Directed by Mark Waters. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo. Cert PG. Running Time: 1 Hr 31 Mins Approx. I thought I\’d hate this movie but Reese Witherspoon (Elizabeth) and Mark Ruffalo (David) are pretty likeable characters. There\’s a small spark Read more…
Author: skullcull
Yeah well that might be a lie, but if I tell the lie to myself enough then it might come true. You have to hope. And the bits in my life that do shine throw the rest into shadow anyway. Read more…
Perhaps this facet of my character has been withering on the vine. Perhaps not. Perhaps it just fits into a smaller box. I often air it in a humourous way. It wants to kick the shit out of me at Read more…
They still happen. people are still capable of commiting charitable acts, doing unselfish, altruistic things. That might seem like a stupid thing to say, but I think that a lot of people have forgotten it. Cynicism practised because it is Read more…
At what point do we enter culture? Always from an oblique personal angle that many other people may have some familiarity with but which they can never know entirely — it is a personal creation. This is not to say Read more…
Well, hey, that\’s not exactly true — when you\’ve been fucked over by someone do you need a \’good luck in your new job\’ letter from them? No, you bloody well don\’t. What have they been reading lately \’15 Lessons Read more…
Directed by Karyn Kusama. Starring Charlize Theron; Martin Csokas; Jonny Lee Miller. Running Time: 93 mins. I don\’t know why this was so universally reviled by the critics. Sure, it\’s no masterpiece, but it is by no means the worse Read more…
I\’ll start this by saying that I love Tim Burton. I wanted to love Planet Of The Apes despite what the critics said but they were right — despite the visuals it was not a good film. This is something Read more…
Directed by James McTeigue. Starring Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt. Cert: 15. Running Time: 132 Mins. Alan Moore is not happy with the way the film world treats his books. I have just seen V Read more…
I don\’t know if anything as noble as a philosophy will emerge from this project, which originally wished to entitle Conversation Peace, but perhaps some useful ideas might be brought into the light in the process of working how I, Read more…