by Neil | May 30, 2011 | Film, Movies, Review
It seems like an age since I went to the cinema and so yesterday I trekked off to Greenwich to see Thor. Branagh’s take on the Marvel comic begins with Odin’s defeat of the Frost Giants in a difficult, at times clunky, prologue to the main action held...
by Neil | Dec 31, 2010 | Books, Comment, Fantasy, Horror, Reading, Review, Science Fiction
This is the first Christmas for the self hosted version of my blog. As was customary on my old internet home, I’d like to take some time to draw your attention to the books I particularly enjoyed reading this year and, looking back, I’m surprised how much...
by Neil | Nov 15, 2010 | Music, Personal, Review, Video
There’s something cool about finding a good band very early on in their career and seeing them grow over time. I don’t go to very many gigs – time being something of an absent commodity around here right now – but I made an exception on Friday...
by Neil | Oct 25, 2010 | Film, Review
I finally got round to a visit to the cinema this weekend. Red, based on the graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, follows Frank Moses (Bruce Willis), an ex CIA agent, plodding along in his retirement and flirting with his pension office rep Sarah...
by Neil | May 18, 2010 | Film, Review
Note: Contains spoilers. I went to see Robin Hood last weekend. Truth be told I was a bit sceptical about whether I’d enjoy it or not. Ridley Scott is a film maker whose work I have a lot of admiration for – particularly his earlier stuff – but the...
by Neil | Sep 28, 2009 | Books, Reading, Review
In my experience non-fiction books come in two categories: mind-blowingly fascinating or eye-wateringly crap. There is very little in between. Thankfully, Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw’s book is squarely in the fascinating camp. The concept of the book, unsrprisingly, is...
