Forgetting all about that contrived (but still rather cool) dance piece at Liverpool Street the other month… something genuinely spontaneous happened on my rail replacement bus home last night. The driver was playing some pretty good songs over the speaker system (Pretty Woman, Brown Eyed Girl, a couple of Elvis tracks, some 80s air-grabbing power […]
Princess Mononoke / Spirited Away
Over the last two weeks I have been getting re-acquainted with some of the more popular Studio Ghibli films, notably Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away (both by Hayao Miyazaki). Princess Mononoke Spirited Away If you have not yet had chance to see these films, I really would recommend them! Spirited Away is a good entry […]
Film4 Great Adaptations Season
Beginning Friday 10 April, Film4 will showcase a selection of award-winning films that have been adapted from books, including the Oscar-winning LA Confidential (from the novel by James Ellroy), The Talented Mr Ripley (by Patricia Highsmith) and The Devil Wears Prada (by Lauren Weisberger). The books will also feature in Waterstone’s stores, allowing fans of […]
Eminem – We Made You
So, Eminem is back, and with a new song ‘We Made You’. I was very surprised to find that I actually quite liked the chorus of this song… Sorry for the poor quality clip… YouTube hasn’t made many of the copies of the clip available to people in the UK – how annoying!
More Doctor Who-ness!
Whilst getting all excited for Planet Of The Dead (screening tonight, BBC ONE, 18:45 BST), I have been watching the last series via BBC Three. Last night culminated in the ‘Journey’s End’ and ‘The Next Doctor’ episodes… and something in ‘Journey’s End struck me, especially as Tennant’s departure had not yet been announced… There is […]
Gari Wellingham 