Category: media

Hollywood Reporter is running a story about the casting of the Hitchikers film. We already knew that Martin Freeman would playing Arthur but this story adds Mos Def as Ford and Zooey Deschanel as Trillian. It also confirms Stephen Moore as the voice of Marvin. Not sure how I feel about Disney making a film… Continue reading H2G2 Cast

You are no doubt aware that the Odeon web site is broken in a number of ways. It has all sorts of flashy animations that server no purpose other than to prevent the site working on any browser but Internet Explorer. And now it seems that it’s giving out bad information as well. Yesterday my… Continue reading No Big Fish

In WH Smith’s yesterday I was given a free sample copy of Zoo Weekly magazine (“for men who like girls, football and funny stuff”) and against my better judgement I decided to read it. It’s the most juvenile and sexist pile of trash that it’s ever been my misfortune to read. I really hope that… Continue reading Zoo Weekly

If you don’t read Bad Science in the Guardian every Thursday, then you should really start. Every week they expose ridiculous pseudo-scientific claims made by the advertising industry. I mention it this week in order to link to story on Oxygiser. This is a) because you should all read it and b) in to help… Continue reading Bad Science

Another thing that happened just before christmas. I lost an Ebay auction for a VHS copy of the old animated version of The Return of the King. I’m sure it’s complete rubbish, but i’ve never seen it and it’s always annoyed me that The Lord of the Rings only told half of the story. If… Continue reading Return of the King

The Times announced today that it is going to follow The Independent in experimenting with a tabloid version. I’m guessing that The Guardian can’t be far behind.

This is pretty cool. Don’t tell them I told you about it :)

Are you watching season seven of Buffy The Vampire Slayer on BBC2? Is it making much sense to you? Do you find yourself thinking that the plot is a bit disjointed and confusing at times? If so, please don’t blame the writers or the production company. The blame lies firmly with the BBC. They BBC… Continue reading BBC2 The Buffy Slayer

The BBC has gone all coy on us. In a current story about the former US marine Toby Studabaker they say that he is on trial for abducting a 12 year old girl that he met on the internet. They go on to say Mr Studabaker, 32, allegedly disappeared with the youngster from Greater Manchester,… Continue reading Coy BBC

I’m contemplating a cinema overload on Saturday. I reckon that with a bit of planning I can see Holes, LXG and Kill Bill all at the Streatham Odeon one after the other. Of course, with it being Nov 1st I should be working on my NaNoWriMo novel, but I can just postpone starting on it… Continue reading Cinema Overload