Our house is now officially For Sale. It’s on the various housing websites, there’s a big bloody great sign out the front and – most telling of all – we’ve had a good old tidy up. We’re in ‘race against Read more
A recent exchange with Total Film and Channel 4 Film via Twitter once again raised the bitter topic of movie adaptations of computer games. Why have they been, to date, so uniformly terrible? (more…)
Euro elections coming up, which means political stuff is being dropped through our letterbox everyday. We’ve had the Tories (I think that ended up in the bin before I had even seen it), we’ve had Labour, we’ve had the Greens. Read more
iPhone games are big business. The only problem is that most of them are rubbish – with the notable exception of Flight Control. (more…)
Seen quite a few movies over the last couple of weeks, whether on a plane, on holiday in Derbyshire or back here over the Bank Holiday weekend. To sum up – Frost/Nixon – Great little thriller, with Ron Howard pulling Read more
For the ‘official’ FXhome report on the trip, check this out. It’s been a non-stop two weeks, in which I’ve travelled rather absurd distances given the time involved. On Wednesday 15th the NAB team at work suddenly realised that the Read more
We’re far enough into the year to have escaped the ridiculous Christmas rush and the subsequent deathly lull; far enough to see what’s on the horizon. (more…)
There are points when I wonder if I’ll ever finish this book. Not because I fear I’m going to give up – I’m not – but because it just seems to keep on going, no matter how hard I try Read more
I just finished writing a chapter that’s been bubbling around my head since about 2001. During early development of Evinden, back when it was destined to be a movie script, I was discussing the basic concept with my housemate at Read more
Saw Gran Torino today, keeping up my 1-film-a-week routine. Well, other than last week, but we were in Hastings, so I’ll let myself off. The story is basically about Charlton Heston turning into Paul Newman. It was pretty good. At Read more
