HUGE cracks of thunder woke A and I up (actually A says there were 4, so I must have missed the first 2), really rumbly ones that went on for ages.. We lay in bed waiting for Ben to start crying.. and waited.. and .. nothing […]

Strangely billed as a children’s book, Mark Haddon tells the story of Christopher Boone, a 15 year old with Asperger’s, who finds a neighbour’s dog murdered, and sets out to solve the case. The book is written as Christopher’s diary, and gives a real insight into the mind of a child with this condition. There […]

G’rrr – two very interesting looking films that aren’t (at present) going to be released in this country – Garden State, and Danny Deckchair. Import DVD it is! Check out the trailers (via imdb, for example)