Summer Reading Recommendation

Wednesday, 16 July 2008, 13:07 | Category : books, recommendations
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Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks is set in the Derbyshire village of Eyam in 1665 – the year that plague spread devastatingly through the country. The story follows the fortunes of three central characters: Anna, a serving girl; the local rector and his wife, Elinor as they try to cope with the appalling [...]

Crimes Against Celluloid

Saturday, 12 July 2008, 11:33 | Category : bad films, trivia
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Just found a Wikipedia entry about the least popular films of all time. The films are sorted into various categories and taken from a range of sources, including the IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes. Some are of the ’so bad it’s good’ type, others are just plain terrible. It was interesting to see how many [...]

If Martin Scorsese made Sesame Street

Thursday, 10 July 2008, 23:39 | Category : Completely Random
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Life on the mean streets on childrens’ television

Indignant Tortoise Is So Itchy

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Something to read, something to do, something to watch

Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 0:10 | Category : film making, recommendations, trivia
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I don’t know about you, but I have a habit of heckling the protagonists in action and horror films. I can’t help it, actors seem to lack the rudimentary knowledge required to survive serial killers/movie monsters/homicidal aliens. However, what, in reality, would be the average person’s chances of surviving car chases, alien invasion or [...]