June 2010
52 posts
You can't quash creativity →
“The days go on and on… they don’t end. All my life needed was a...”
– Taxi Driver (1976)
Life fascinates and scares me in equal measure, so I watch films.
(Pretentious quote of the day)
Is it normal for a teenager to be listening to Shirley Bassey with a whiskey?
Your children will not be able to understand how it was possible that we coped with living in the world today. Just like how we cannot comprehend living under an all-ruling monarchy or racial segregation. Embrace youthfulness and never lose that fire, otherwise nothing will ever get done.
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Re-thinking education
I have a number of ideas about how to improve education, specifically in the UK (but some of this will be relevant to others). I don’t mean improve exam results; that doesn’t prove that students are learning, it only proves that they are getting better at passing exams.
I want to make sure that people are actually learning about the world when they go to school, in interesting and creative ways....
Heartless →
UK: Out now in theatres and Blu-ray and DVD
US: TBC
Jim Sturgess plays Jamie, a young photographer afflicted by a hideously large birthmark on the side of his face, which takes the…
No doubt I’ll be sick of this layout after a week. I’ve spent more time on this site choosing one than I have anything else.
“Let’s just put this down as a character building experience and go home.”
King Reviews: The A-Team →
Synopsis: A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Review: If you…
“There’s a thin line between madness and genius”
King Reviews: Marmaduke →
Synopsis: A suburban family moves to a new neighborhood in Orange County, California with their large yet lovable Great Dane, who has a tendency to wreak havoc in his own oblivious…
Alone, With Words →
givemesomethingtoread:
Why writers can’t live to please their readers.
“If it was written, it was meant to be read”
“There must be some hope for us all, somewhere in the spirit of man.”
King Reviews: Splice →
Synopsis: Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to…
The Killer Inside Me – Review + Q and A with... →
UK release: 8th June
US release: 18th June (limited)
Based on the 1951 novel by Jim Thompson, ‘The Killer Inside Me’ is a first-person portrayal of Lou Ford (Casey Affleck), a cop…
Anonymous asked: do you have hairy nipples?
Anonymous asked: why you so sexy?
The humiliation. I don’t know what A7X stands for.
