I know this is a bit self-indulgent, but six months of almost daily blogging is something worth marking. With the exception of those few days in April, I've posted every day this year, a better history than the previous five years (yes, I've been blogging, rather badly, for five years).…
Bad Lieutenant (I shall stop calling it by its full title) is wonderfully bonkers, deliriously barmy, utterly mental and stupidly entertaining. It shouldn't be, but the combination of the fantastic over-the-top performance from Nicolas Cage as the titular policeman and the crazy sensibility that Werner Herzog creates for the film…
If you want to enjoy this film, ignore the fact that its title is Robin Hood; treat it as a historical fantasy and you will find some entertainment value out of this slightly above average but inoffensive action film. I’m not saying that Robin Hood should be historically accurate –…
The thing about Four Lions is that it shouldn’t be funny. The story of a group of radicalised British Muslims who decide on a suicide bomb attack in the UK sounds exactly like the sort of material that is antithetical to comedy; however, this film is hilariously, hugely, warmly funny,…
On the day that England went out of the World Cup, it's time to talk about a few comics. Fortunately, I had Lego Harry Potter to entertain me instead of the football ... Nemesis #1 I really don't know why I bought this – it's a textbook example of a…
I seem to have bought more comics than I remember in the month of March so far, with three weeks of five comics each (which is rather a lot for me). Although I won't be chatting about one of them today (Avengers vs Atlas #3), I've still got a lot…
This project – writing my thoughts on all my entertainments that I didn't write about at the time – is really beginning to confuse my sense of time, especially when I power through several weeks in the course of a few days. I have no idea in which chronological direction…
I'm into the comics I bought in March of earlier this year – the tantalising prospect of being up to date with my comic purchases draws ever nearer ... Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #2 I'm sure that this is good, but I've given up caring about it.…
A lot to get through in this post, with five books to cripple my bank account and entertain me. Batman and Robin #9 Wasn't I talking about issue 8 only the other day? This catch-up thing can confuse me ... This is the final part of the zombie Batman three-parter,…
An incomplete discussion today: also included in the purchases from the comic shop were Avengers vs Atlas #2 and Incredible Hercules #141, but they will be discussed separately (and I really must get round to doing that soon), so only two books today. Joe the Barbarian #2 For a relatively…