More reasons not to vote Tory. The Conservative party would switch off a swath of the BBC’s digital services, including its website and the youth channel BBC3, if it won the next general election. Tories would close BBC website. Of course, BBC3 wouldn’t really be missed.
Category: media
Arthurian Film
A few weeks ago I watched Excalibur for the first time for many years. It used to be one of my favourite films, but now I found it too long and badly acted. Bizarrely the deviations from the “canonical” Arthurian legends didn’t bother me as much as they used to. But it got me thinking… Continue reading Arthurian Film
Cindy of a Thousand Lives
I see that the Cindy Sherman exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery finishes in a couple of weeks and I’d really like to see it before it closes. So I’ll probably go on Saturday afternoon. Anyone fancy joining me? I’ve looked at all the photographsBut Cindy, which one of them was you? – Cindy of a… Continue reading Cindy of a Thousand Lives
Alien, etc
Over the last few weeks I’ve rewatched all of the Alien films. I was quite surprised by some of the conclusions that I reached. Alien (1979) – This has always been my favourite and that opinion hasn’t changed. Didn’t make as strong an impression as it did all those years ago but then it’s important… Continue reading Alien, etc
The Power of Three
Buffy finished a few weeks ago. This leaves me with a bit of a hole in my TV viewing schedule, so I went looking for something to fill it. And (hopefully) something to also satisfy my desires for teen drama with a supernatural edge. I’d seen a couple of episodes of Charmed before, but pretty… Continue reading The Power of Three
Twin Peaks
I recently bought the DVD boxed set of Twin Peaks and yesterday we started to watch it. Almost fifteen years after it was made it is still absolutely fantastic. If there has ever been a better TV series then I haven’t seen it (tho’ The Prisoner comes a close second.) The only downside is that… Continue reading Twin Peaks
“If You Beliiieve… They Put A Man On The Moon…”
Spacecraft Films are in the process of making available DVD sets which include a large proportion of the footage from the various NASA space missions. For example, the forthcoming Apollo 11 set is on three disks and contains over ten hours of footage. The Apollo missions were a major part of my childhood. I was… Continue reading “If You Beliiieve… They Put A Man On The Moon…”
Jeremy Hardy (again)
Looks like Jeremy Hardy vs the Israeli Army is getting a general release in the UK. This is a very good film. Go and see it when it’s on near you.
Fear of Flying
Interesting interview with Erica Jong in The Guardian today. I’m glad to see that there are still people who talk this type of unfashionable sense. What she does mind are young women today who refuse to call themselves feminists and insist the women’s movement is obsolete. “They think equal pay and women talking dirty on… Continue reading Fear of Flying
Tabloid Heaven
Today is the sort of day that tabloid journalists dream about. Not only do they have a story involving pop stars, “glamour” models and sex, but they have another one that talks about perverts, missing children and the dangers of the internet. All the important topics covered in just two stories.