Among the very many hard-to-classify films I’ve seen in my time, District 9 is one of the hardest. And that’s a good thing, because too many films these days are a high concept with no high plot to support it.
I really don’t want to give too much of the plot of this one away, so [...]
…. when by a very long measure the best television you’ve seen all year is Torchwood. But even allowing for the fact that I haven’t seen much TV this year anyway, let alone much quality stuff, nevertheless, the first two years of the series, while entertaining in places, were also terrible in others and generally [...]
Ooooh, this is an odd one.
A solitary worker operates a moon base which is the hub for a Helium-3 farming operation at a time when Helium-3, provided by the Lunar Corporation, has solved Earth’s fuel problems. His only company is a computer/robot with the voice of Kevin Spacey and a display that conveys its ‘emotions’ [...]
We went to see this new play at the rather lovely Berkeley Rep theatre last night, and while I think it’s fair to say all of our party enjoyed it, we did so with reservations. I think on the whole the performers rose above the quality of their material.
The play tells the story of Nero, [...]
Despite one or two comments from people who saw it at the weekend suggesting that I take tissues, I was in no way expecting UP to be one of the saddest films I’ve ever seen.
The story, while fantastic, is pretty straightforward. Old man (former balloon seller at the zoo) faced with being consigned to a [...]
I have been rubbish about my intention to review at least one thing each week on this here blog. But I vow that this will change. Starting now.
Went to see this unexpected gem last night on a whim of The Mrs’.
Plot: Queer teen Timothy lives in small town America and attends an exclusive all-boys school [...]
Not, surprisingly, a posting about the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross debacle, but a posting about the Russell Brand live show The Mrs and I went to last night. Yes, unexpectedly, he’s here in San Francisco for two nights, with last night being the second.
I’ve never seen him do stand up live, and it being so [...]
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