Seen
Bone Tomahawk. Genre mashups rarely work, but this combines an excellent western with properly nasty horror. It’s the Searchers meets Hills Have Eyes; Tombstone meets Cannibal Holocaust. Excellent s […]

Didn’t say I was expecting some huge drama – like you say the opening pages makes it clear his was a quiet life. Just said finding it a little cold.

Seen
Leave No Trace – an utterly beguiling film detailing the relationship between a father and daughter who live outside of society in the wilds of the Pacific North West. It is such a rich film with w […]

I loved the first 2 Oasis albums – which was a good job because every pub you went into from 94-97 was blaring out their music over the jukebox. The radio was awash in the Gallagher’s tunes and the papers, music […]

I think the series is in something of a pickle.
They rebooted Bond for Casino Royale – taking into account the likes of Bourne and 24 (which, on the whole, played things straight and did not lean on gadgets, one […]

Everyone played their part in a tremendous team performance. It’s been a long, long time since I have seen an England team play like that in a tournament.

Anyone else see the BBC after-match coverage? They […]

I stopped caring about the England football team over a decade ago. Tired of managers shoehorning unfit, out of form, unsuitable players into the team. Tired of the way that players became scared of the ball as […]

Well, they did for Holland in qualifying and then put out Italy in the play offs. In their WC group they faced the current holders and also one of the ‘teams of the tournament’ – both Germany and Mexico are back […]

Neymar does seem to be a bit of a nob. But I wonder if his theatrics are in part a consequence of his experience at the last World Cup. After all, I might be inclined to act the goat had my back been broken

Looked to me like Ramos took out Salah with a judo throw. The pundits on BT were too mealy mouthed to offer an opinion beyond ‘I know Ramos and he would not have meant to injure Salah.’ But that was an […]

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The Nix is a huge fat juicy slab of a book. It deals with family dysfunction, military misadventure, traumatised childhoods, social media, on-line gaming and political spin. Funny, wise and wildly […]

Baby Driver
Great editing, interesting soundtrack, decent art design. But these fireworks were badly let down by a charisma-free lead actor, Jamie Foxx attempting to act unpredictably crazy and John Hamm’s […]

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Jane Harper’s The Dry is set in Kiewarra, a small Australian town about half a day’s drive from Melbourne. The book centres on the murder of a woman and her son, apparently carried out by the husband who sub […]

Repeating a few already mentioned, but:
Inside No 9 is fantastic. Generally they are well acted, written with precision & wit and carefully scored. The 12 nights of Christine is amongst the finest half hours of […]

Cyclists on the road when it’s dark but who don’t bother with fripperies like lights or reflective clothing. In fact, the ones near me seem to positively delight in wearing the darkest clothing in their wardrobes.

What fascinates / worries / revolts me is that he didn’t suddenly become this odious individual. His faults are legion but have always been front and centre. Yet he won because and despite of what he is. I […]

People, generally teenagers, who cross the road without looking. Just launch themselves off the pavement without due consideration for, you know, actual traffic. Then look at you accusingly as you attempt not to […]

People who talk to each other in the cinema.
People who play with their phones / take phone calls in the cinema.
People who eat noisy / stinky food in the cinema.
People who come into the cinema after the film has started.

I liked that during that scene, he was carrying a box with the word ‘Fragile’ written on it. And an arrow pointing up, towards him.

She really is. Her scene with Lance at the end of series 2 was so wonderful. As they sit outside a pub, Lance explains that he is struggling to connect to his daughter and Sheila hints at a tragedy in her own […]