by Neil | Feb 3, 2009 | Books, Review, Science Fiction
After months of neglect I finally have a new review up at bookrater.co.uk. You can see what I thought of Ian McDonald’s Brasyl here. A short preview follows: Marcelina Hoffman is a reality TV producer who likes martial arts and will contemplate most things in...by Neil | Jan 19, 2009 | Entertainment, Film, Movies, Review
Truthfully, I did not have high hopes for this film. I do rate the director Baz Luhrmann, being a secret fan of Moulin Rouge and a vocal advocate of what he did for Romeo & Juliet. Never seen Strictly Ballroom – god willing, I never will. My concerns were not...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 | Oct 17, 2008 | Books, Neil Gaiman, Review
I’ve reviewed The Graveyard Book over at www.bookrater.co.uk: The story goes that it was a small cemetery near Gaiman’s house in the eighties, where he used to take his son to ride on his tricycle, that merged, in the author’s head, with The Jungle Book to...