‘Moon’ – Movie Review

Tackling this review has presented a bit of a dilemma. Firstly, for me, the main strength of Moon is its narrative intrigue, the what-happens-next. There’s not a lot you can discuss about this aspect of the movie without pooping the party with plot spoilers. I don’t wanna do that. Which leaves me rather restricted in this write-up!

Secondly, I went into the cinema with quite high expectations (always a danger) and walked out feeling a bit let down, and somehow uneasy about putting my critic’s hat on. I decided to postpone any sort of written analysis in favour of letting the movie sit a while. I’m glad I did. If I’d dashed off a review the same day of the screening, I fear it might have been more critical than was just. For all this pre-review rumination, however, I don’t have a hell of a lot to say!

Let’s start with the easy part: the basic synopsis. Continue reading ‘Moon’ – Movie Review

Site Upgrade In Progress

Dear teeming hordes of Boomtown Rap devotees,

It’s come to my attention that there have been problems for some time with the ‘commenting’ function on this blog (and here was I fondly imagining that my recent spate of movie reviews were so comprehensive, my taste so irreproachable, that any comments were redundant).

Thus, it has become a matter of urgency to attend to the task I have been putting off for a long, long time – upgrading the WordPress blogging software that this site uses. The site may be down while the updating process is in progress, thus rendering this notice useless. Uhh…

If you can read this, the upgrade is probably underway but insufficiently advanced to affect the presentation of the site. Or I was interrupted and halted the process. Or got stuck and am seeking assistance from my beleaguered, yet cheerful and brilliantly competent site host support staff. Or the fine, helpful folk at the WordPress Support forums. Or sumpin’ else. I’ll post again when the upgrade process is complete.

Patience, mon ami! And to my detractors – hard luck, muthas. I’LL BE BACK!

BACK! Upgrade done. Everything appears to have come through the upgrade process unscathed – including the Comments function. Phew! Always an anxious ride…

‘Stone Bros’ – Movie Review

Director and writer of Stone Bros, Richard J Frankland, is a funny bastard. Piss-taking, irreverent and just genuinely bloody funny. His intro at the Q&A screening of the movie last Sunday night had the place rockin’. I’m a comic’s nightmare, routinely po-faced while others are rolling around hooting, but I cacked myself to the point of needing to wipe away tears by the time he was finished with us.

Disappointing, then, that this bloke’s undeniable comic talent didn’t quite bloom on-screen in Stone Bros – not as extravagantly as it might have, at least. Continue reading ‘Stone Bros’ – Movie Review

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