19 October 2020
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Today I was doing quite a lot in the kitchen – baking bread, green tomato chutney and goose stock as well as putting dinner together. I needed to be in the kitchen area to keep an eye on things but … Continue reading
29 December 2017
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From what I recall of going to the cinema, most people get up and leave not when the film is over but when the credits start rolling. I used to like getting my full money’s worth and, even though I … Continue reading
29 May 2017
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I’ve been watching some films based on strips from 2000AD (a comic that once sounded so futuristic). First there was a fan film based on Jonny Alpha, the Strontium Dog, which I picked up from Ars Technica. Then I saw … Continue reading
4 March 2017
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After a little further digging around, it turns out that The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010) was based on a series of graphic novels by Jacques Tardi. Given the nature of her adventures, that is hardly surprising. That also … Continue reading
25 September 2016
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With my next postgraduate Open University module due to start in just over the month, I qualify as a legitimate student and so tonight I decided to take advantage of the Amazon Prime Student deal. It might be useful if … Continue reading
29 March 2016
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Last night I was watching The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) except, to my eyes, it was just the Not as Good as the Other Movie Spiderman. It got me pondering about the subject of film reboots, especially short term ones. I … Continue reading
21 October 2015
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October 21 2015 was the future date that the heroes of Back to the Future II (1989) travelled to. The film, like Back to the Future (1985) and, to some extent, Back to the Future III (1990), was a massive … Continue reading
22 June 2015
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“This is madness”, says C-3PO to R2-D2 in an early scene of the first Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope). That would probably be an apt quote to go with this composite of all six Star Wars films … Continue reading
5 November 2014
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5th November is a date that is very easy to remember in a UK context. In 1605 there was an attempt to blow up Parliament and, having been thwarted and brutally repressed, the annual remembrance of the date has been … Continue reading