If you have spent any time at all around around writers, William Faulkner’s immortal advice to “kill your darlings” will be something with which you are intimately familiar. A clarion cry to all dedicated wordsmiths to parse down their text to only that which makes the prose or poetry Continue Reading
Movies
Marvellous massing of movie trailers #7: Spider Man 2, White Reindeer, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, Cold Turkey, Tracks + more
A funny thing happened to me the other day. I was measuring up a prime spot in my local cinema’s main screening room, trying to work out if I could fit my bed, side table and computer desk in a little nook up the back, when the attendant asked Continue Reading
Food truck fight! The Muppets Swedish Chef vs. Gordon Ramsey in all new Muppisode
There is one movie I am looking forward more than any other next year, Muppets Most Wanted – for proof see here, here and yes all the way over here – and I am thrilled to bits that the promotional effort leading up to it is every bit as zany, Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art Christmas: Tattoos inspired by festive flicks
Against all odds, I love National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. That’s not necessarily because it’s a bad movie – it’s actually pretty funny with some deliciously twisted moments that manage to evince some real heart and soul, not an easy feat in what is essentially a larger than life comedic Continue Reading
Forget giant eagles! The Hobbit rides in style on the official airline of Middle Earth
With only days to go, days I tell you!, till the second instalment in Peter Jackson’s latest Middle Earth franchise, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, lands in cinemas, the promotion as you might expect is ramping up considerably And in line with its involvement with the Lord of the Continue Reading
Can’t wait to see: Short Term 12
SNAPSHOT Short Term 12 stars Brie Larson (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) and John Gallagher Jr. (The Newsroom) as Grace and Mason, a young couple working together in a juvenile care home. Grace is tasked with guiding the troubled youngsters, many of whom come from backgrounds where they have Continue Reading
Movie review: The Spectacular Now
When you’re standing on the cusp on adulthood, as Sutter Keely (Miles Teller) is in director James Ponsoldt’s emotionally resonant coming of age tale, The Spectacular Now (based on Tim Tharp’s book of the same name), determining if life is going to be an exhilarating ride into the thrilling unknown, Continue Reading
Zeitgeist Embyronic #2: 5 more possibly amazing shows in the throes of development
Ah the breathless anticipation of what might be! It’s enough to get the pulse racing, the heart a-thumpin’ and your clammy, trembling hands reaching for the remote, eager to watch those much talked about programs now. Ah-ah-ah not so fast my friends! For many of these shows are Continue Reading
Poster me this #5: Muppets Most Wanted, Wolf of Wall Street, Paddington, The Invisible Woman,The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Ah the end of the year. So many movies, so little time (yes even with holidays at our disposal, there seems to be more cinematic temptations on offer than there are hours available to spend sitting in darkened theatres, popcorn in hand)! Working out just what to watch is Continue Reading
Weekend Pop Art 11: The relentlessly cheerful art of James Hance
I love those random moments in life when you decide to do one thing instead of the other – for the record I was supposed to starting the next module of my online Photoshop course and chose to graze down my Facebook timeline instead; best procrastinating ever! – and Continue Reading