King Lear, with the three daughters played by:

• Helen Mirren
• Judi Dench
• Maggie Smith

I was in a pub on Saturday and it had a dumb waiter. I mentioned that every home should have one, because then when children misbehave you can push them in and keep them somewhere around the ceiling. My drinking and dining companion decided that he'd love to have one so he could use it as a panic room.

This led to us re-casting Panic Room, which ( Read more... )

It's Saturday night, and I'm at home and watching Love Actually. Again.

It's definitely edging up my Desert Island Trashy Films list.

Bugger off and leave the Rocky Horror Picture Show alone, you bunch of idiots.

If you remake it, I hope you all die in a firehttp://www.nypost.com/seven/07242008/tv/mtvs_rocky_horror_121366.htmRead more... )

Do not go and see this film. It's rubbish.

Thankfully, I had a free ticket - I was seeing my parents for Father's Day stuff, and they'd won tickets to a film of their choice at their local pub quiz. But still, it's rubbish.

( Minor spoilers )

Stolen from offensive_mango and burkesworks.

Four jobs I didn't getI've only applied for three jobs. One was technical author at another company back in, erm, June 2004. I never heard back, and after a week or so thought "Bugger that. If they're this rubbish, do I want to work for them?" One was a random civil service thing. The job I really wanted to apply for, but ( Read more... )

Haven't blogged much in a while, so random stuff.

( Harry Potter and Hairspray )

New film on the way: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6219025.stm

Best working title I've heard so far: Indiana Jones and the Lost Pension Millions

Imagine you're on a desert island and a Video on Demand machine has washed up with you. Sand is leaking in to the machine, and you only have enough palm leaves to save three films1. Strangely, though, the machine is only filled with films with no actual artistic significance. Some of them are highly entertaining, but there's no Schindler's List ( Read more... )