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19th February 2009

No-deon
Posted by at 1.31pm | Films, Liverpool | No responses

As I emerged from Odeon’s new 500-screen (approximately) multiplex at Liverpool One the other night, I pondered how small cinemas like the one in Allerton manage to survive.

Well, now I’ve got my answer: they don’t. 🙁

22nd January 2008

Heath Ledger
Posted by at 11.32pm | Films, In the News | No responses

So I dial up the BBC News web site to see what’s happening, and there’s a headline on the front page that I have to read three or four times to make sure I have it right. Even then, there was still a part of me thinking, “surely not that Heath Ledger?”

A damn shame, in any case. Brokeback Mountain is one of a select few films to move me to tears, thanks in no small part to his performance.

31st December 2006

You Nears Eve
Posted by at 5.54pm | Films, Meta, Television | No responses

Presenting the RHMeUK Review of the Year 2006! Just start here and keep clicking through to the next page until you get back here. It’s like The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, but without Jimmy Carr — so it’s actually much better than The Big Fat Quiz of the Year.

Anyway, my New Year’s resolution for 2007 is to write lots of interesting, compelling blog entries and not keep falling back on embedded YouTube videos. However, there’s a few hours of 2006 left, so here’s my current favourite song (Century Plant) from my current favourite film (Camp).