You find the beats, you find Fante, you\’re gonna find Bukowski. As a writer how can you not be drawn to him? It is arguable that he is one of the most influential out of any of that type of Read more…
Category: film
I grew up watching Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin and I still think they stand up as comic geniuses. I love watching Laurel and Hardy. I have to admit that the 3 Stooges weren\’t something I saw much of. I Read more…
in the same way that i got a distinct look of having had shit on a stick waved under my nose when i heard about the new star trek movie, today i got that feeling when i heard about the Read more…
A bit of research into this show demonstrates how many times the poor bloody show was chopped to bits and re-assembled into some Frankenstein\’s Monster version of the Japanese original. It was a groundbreaker though and the fact that it Read more…
I must be on a books that inspired me kick at the moment — first Pay It Forward and then this, which I read around the same time. That was fiction and this is true. The other thing that both Read more…
I have to admit that when someone recommended to me that I read this book I was not very eager to take them up on their recommendation — there was something about it that just seemed a bit too touchy Read more…
I don\’t know — I liked the film of Basketball Diaries but for some reason I do not associate the figure that comes across in those two great books with the impetuous, somewhat whiny, character that Di Caprio comes across Read more…
This film just strikes me as a really bad idea. I would never call myself a trekkie but I grew up watching all of the series and I have seen all of the films. I think part of the reason Read more…
This is a cult classic — one of those things you will always find in a student room along with \’The Kiss\’ by Gustav Klimt and \’Midnight At The Cafe\’ by Van Gogh. I tried to introduce my wife to Read more…