IRON MAIDEN: The Final FrontierThere’s a lot of reviews doing the rounds at the moment that say this is a difficult album to get into, that it's wildly different from the band's previous work, and that it needs several plays and a little perseverance. Bollocks to that! Just ‘cos it’s got some long songs at the arse end of it, it’s no less a ( Read more... )

Have you ever kept a vague, half-remembered memory of a song or a film or a TV programme in your head since your childhood? Have you ever then sought that memory out on CD or DVD ( Read more... )

The meme: Pick 20 movies/television shows and put their summaries from Better than it Sounds and WITHOUT CHEATING have your friends guess.

(This meme nicked from cmc42  and slightly adapted.)

1. Obnoxiously religious man meets people who are even more obnoxiously religious than he is.
THE WICKER MAN (Miles)
2. The last human in existence drifts through ( Read more... )

It is testament to the writers and producers of this movie that in spite of it containing a large amount of American Football terminology and US Education System jargon, both of which are utterly incomprehensible to this rather US-phobic Brit, the film is still easy to follow - the tone and the emoption of each scene is always apparent even when ( Read more... )

Seen: Clash Of The Titans in 3D ( Read more... )

CBS Drama is spoiling me rotten at the moment. They’re repeating Dynasty (currently just started Season 4), Falcon Crest (halfway through Season 7), and Return To Eden (finishes its one and only series this week) all at once. I used to adore these three trashy soaps when they went out in the 1980s, so how do they stand up quarter of a century ( Read more... )

Hazel decided to take me out to the flicks on Sunday. Lots of interesting movies on at the moment that are being talked about, including Sherlock Holmes, Avatar, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, and The Edge Of Darkness. Some of these engage my interest more than others, but I looked forward to seeing something spectacular and/or controversial. Can ( Read more... )

...and as of today, the singles charts now become completely irrelevant, as it has been proved that they can be manipulated so as not to reflect the musical tastes of the nation. RATM's number one was a protest vote, and you can pretty much guarantee it won't appear in next week's chart. And now there has been such a high profile precedent set, ( Read more... )

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Seen: FAME ( Read more... )