Vipassana Meditation Retreat : The Aftermath

Ok, so I was going to do this big review of the Dhamma Dipa meditation retreat, what happened when and how, but then I thought what would be the point? Talking too much about it would give away too much of the experience, and rob people of the chance to find out for themselves. Plus, [...]

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Koyaanisqatsi/Powaqqatsi

Well known in certain circles, virtually unknown in others, Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi are two of the most moving and mersmerising films ever made. Shot in 1982 and 1988 respectively Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out Of Balance, and Powaqqatsi: Life In Transformation, were ground breaking movies exploring the environment and man’s relationship to it. With a mixture of [...]

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Tide Tables Cafe

Not one for doing restaurant reviews on here normally, but I was so chuffed with finding this place that I had to give them a bit of a write up. It’s the Tide Tables Cafe in Richmond. We went in there just for a cuppa after walking along the river, but when I spotted the [...]

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International Kiki Day

A couple of years ago I decided there weren’t enough bank holidays in September, as in any, so I invented one. Welcome, to International Kiki Day. Celebrated on the 14th of September participants (namely me) are to take the day off from work and spend the entire day doing something interesting yet completely unconstructive. Previous [...]

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Dirty Dancing/Roadhouse

“Nobody puts baby in the corner.” That’s right, I said it! You heard me! Dirty Dancing. Not my usual fare I grant you (but then again, isn’t that the point of all this?) but I went to see it the other day at an open air cinema and it was brilliant! A tight movie, well [...]

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Flash Gordon/Highlander

A two for one deal for you this week. But why I hear you ask? Whatever could link these two 80s classics? Why their killer soundtracks by the unbeatable Queen, that’s what! Both Flash Gordon and Highlander have their good and bad points – cheesy effects, brilliant one-liners (see clips below), some incredibly risible performances [...]

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District 13

Known in it’s original French as Banlieue 13, and not to be confused with alien movie District 9, District 13 is one of the most amazing films you will ever see. Not because of it’s storyline, characters, performances, or anything like that (which are actually a little on the silly side), but because it showcases [...]

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12 Angry Men

“He didn’t change his vote, I did!” Back in the day, when Hollywood was at it’s peak, they turned to play-writes to script their movies. You can always tell a movie that is, or was, adapted from a stage play. There characters are a little more rounder, the stories a little more solid, they don’t [...]

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Week 28: In which our hero finds religion

Ok, did a couple of new things this week. First up was to go see Priscilla Queen of the Desert. It was a good show, and obviously it was very very camp, but it did have one or two problems. We were sat near the back of the dress circle, and whoever worked out the [...]

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Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

The absolutely coolest thing I’ve ever done is, for my 30th birthday, I hired out a screening room in Soho, got all my friends together, and had a surprise screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. It was great. No one knew what was coming except for me and my twin brother, and when I stood [...]

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