Dynamo 5 #1–7 by Jay Faerber and Mahmud A Asrar I'm not sure why I bought this trade paperback – I hadn't read anything by Faerber before, let alone own any of his work. I think there were several factors behind the decision: Greg Burgas was a big advocate of…
They will soon be releasing the remake of The Karate Kid in this country, which meant that they showed the original version on television. I thought I should capture some thoughts on it after revisiting it because I have a huge soft spot for it – the film came out…
[An old memory, from my time living in America, as I tried to capture my experience of going to an American football match, having only watched it on television.] Sunday, 15 September 2002. Indianapolis, Indiana. I have a ticket to see the Miami Dolphins take on the Indianapolis Colts at…
By Walter Mosley I remember seeing, and enjoying, the film adaptation of this book when it first came out; among a cast that included Denzel Washington as Ezekiel ‘Easy’ Rawlins, Jennifer Beals as Daphne Monet and Tom Sizemore as DeWitt Albright, I remember it particularly for the first time I’d…
[Being further notes I wrote a long time ago but never posted for some reason.] Die Hard 4.0 This film is essentially the same concept as the earlier films: a terrorist distraction tactic to disguise a large robbery. Not that we want originality in our franchises or anything … Bruce…
[I'm a bit tired, so luckily I found some old stuff I wrote a while ago about some films I saw on DVD that I can post instead of something new.] The Science of Sleep This was weird – Michel Gondry writes and directs Gael Garcia Bernal as a Mexican…
Richard Herring's As It Occurs To Me (shortened to AIOTM) is an impressive undertaking: Herring writes an entirely new 60-minute sketch show each week, rehearses it with the cast (Emma Kennedy, Dan Tetsell and Christian Reilly on guitar) twice on the day and they perform it live on Monday night,…
I can't remember the last time I went to Tate Britain, or why I went there (although I do remember seeing David Walliams at the same exhibition; it's funny the things you remember), so it was nice to visit it again. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, brought to people's attention…
The final week of comics for April means I'm getting closer to my goal (well, one of my goals) of being up to date on my four-colour periodical purchases. I know this is a little odd, but it's what I have to do. Fantastic Four #578 Another issue of Fantastic…
Another week of comics, which included Avengers vs Atlas #4 (but I'll be talking about Agents of Atlas at a later stage, so that will have to wait). Soon, I'll be up to date. Soon. Hercules: Fall of an Avenger #2 'Now that's what I call a funeral.' The gods…