by Neil | Jun 28, 2009 | 1980s, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review, Transformers
Michael Bay returns to cinemas with a second installment of the Transformers franchise, that glorious silly commercial-in-disguise piece of Americana film making. I’m not being sarcastic: I enjoyed the first film as I marked on this blog at the time. The...by Neil | Dec 31, 2008 | 1980s, Entertainment, Random, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Video, Writing
As 2008 slides into the past and we say hello to 2009 I’m going to travel back to London in a couple of hours. Once I’m back I will be posting my best of 2008 for short stories but in the interim here’s a wonderful piece of 1980’s television...by Neil | Aug 5, 2007 | 1980s, Film, J.R.R.Tolkien, Jack Black, Life, Tenacious D, Transformers
A lazy sweltering weekend is drawing to a close and I have, I must admit, been bunking off. At long last I finally managed to see Transformers, it was a brilliant film on two levels none of which relate to the objective quality of the movie. Firstly I did indeed get...by Neil | Jun 10, 2007 | 1980s, Birthday, childhood, Film, Life, Movies, Ocean's 13, Random, Thoughts, Transformers
So it’s my birthday. I was treated to what can only be described as a breakfast banquet by G consisting of all my favourites: eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, fried potatoes, toast with marmalade, fresh black coffee and orange juice. All served by a beautiful...