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  • Back From The Dead

    Just a heads up – I’m back from the dead, after a lengthy hiatus, and plan to start posting again, so think about paying attention in the near future. Or maybe not, if you have better things to do. Alison… Continue reading

  • My life on Heroic Cinema

    I used to be funny, you know (eerily reminiscent of “I could have been a contender”). I’ve just found myself wiffling on interminably on another blog (Jordan and Eddie) about a  few of my favourite Asian films, and then spent… Continue reading

  • Hollywood remakes of Asian films are bollocks

    I refuse to even look at the cover of the remake of Old Boy, at least partly because I made the mistake of watching the Hollywood version of Ring. The original Korean Old Boy (trailer here, although it’s not great) is… Continue reading

  • Chocolate, red wine, and nicotine patches

    It’s party time! Day 1 of my attempt to quit smoking sees all my drugs of choice lined up – chocolate, red wine, and a swag of nicotine patches. Plus, of course, Robin Hood series 3, with the incomparable Richard… Continue reading

  • Bad habits and brains

    I’ve got so many bad habits they virtually have to queue up for my attention. But bad habits don’t mean you’re a bad person. Bad habits, and good habits too, form in response to neurochemistry: we do things that make… Continue reading

  • Fox music

    Because it’s time for a musical interlude after all that ranting about movies (like the worst vampire movie ever made and the latest vampire movie, which is still a bit crap), I’m shamelessly nicking a post from a blog I wrote… Continue reading

  • Worst vampire movie ever made? *

    If you put all the horror stories of the past few hundred years through a shredder, then gave the remains to a 12-year-old comic nerd to write and direct, the result is the execrable Van Helsing. I could live with… Continue reading

  • Fairy floss hair

    Fairy floss hair. I haz it. ***End transmission*** Continue reading

  • Vlad the impala **

    I’ve just sat through the interminable Hollywood crap-pic Dracula Untold – if only it had been untold, I’d be a lot less cranky right now. Or at least if someone had given the scriptwriters a good slap upside the head… Continue reading

  • Shoes and ships and sealing wax

    I once used the phrase “shoes and ships and sealing wax” in an administrative form for a past boss – I used it as a place-holder, with a note to suggest replacing it with information that I didn’t have. Alas,… Continue reading