I finally got around to watching this first Alan Moore graphic novel movie adaptation on Channel 4 last night. It was ok. Johnny Depp's detective character seemed to take lots of drugs, and I think he died at the end ( Read more... )

Got the train to Birmingham to meet crazy_craig to see Superman Returns. It arrived at Snow Hill 5 minutes late (prob stuck at the signals before Tyseley (where the two lines merge). This time Craig arrived first. (little did I know then of the later signal fault). I left home after 11am and got the 11.28am, missing the 11.08am train (I could see it in the ( Read more... )

Yay! I won the LXG soundtrack CD on ebay. Was another bidder (they made 2 but not hight enough). I won with my max £4.75 bid, so thats £3.70 + £1.25 2nd class postage ( Read more... )

I ordered from the Amazon Marketplace: the Van Helsing soundtrack CD £6.05, Curse of the Were-Rabbit soundtrack CD £9.65 and the 2004 Thunderbirds movie soundtrack CD £10.60. Grand total with p&p is £30.05.

Also watching an LXG soundtrack CD on ebay, got to wait a week before I may or may not bid on it.

From 10.30 to 12.35 last night I watched my Van Helsing DVD. The film is pretty much the same as I remember it in the cinema. So ... Van Helsing could be an incarnation of the angel Gabriel (his first name in the movie, not Abraham), although he has no memories back 400 years. But he remembers being in Rome in the first century ( Read more... )

Travel West Midlands have increased off peak max bus tickets to £1.10 (was £1) and Daysaver to £2.80 (was £2.70 ( Read more... )

Last thing I was expecting yesterday was for my grandparents, uncle and aunt, and 1st cousins to visit. Had no idea until Sunday morning when I heard my cousin and her fiance were visiting. Also good to see her brother (my close first cousin, not naming names). Good to see them all together ( Read more... )

I watched Heatbreakers and Bulworth last night. Will watch Alien: Resurection tonight. Noticed a Carrie Fisher cameo in Heartbreakers. After watching Raiders and Temple of Doom again, during the last few weeks, will watch Last Crusade again this Wednesday. Oh and caught a rerun of Young Indy this morning: The Trenches of Hell - guest starring James ( Read more... )