Serenity

As a major fan of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and therefore given to praising the very earth that Joss Whedon steps upon, I'm a little biased in favour of Serenity. (...more...)

Oct 27th 2005 12:51 // Reviews // 2 comments

The Beach - Alex Garland

I'd avoided reading The Beach for years, irrationally dismissing it as pretentious tosh for the middle classes. This opinion was partly derived from the fact that everyone seemed to be raving about it as soon as it was published - usually something that will consistently get my back up. (...more...)

Sep 14th 2005 15:51 // Reviews // 1 Comment

Lego Star Wars

Considering how much of our time at Cawthorne HQ we spend playing games? it?s actually probably not that surprising that we haven? (...more...)

Aug 30th 2005 14:26 // Reviews // 1 Comment

The War Of The Worlds - Jeff Wayne

It?s about time we reviewed something musical. I first heard what I shall irritatingly refer to henceforth as JWMVOTWOTW sometime in the early eighties, around the time I saw my first pirate copy of E. (...more...)

Aug 25th 2005 14:37 // Reviews // No comments

Sahara - Clive Cussler

So why am I now reading Clive Cussler, having successfully ignored him for all these years? Since you ask, here are the reasons: I saw the film (pretty obvious that, really); I enjoyed the film for what it's worth and wanted to, as it were, find out more; As a rule I'm interested in the process of adapting books into films, what gets changed, what gets chopped, and so on. (...more...)

Aug 4th 2005 15:03 // Reviews // 3 comments

War Of The Worlds

Steven Spielberg returning to good honest blockbusters is certainly good news for the rest of us. While his recent films have hardly been lacking (actually The Terminal might have been, but Catch Me If You Can has its fans, and even Minority Report provides a decent two hours' entertainment) you no more want to see Spielberg helming middle of the road dramas than you want to see Keanu Reeves tackling Shakespeare (again), or Steven Seagal in a musical romantic comedy. (...more...)

Jul 29th 2005 18:24 // Reviews // No comments

The Stand - Stephen King

I just finished reading The Stand again for what must have been the third or fourth time. It's always been one of my favourite books, but I think I enjoyed it even more this last time - this is despite having recently watched the TV adaptation (which prompted me to reread in the first place) and consequently having fairly good idea of what was going to happen. (...more...)

Jul 24th 2005 13:33 // Reviews // No comments

Fantastic Four

Prior to seeing this vaguely awaited film my principal contact with the Fantastic Four was when, in the very excellent The Ice Storm, Tobey Maguire's character draws a comparison between his own family and the superhero quartet (the same point is levelled in Rick Moody's equally excellent book, for the more literarily inclined). (...more...)

Jul 22nd 2005 15:22 // Reviews // No comments

Sin City

After seeing Sin City two of our friends described it as the best film they'd seen, and one found it disturbing and sick. (...more...)

Jun 23rd 2005 15:16 // Reviews // No comments