Sunshine DVD movie review

Posted on 13 September 2007

Do you recognise the following quotes?

“I have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.”
“This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off.”
“You know nothing. Hell is only a word. The reality is much, much worse.”
“Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?”
“So, what’s it like down there, in a submarine?”

If you know the films that [...]

300

Posted on 23 March 2007

Not since ancient times has a movie so polarized critical opinion.
Is the movie racist? Was it boo’ed in Germany? Did the London Metro really give it 1 star?
It seems that the Spartans continue to confound today’s commentators as much as they did their contemporary Greek states. I saw the movie last night in a packed [...]

You too will believe a man can fly…

Posted on 16 December 2006

**SPOLIERS ahead!**

You too will believe a man can fly.
Superman Returns has two heroes in it.  Not just the man in tights, there is also the man who has almost-married Lois.  For while the man of steel may be in the limelight I would have to go a long way to see a better man than Richard White.
Geek [...]

Spamalot!

Posted on 11 October 2006

“Spamalot!”
“Spamalot!”
“Spamalot!”
“It’s only a stage show.”
“Shhh. Knights, I bid you welcome to the West End! Let us ride to… Spamalot!”
I was only saying to the wife on Monday morning, as we negotiated the tube and industriously ignored the crowds who could hear every word in 5.1, that I would like to go do the new West [...]

Children of Men

Posted on 23 September 2006

**SLIGHT SPOILERS**
I have just got back from watching Children of Men (advert) at the cinema. I will probably write in more detail later, but here are my initial thoughts.
Firstly, this is a great bit of film making, but traditional in theme.  It is basically a road movie; that is a movie about going somewhere [...]

ICS M4 Para Anniversary 2006

Posted on 31 August 2006

FIRST IMPRESSIONS & BATTLE REPORT
ICS, in celebration of their 10 year anniversary have forged, in secret, a master gun. One gun to rule them all, one gun to find them, one gun to bring them all, and in the darkness lace the shit out them!
Here she is in all her glory:
(Click for a larger, [...]

Zero 1 - Airsoft Weekender

Posted on 28 August 2006

Or “What I saw at the weekend”
CLICK THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE
This weekend the Darkangel team and I drove down to the beautiful New Forest for a weekend of skirmish mayhem. What a weekend we had!
Late Friday afternoon, Trip, Kiero and I arrived at the Z1 campsite and met up with the rest of the [...]