by Neil | Sep 3, 2009 | Comment, Film, Movies, Review, Science Fiction and Fantasy
Britain doesn’t make many films anymore let alone Science Fiction or Fantasy but that wasn’t the reason I decided to watch Franklyn. In truth, it sounded like an interesting film with the kind of narrative play that I tend to like a great deal. Franklyn follows...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 | May 26, 2009 | Film, Movies, Review, Science Fiction and Fantasy
I managed to see the new reboot of Star Trek.* Some background: I am, for my sins, a long term fan of the series although I lean towards TNG over any of the other offerings, and best not to get me started on the TNG films. I do not consider Star Trek to be science...by Neil | May 11, 2009 | Books, Comment, Reading, Recipe, Review, Science Fiction
I’m a little late to the party on this one and really given the long list of distinguished readers* singing the praises of Cory Doctorow’s Little Brother you don’t need little old me to tell you it’s good. Only I’m going to. And...