by Neil | Jan 11, 2009 | Comment, Entertainment, Film, Guillermo del Toro, Movies, Review
Constant readers will know that I am something of a Guillermo del Toro fan having lapped up both Cronos and Pan’s Labyrinth. It will therefore come as a bit of a surprise that I didn’t manage to see Hellboy 2 in the cinema and I can assure you, having now...by Neil | Nov 9, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review
I have a confession to make. When news broke that Daniel Craig was going to be the next Bond I was one of the people that thought he couldn’t do it, that he would be another Lazenby or at best another Dalton. Anyway, Casino Royale didn’t just put those concerns at...by Neil | Jul 16, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review, Thoughts
I went to see Hancock quite by chance as the film I had intended to see was sold out. John Hancock is not a nice man. He’s a bad tempered drunk who lives in a trailer and generally irritates the hell out of everyone he meets. He’s also a superhero. That is to say he...by Neil | Jun 30, 2008 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review, Thoughts
In the 1880’s it was said that Jesse James was the most famous American after Mark Twain. A point noted in the film. On April 3rd, 1882 Jesse James was assassinate in his own home by a man he knew. Jesse is still famous today, as much for how he died as how he lived...by Neil | Jun 7, 2008 | Comment, Film, Movies, Review, Thoughts
Saturday morning got off to a bad start. The car is due for it’s M.O.T and I thought – because the mechanic in the garage told me – that I had booked the car in for the necessary work at 8.30 this morning. Bleary eyed I set off for the garage clutching the fairly...