Pilgrim Vs Creepy Kid

Scott Pilgrim is a furiously paced action/comedy mash saturated in video game culture. Despite it's facile romcom plot - Pilgrim must fight his new love's ex boyfriends - it's gimmicky gaming overlays and some rank tunes it's a reasonably entertaining watch. I'm not a huge fan of Cera but it's a decent ensemble and they've got a funny, sharp script to work with so it all thunders along keeping you from noticing how paper thin it is. MTV bubblegum but still fun.

Case 39 is fairly unoriginal creepy-kid horror starring Ian McShane and Renee Zellweger. The latter appears as a social worker drawn to a troubled girl, after saving her life then adopting her she realises that the brat is a touch demonic, doh, stupid tight face Renee. There's nothing outstanding or memorable about the film whatsoever, it barely musters a thrill let alone a scare, the acting is perfunctory and the deaths unexciting. Makes the Orphan seem like a classic.

Oddballs encircled by Murdoch's excretions

Lord Blackheath repeats his bumblings about the generous Foundation X on Sky. Mmm feel the quality of Newscorp journalism.

Jesse Ventura, former wrestler, Governor, actor, has his own conspiracy TV show. Here's his latest episode on Wall Street. It's only a matter of time before Chuck gets a quiz show.

Questions about Hasib Hussein and Tavistock Square.

Someone fired a missile off the California coast but noone's fessing up.

Batshit lady prattles on about Obama, Nibiru and all sorts of crazy.

Icke is banging on about some Scottish Peedo ring, makes a change from Royal Lizards.

According to Murdoch's Sun, Scarborough is the new hangout for UFO's.

Flipping B3TA Board/Bored

Charlie Brooker & David Mitchell doing a current affairs show - promo here.

Christopher Walken cooks Chicken with Pears over here.

Fun with Buckets & Balls.

Box of Delights

Pandora's Box is an early documentary series by Adam Curtis. First aired in 1992 it's a typically idiosyncratic overview of the social engineering theories that dominated so many lives in the 20th Century all wonderfully mashed together with archive footage and talking head interviews. Over the six episodes Curtis discusses Soviet machinations, American game theory, British Economic jiggerypokery, DDT and the science/industry interface, Ghanaian industrial dreams crushed and nuclear power, phew. Though it's dated a bit since it's airing and he's covered some of the material in following programmes this is still a fascinating series that should be lapped up by documentary lovers. And check out his blog.

Pure Mental

Mike Jay is co-curating what sounds like a fascinating exhibition about our history with drugs at the Wellcome Collection, London. Must make effort. Will probably end up just buying the book.

American Air Force want to get themselves some neuroweapons. Wired.

Outbreak of Koro panic on an Indian worksite.

Some fine English boffins have discovered zapping your noggin might just improve your maths ability.

The cojoined Hogan twins seem to share sensory information and thoughts? Gizmodo.

Damn another nice new book, Portraits of the Mind, has some stunning images of our noodlebox contents.

Hartley 2, The Sun & Lo Stivale

Quizzing it with Dali, Zappa & Malcolm X

Film Fluff

John Carpenter's next project is some Twilight-looking comic book called Darkchylde

Michel Faber's excellent Under The Skin novel is heading for cinemas with Scarlett Johanssen taking the lead and Sexy Beast's Director Jonathan Glazer in the chair.

Tolkein nixed a Beatles version of the Lord of The Rings.

Tom Hardy has bagged a role in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Caine and Winstone are rumoured to be starring in Henry5 a scifi version of Shakespeare's classic.

Snyder says General Zod not in his Superman reboot. Nolan's started casting for the next Batman.

Emmerich purveyor of dumb blockbusters has a low budget alien invasion pic in development.