28 June 2008
"It's not of this world. It's Sadako's fury. And she's put a curse on us."
RIP Tartan Films. The UK-based film distribution company has gone into administration, laying off it's entire staff.
With the help of their American arm (Tartan USA, the closure of which had already been announced at this years' Cannes Festival), they were responsible for bringing some of the best recent foreign cinema, especially from Japan and Korea to the West, including Infernal Affairs
remade as The Departed
Oldboy (currently being remade)
and the original Ring series, virtually single-handed launching the J-Horror / K-Horror phenomenon.
Other notable films they backed include Primer,
and Funny Games
25 June 2008
Both Happy Office Workers Punching The Air AND Kittens Disguised As Frogs
More stock photography hilarity: Adventures in Stock Photography - David Schwimmer's Secrets of Natural Posture, I smell Pulitzer, The simultaneous quadratic face nutrition delivery system, Scenes from the battleground of sexual selection #3,344, Nuffield the rubbish hypnotist, Doctors & Doctoring #1, A Cavalcade of Thumbs... What is Adventures in Stock Photography?
24 June 2008
In The Stocks
"Today I reviewed (again) the guy who takes pictures of his tools... every single screwdriver in his tool box"... a day in the life of a microstock photograph reviewer.
23 June 2008
Down Time On Hoth
Gnar Wars = Star Wars + Snowboarding.
Gnar Wars by Mike Benson from Mike Benson on Vimeo.
22 June 2008
Survivors Reborn
First it was Blake's 7, now another Terry Nation cult classic sf television programme is to return. The BBC have announced they are remaking Survivors.
Telling the story of the survivors of a plague that wipes out most of Britain, the original was famed for its gritty and somewhat controversial story-telling.
The great original titles
Some - typically grim - action
19 June 2008
Top Ten Top Tens
To celebrate its hundredth edition the Observer Sport Monthly publishes it's ten best Top Tens. I'm not a huge sport's fan but I've always liked these.
16 June 2008
In Bed With Medinner
And some more of my favourites. The final bunch.
Mr Farmer
Miss Anglia 1979
Kevin The Ladykiller
My Punk Son
Disco Dancing Championship
15 June 2008
In Bed With Medinner
Some more of my favourites.
Silas
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Heavy Metal
My Son's A Grass
The Great Missenden Riots
