Saturday, 20 June 2009
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Fatheaded bigot speaks dumb
O'Reilly is surely some sort of cartoon-turned-real figure, glad he's not on TV here cause I think I'd watch him every night. I can watch clips of him with the sound off and he still gets my goat. Presumably he's never visited Europe cause I'm sure he'd explode or stroke out or something. Maybe we could intice him over on some sort of ruse and see what happens. What an utter #!%&. Anyways the link is from Huffpo and it or something else sent me here, Greenwald is good, real good.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Glimmers from the Shiny box
Devil's Ground was average I guess, the usual kids in the woods meet nasty murderous locals story framed as flashbacks told to a stranger, in this case Daryl Hannah. I wonder sometimes how films with such hackneyed plots get greenlit - it had potential and some not-terrible acting but is mostly very ho-hum.
Into the Night, an 80's John Landis comedy thriller thing was better, mind you maybe I enjoyed it just because it has Michelle Pfeiffer in it,who knows. It's very 80's so unless you've got some sort of nostalgic sympathy for that era I''d stay away , sure it's got a plot, man meets stunning woman in trouble and haplessly helps her through the crisis but it's a bit thin on action and a bit thin on comedy. Plus Jeff Golblum is his usual self ie not as funny or charming as he thinks he his. Couple of BB King songs in it if you're interested.
Seconds was fantastic, I've always been a fan of the original Manchurian Candidate and Frankenhemier in general but I'd never even heard of this little gem. I don't want to say too much about this film but it made me think of Reggie Perrin and The Game by Fincher. Anyways I really must try and buy this for the shop and start picking through F's filmography.
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is by far the best film this week, so far, after an array of drugs. His book Earth From The Air was published when I worked in the trade, it had some pretty amazing photography but after a while it got a little tired. This film however puts the images in the correct context, as a plea, a begging letter to the world, a hymn to our planet. Religious leaders should take note, the majesty of your "God's" creation has been sullied and your voice is but a whimper. Oh for leaders, lord knows the world needs leaders, people who can say the obvious truths, some clear thinking and honesty are needed more than ever and the majority of the people on this lovely planet are ill served by our "masters". Anyways guess I should say someting about the film itself, well it's rammed with amazing HD footage stamped with YAB's designery-style and the commentary is surprisingly educated and has plenty of stats that will chill your blood. Oh and did I mention it was free, as in freely distributed not just downloady free but actually free. Tip of the Hat Yann.
Into the Night, an 80's John Landis comedy thriller thing was better, mind you maybe I enjoyed it just because it has Michelle Pfeiffer in it,who knows. It's very 80's so unless you've got some sort of nostalgic sympathy for that era I''d stay away , sure it's got a plot, man meets stunning woman in trouble and haplessly helps her through the crisis but it's a bit thin on action and a bit thin on comedy. Plus Jeff Golblum is his usual self ie not as funny or charming as he thinks he his. Couple of BB King songs in it if you're interested.
Seconds was fantastic, I've always been a fan of the original Manchurian Candidate and Frankenhemier in general but I'd never even heard of this little gem. I don't want to say too much about this film but it made me think of Reggie Perrin and The Game by Fincher. Anyways I really must try and buy this for the shop and start picking through F's filmography.
Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand is by far the best film this week, so far, after an array of drugs. His book Earth From The Air was published when I worked in the trade, it had some pretty amazing photography but after a while it got a little tired. This film however puts the images in the correct context, as a plea, a begging letter to the world, a hymn to our planet. Religious leaders should take note, the majesty of your "God's" creation has been sullied and your voice is but a whimper. Oh for leaders, lord knows the world needs leaders, people who can say the obvious truths, some clear thinking and honesty are needed more than ever and the majority of the people on this lovely planet are ill served by our "masters". Anyways guess I should say someting about the film itself, well it's rammed with amazing HD footage stamped with YAB's designery-style and the commentary is surprisingly educated and has plenty of stats that will chill your blood. Oh and did I mention it was free, as in freely distributed not just downloady free but actually free. Tip of the Hat Yann.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Monday, 15 June 2009
PS3
Team Ico's latest game is looking vey interesting, think I posted the clip couple of weeks ago but here's some High-res pics. Loving that creature. I'm delighted bout this - my fave director loves my fave games
Bought Trash Panic - I'm a bit of a sucker when it comes to these cheap downloadable games on the PSN. It was only 3 quid so can't grumble too much, basically a Tetris clone, you're filling a garbage can with an array of junk thats kinda interactive. Anyways it's got a few problems with too-long loading, a flawed viewpoint and a forced quirkiness to it's design.
Visions from the Shiny box
Just watched Milk - was pretty good, I knew nowt about the guy but it's a pretty interesting tale. Wish they'd weighted it a little more towards Dan White though - a great performance by Brolin but I just wasn't really sure why he snapped. Maybe I should have watched the documentary about him first.
Also watching Spiral, a french detective drama, not finished yet but it's not bad. Seen some reviews comparing it to the Wire but I think that's a stretch. I'd say it's closer to Prime Suspect or Cracker say, think there's another series so will have to see if I can get it for the shop.
Also watching Spiral, a french detective drama, not finished yet but it's not bad. Seen some reviews comparing it to the Wire but I think that's a stretch. I'd say it's closer to Prime Suspect or Cracker say, think there's another series so will have to see if I can get it for the shop.
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