Too Many Ideas - Posts Tagged ‘Film’
Bond New and Old
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007I picked up the DVD of Casino Royale at the weekend and watched it for the first time since seeing it at the cinema. Definitly still the best bond for a long time, hope they keep their nerve with the next one. Watching it again I was able to pay more attention to the sound […]
The Departed v Infernal Affairs
Friday, September 14th, 2007I watched The Departed on DVD for the first time last night, Martin Scorsese take on the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs. Both have their good points and bad points. On balance I’d say I prefer the plot of Infernal Affairs and Tony Leung Chiu Wai’s Chan Wing Yan (as Tony Leung) is more interesting […]
The Bourne Ultimatum
Saturday, September 1st, 2007While I like a Bond film or a Die Hard 4.0 I prefer my spy films to be a little more believable, a bit more visceral more like Ronin or Iprcress Files. The first two Bourne films fell squarely in that camp. I saw The Bourne Ultimatum and it doesn’t wander from the path. Like […]
Bounty II Visits Liverpool
Saturday, August 18th, 2007I had a less leisurely start to Saturday as I did a mad dash for my food shopping so I could get down to the Albert Dock in Liverpool to see the Bounty II, an oversized replica of the original HMAV Bounty which was making a one day stop to raise funds for the restoration […]
The Prestige
Monday, August 13th, 2007Don’t ask me why but yesterday I washed all the less used pots, pans, storage containers, utensils and other kitchen stuff. I didn’t intend to but cleaning one pot I needed spiraled into a serious cleaning thing. After that I just wanted to relax and so I stuck on a DVD. I picked up The […]
Thursday Thirteen #22
Thursday, August 9th, 2007Thirteen Characters from Mark Caldwell’s Pulp Adventure stories My short story, The Electron Jockey, has been accepted for Astonishing Adventures Magazine issue #1 here are some of the character’s who appear in The Electron Jockey or the sequels I’m writing at the moment. For a bit of fun most of their names were taken straight […]
The Film Ghetto
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007Empire (September 2007) has an interesting article “My Week in TV Hell” has an interesting article about films on terrestrial television in the UK. I thought it was a fluff piece at first: Dorian Lynskey watches every film shown on the five terrestrial analogue services in the UK for a week. However once you get […]
Out of this World: the art of Josh Kirby @ The Walker Art Gallery
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Went to see the exhibition of Josh Kirby’s work at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool today. I knew of his covers for Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and some of his other cover art. There is a lot more to see here than just those. There are some of his film posters including excellent pieces […]
Thursday Thirteen #19
Thursday, July 19th, 2007Has Thirteen Things ever felt like a domestic chore? I’ve been on a bit of a cleaning and tidying fad for a couple of weeks so this weeks Thirteen Things from me is Thirteen Things Mark Caldwell has cleared out recently. Old computing books for versions of languages and software that are long gone. Video […]
And in a Packed Sunday…
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Last day of my week off today. I’ve done a lot this past week although as is normally the case with a week off not as much as I wanted to. I started the day with a trip into the city centre with plans to get some photographs for Wordless Wednesdays and to do a […]