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Film: Looper
Well today I went to the cinema with Byakhee Jim, to see Looper – a sci-fi film with Bruce Willis in it that has got some good write-ups in newspaper and film magazines. I’m not a massive fan of meat...
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Lemon Soaked Napkins
Bored Now As the Byakhees and others know, I like to get a move on with things and can’t stand petty paperwork, indecision and so on. Hence, I often comment that we are waiting for Lemon Soaked...
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10,000 Sheep on Drugs
Thanks people, 10,000 Visitors in 7 months to this blog. This is post 303. Is this my 15 Minutes of Fame ? Oh well, let’s take a ride: More Gonzoid filth, broken dreams and madness: Oh well. More to...
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Of Plumbing, Brazil and Rolf Harris
Another extremely dull day, but as I am awaiting a new washing machine I can’t do too much. The BoB White Russian Gun is finished along with another mounted standard bearer, the Dark Elf Cold One...
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. A film review
Just been to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and having seen the reviews was a bit wary of what was being served up. Luckily the film is IMHO good (as was the Mexican food we had afterwards)....
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Red Dwarf X
Strictly speaking not a film, but this year Santa brought me Red Dwarf X, on DVD. I escaped from the clutches of my family and fell into the pit of Cats/Gundarks at home and had to watch the DVD....
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Battle Star Galactica
As a kid I watched the original Battle Star Gakactica series (BSG), so when they brought out the new ‘reimagining” I was interested. As I don’t watch TV let alone satellite, it took a couple of...
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Angel Heart (I know who I am)
After a decade or more I’ve just watched Angel Heart on DVD. A strange film that mixes noir, and voodoo to good effect. Stars Mickey Rourke and Robert de Niro. Recommended as a good film, but not for...
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New Camera
One of the first test shots: Buzzard, taken at a range of 100 feet or more, through my kitchen window. I was particularly impressed with the zoom facility so I could even get details of his lower legs...
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Fil-Ums
A few days off of painting, I’ve been watching fil-ums, planning the next AVBCW game with JP etc…. Bridge Over the River Kwai An epic film by David Lean, if you haven’t watched this, shame on you. Alec...
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Dredd
I got the latest Judge Dredd film on DVD starring Karl Urban. Not an actor I can say I am a fan of. Except in this film he came out very well. Having never really got into Judge Dredd, but having read...
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Film: The Man Who Would Be King
I hadn’t seen this film for a good couple of decades so I bought it cheap from Amazon a week ago and watched it. An excellent film ideal for inspiration for BoB games the wiki article has loads of...
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The Walking Dead Season 3
Hot on the heels of the zombie arguments from the climate change deniers, here’s a review of The Walking Dead, Season 3. As you can see from the montage of mugshots, there are a few new faces, and a...
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WWZ
More Zombies ! World War Z allegedly based on Max Brooks’ book of the same title. It’s not. Its an average film. It’s a series of set pieces hung together with a wafer thin plot that references Brooks’...
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Film: The World’s End
Finally got the third Cornetto trilogy film by Wright/Pegg/Frost on DVD and watched it. I was intrigued as to how they’d play it, and how they managed to work in the main character in full on Goth mode...
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Crunchy Frog Pizzas and Progress
Right, I have been busy hence a paucity of updates here. Firstly, the builders have been in and out again. The tiled floor they laid is cracking up, so I have a parade of builders, tilers, and...
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Film: Oblivion
Recently I picked up the DVD of Oblivion cheap. I’m not a fan of Tom Cruise, and spent most of my time watching The War of the Worlds remake wishing his charcter and family to die. However, for £5 I...
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Black Stars Rising Over Carcosa and the King In Yellow is in the forest
I closed my eyes and saw the King in Yellow moving through the forest In today’s Torygraph, and the Grauniad I found articles on the new series hitting the TV – True Detective. Finally R W Chambers’...
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Film: The Addams Family, and The Addams Family Values
For a treat I picked up The Addams Family on DVD yesterday. I had the sequel The Addams Family Values but had neglected the original. I was in the mood for some comedy. Dark and twisted as I like it....
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Passport to Pimlico
One of the free DVDs I got was Passport to Pimlico, so with my interest in AVBCW I watched it last night. Its an old film from 1949, b/w filmed after WW2 and clearly taking advantage of the war torn...
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