10 August 2022
13 September 2022
What was the point of #D23?
Answer: NOTHING! We got: 1: Bunch o’ Marvel announcements which do not even come close to matching the excitement of days past. No Iron Man, X Men, Dr Doom, Fantastic 4. Just B list nonsense imho. 2: Harrison Ford. CRYING. And bowing down to PHOEBE WALLER BRIDGE. ffs....
02 March 2022
How does one possibly write about film, at a time like this?
You cannot do anything, as a civilian, aside from ‘thoughts and prayers’. You maybe say things on social media. Or give to charities helping those under attack? But MOVIES. WHERE do those stand now? And how, if at all, can one write around or about a world, at...
15 February 2022
Romeo and Juliet. Live! Ballet is Beautiful.
I always adored the Ballet. And I appreciated Romeo and Juliet as a story. But now? I ‘get’ why those two artistic expressions are so well matched. So, I saw THIS. ‘Live’. Ok, not QUITE live. It was on at the CINEMA! And turned out, the conductor was sat...
13 February 2022
Charles Banner. Brooklyn Beckham. What’s the connection?
Both got a needlessly hard time this week, c/o misleading headlines! Let’s start with Mr. Banner. Please, no ‘Banner hulked out’ lines. He’s a QC. Oxford graduate. Lovely chap. BA overbooked a flight so the Nanny could not sit with Charles and family in first class. Prima facie:...
04 February 2022
Fleming Friday: Some really wonderful, educative, positive Bond related content is all around!
When one thinks of James Bond? There is a tendency to dwell on his machismo, danger, snobbery, fantasy. And that is FINE, btw! But we forget, all too easily that the brand is made of people. There is a legacy of fine craft, over 60 years, now. And it...
