Category Archives: film

sun shines through them

our recent server problems aside it looks like this weekend is going to be another doozy – and one of those where the last thing you really want to do is stay in and watch a movie. luckily the recent… Continue reading

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Missing Links

JUSTICE “Phantom part II-soulwax remix” via busy p’s blog for fader. Man I love this clip, it reminds me of drunken nights at basilika. Me and illa going nuts behind the decks, loving the music as much as (way more… Continue reading

Category film, salvage

The Bourne Ultimatum

Was lucky enough to attend a preview of the new Bourne film last night (thanks jimmy). After the disappointment of transformers it was a timely reminder of how to do a big summer movie right. Taut scripting, wonderful performances, a… Continue reading

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Transformers and the Death of the American Empire

Visual FX aside, Transformers is by no means a good film, but anything so relentlessly (and in this case, clumsily) attuned to the mainstream is bound to have some interesting things to say about the culture it’s been engineered to… Continue reading

Category film, monologue Tags

Where the Wild Things Are

Solace in cinema is just about my favourite movieblog. Somehow managing to blend just the right about of geekiness, with a healthy cynicism for most hollywood fare I seem to be interested in most of the things he posts. Being… Continue reading

Category film, geek love, something for the weekend

Friday Roundup

Trying to keep my cool and not get trapped in an ever increasing iphone mania. No Country for Old Men looks like it could be film of the year. I’ve got to run (it’s almost friday night) Here’s Simbar by… Continue reading

Category film

For Sparta

The wonderful recent adaptations of ‘Spiderman‘ and ‘Batman Begins‘ have perhaps obscured the traditionally uneasy relationship that exsists between comics and film. At the heart of this unease are the fundamental differences in the audience and approach of the two… Continue reading

Category film

won’t you take a ride with me?

now, owing to the magic of science -some of the latitudes caught michel gondry’s brilliant the science of sleep from the comfort of a sofa on saturday night. and frankly i can’t recommend it enough. gondry’s eternal sunshine of a… Continue reading

Category film, music

OST (original sound track)

firstly, apologies for our mildly flaky hosting whatnot – it appears to have given up working consistantly for lent, here’s hoping we sort that one before easter, but do bear with us and if you find the ‘out to lunch’… Continue reading

Category film, music

run rabbit, run

as the daughter of an infant school teacher with a propensity for collecting old educational material this whole ladybird/janet & john aethestic is one i’m digging. the link was sent from far, far away by our photographer friend in beijing… Continue reading

Category art, film, other