One of my fondest movie memories from childhood is watching the early James Bond films with my dad. He’s a big fan of both the Ian Fleming books and especially the Sean Connery films and has a great story about leafleting for the SNP in Edinburgh with an up and coming young actor called Tam…
The Avengers 2 Gets A Release Date
16 August 2012 by Leave a Comment
After the news last week that Joss Whedon would be returning to write and direct The Avengers 2, Walt Disney Studios and Marvel have gone one step further and announced that the sequel to this year’s superhero behemoth would be released…
Top Ten: London 2012 Moments
13 August 2012 by Leave a Comment
Regular readers will have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet lately, no posts for a couple of weeks and hardly any tweets at all. For a fortnight it seems like I fell off the edge of the world. Except of course I didn’t, I simply joined most of the UK in being utterly transfixed by the Olympics…
Top Ten: Sports Movies
27 July 2012 by 3 Comments
I’m what would probably best be described as a fair-weather sports fan. I love the big occasions and I’m excited beyond belief about the start of the Olympics today. I have tickets to four events and it will be a definite “bucket list” moment for me on Monday when I go to my first one…
My Movie Confessions
26 July 2012 by 2 Comments
Great movie blogger Nostra over at My Film Views is hosting a new blogathon offering the opportunity for us to confess our movie sins. Nostra has a list of all the bloggers taking part, but in the meantime here are mine…
We Need To Talk About Kevin
19 July 2012 by Leave a Comment
There are some books which are wonderful reads, but tough at the same time and generally not ones that lend themselves to re-reading. Lionel Shriver’s 2005 Orange-Prize winning novel We Need To Talk About Kevin is one of those books…
Haiku for the Single Girl
16 July 2012 by Leave a Comment
Every time I sit down to write a review of a book that I’ve just read I wonder what to say and how much information to put in the review. One thing I’ve never thought about including though was where I was when reading the book – does it matter if I was on a train, or on a sofa in the living room or in bed? But I’m going to make an exception…
Celeste Holm Dies
15 July 2012 by Leave a Comment
Sad news – Academy Award winning actress Celeste Holm has died at the age of 95. Awarded the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1947 for her role in Gentleman’s Agreement Holm is best known for her roles in All About Eve, High Society…