Archive for July, 2006



Life in the fast lane

Published on 29 July, 2006

I saw the new Pixar film ‘Cars’ last night, and despite the general panning it has received from the critics, I thought it was superb. With Pixar you really do set your sights high. The original Toy Story broke new ground in animation and set the bar for others to jump. The second Toy Story [...]


Top Films for a budding film buff

Published on 18 July, 2006

So the Radio Times has compiled a list of “essential viewing” for a crash course in film. As a bit of a film geek myself, I do have some questions with the list. As well as having to admit to not having seen a great majority of the films on the list. Top is Casablanca. [...]


The Perils of reading the Daily Mail

Published on 13 July, 2006

I’m buying the newspaper The Daily Mail at the moment, as they are giving away “Free” CDs, and to justify the whole experience, I am reading some of the articles. The Daily Mail is the educated man’s Sun, in that it purpotes to be a serious paper, yet a lot of the articles are complete [...]