Archive for May, 2007

Zodiac

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

There’s more than one way to lose your life to a killer
Now I will admit that when I review something I am really into, it is very difficult to remain impartial, this stands true in a lot of my gig reviews and in my reviews of movies by David Fincher, the man behind one of [...]

An end to IT glitches!

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

‘Puters…. don’t you just hate ‘em sometimes. They hang, they crash, you have to phone help desks and speak to some smarmy git who implies that you are stupid
There is now a solution, get rid of your PC/Laptop/Mac and get an Etch-A-Sketch instead.

There are many sound reasons for doing this:
1. No boot-up problems [...]

28 Weeks Later

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

Eradication. Sterilization. Re-Population. Re-Infection.
I will be honest, as much of a fan of the first film as I was, I was a tad Skeptical about the sequal. Normally a completely different director and none of the original cast involves screams “straight to DVD” (Starship Troopers 2 for example), but I am glad to say that [...]

Derren Brown: Trick or Treat

Friday, May 18th, 2007

Well as much as I hate to turn the Skeptical eye on one of my own, I am afraid that Derren Brown’s latest show Trick or Treat on Channel 4 has compelled me to do so. Myself and The Charming Manipulator are both fans of Mr Brown as he makes no bones about explaining what [...]

This Is England

Friday, May 11th, 2007

Over the past year, good old Blighty cinema has brought us a couple of films from the eighties such as “History Boys” and “Starter for 10” and now Shane Meadows joins in with his tale of skinheads in the 80s with “This is England“.
Was at a bit of a loose end tonight so me and [...]

The Ouija Board

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

Guy’s good friend Chrissie, who is highly amused with the passion in which he puts debunking all things “Supernatural” asked him his views on Ouija boards. Having never taken part in such things, Guy consulted his resources and came up with the following
History
The Ouija board was first introduced in 1890 as a Parlour Game sold [...]