Touching the Void A documentary set amidst a mountaineering expedition that goes tits-up. I was intrigued by the ethical situation that confronted the climbers, and the strength of their survival instinct. Almost Famous Boring. Interesting story, on the whole well acted and filmed. I’m surprised that it won an oscar for best original screenplay. Like…

Frankly, I’m disappointed.

What’s eating Google? Kottke has this to say: Google isn’t worried about Yahoo! or Microsoft’s search efforts…although the media’s focus on that is probably to their advantage. Their real target is Windows. Who needs Windows when anyone can have free unlimited access to the world’s fastest computer running the smartest operating system? Is this the…

I found this post on Barbelith which confirms that The Family Guy is back in production and will be on the air in the US for spring next year.

Watching The Graduate for the umpteenth time. I just found out that the director, Mike Nichols, also directed the truly diabolical ‘Wolf’ (which from memory starred Jack Nicholson?). How the mighty fall – The Graduate must be one of the finest films ever made, Wolf, one of the worst? The Last Party 2000 – a…

The more i think about this one the more I laugh. It is a bloody funny film about a dog show and the lives of the owners and handlers of some of the dogs. A star performance from the director who also plays the odd ball owner of one of the dogs. Watch out for…

Rach’s birthday on Sunday – we went out to Leeds Castle (that is actually in Kent) on Saturday. The beautiful grounds were even more spectacular with the spring flowers and blossoms. Sadly, my old buddies Peter Ustinov and Alistair Cooke both passed away in the last few days. There seems to be an appropriate symmetry…

Fog of War is a fascinating insight into the life and times of Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defence in the Kennedy/Johnson era. I believe that it won best doco at the Oscars. Rob’s an interesting chap – charismatic, cogent, and yet he seems to carry the weight of a considerable guilt. He sounds important warnings…

Recent Movies: City of God – fantastic film – extremely vibrant, shocking, watchable. The Barbarian Invasions – The first Denys Arcand film I’ve seen. It’s a thoughtful take on globalisation, death and change – moving and perceptive but it didn’t really ring my bell. It has prompted me to look out for Jesus of Montreal.…

Can’t believe that I forgot to write about Gus Van Sant’s amazing film Elephant . Controversial and shocking – get thee to a movie theatre and see it! Oh, and web geeks check out the web site source – ooh lovely CSS all the way – a product of Dreamweaver MX 2004 I suspect.