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The Expendables 2 Movie Review

It hardly seems like two years since The Expendables was in the cinema and now here all shinny and new is The Expendables 2. This time Arnold, Bruce and Stallone do more together with the added bonus of Chuck Norris. It opens straight with the best action sequence of the film.  After that it follows […]

Liverpool Downpour Gallery

A sudden dowpour caught me in the Mann Island exhibition space next to the Open Eye gallery at lunch time today. Here are a few of the better pictures I took of the rain and the aftermath on my phone’s camera.

The Post Modern Spy Pentathlon

After seeing The Bourne Legacy we were contemplating what should go into a Post Modern Pentathlon inspired by what a 21st Century spy might have to do when on the run in a hostile world.  While Bourne was the original starting point Mission Impossible, Bond and any number of other action orientated spy films and […]

The Bourne Legacy

Enjoyed the Bourne Legacy tonight.   The Bourne Ultimatum pulled a high wire act with the clever play with time and the ending of the Bourne Supremacy.   The Bourne Legacy opens quite slow with a lot of work being put into establishing new characters and how they fit into the existing timeline.  If action is you’re […]

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Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings

  Turner Monet Twomly: Later Paintings at Tate Liverpool is an intriguing mix of the late works work of three artists born in three different centuries.  The works are grouped thematically and each artist’s works are intermingled with each other.  There are some fine pieces by all three artists and if (like me) you don’t […]

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Meats

Just a silly ideas from a misheard word in a discussion of Maslow’s Hierarcy of Needs.  So I present for your amusement Maslow’s Hierarchy of Meats. Click the image for larger version.

Serpentine Pavilion 2012

I’ve posted a new page of pictures of the Serpentine Gallery 2012 from my recent trip to London.

Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style at the Barbican

I went to the new Bond exhibition at the Barbican, Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style, last Friday.  The exhibition is broken down across three physical areas of the Barbican and built up from thematic sections like gold, gadgets, casinos and travel.  Each section is filled with a variety of props, costumes, concept […]

The Physicists at the Donmar

My apologies this is one of those blog posts where I’ll do a bit of personal narrative before I get to the meat of the so called review which is in truth just my personal ramblings anyway. Chance can be a funny thing… while I’d planned out my days on a short trip to London […]