Writing
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Z List
This has been languishing in draft status for a while – given Jason Kottke’s recent news (see next post) I thought now was as good a time to post it as any. I’ve been pondering, amongst other things, the recent Bloggies, and the whole “A list” bloggers thing. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll…
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Paycheck
Paycheck Three movies in three days and the last one we saved for a John Woo thriller. Affleck plays a semi-typical Hitchcockian everyman, who sells his skills and his memory. He is offered a lucrative job, and things go down hill from there. Affleck handles the role well although retains a little too much arrogance…
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The Runaway Jury
The Runaway Jury Knowing this is based on a Grisham novel, and that the assembled cast was top notch, I entered the cinema with an almost resigned view. It would be clever, slightly thrilling and but a bit generic. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was all that but more. The cast – including…
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Return of the King
Return of the King It is a testament to both the Director, script writer and the special effects department that this film closed out the trilogy in such epic fashion. The fight scenes were immense in scale, detail and action, and the dual storylines were well edited to maintain the pace of the movie. I…
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Relying
FridayCakes at 10:30, meetings and GMP training, then a 2003 kickoff. A fun packed day! I’m relying on the Kylie calendar on the wall next to me to get me through until 5pm. Update: Also relying on “The Best of Martin Stephenson & the Daintees” which I picked up in FOPP yesterday for £5. Reviving…
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So you wanna be a writer?
Taking some previous advice, I didn’t take a mouthful of coffee before reading the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2002 Results. Just as well really, as I’m fed up choking on my coffee. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is an international literary parody contest, the competition honors the memory if not the reputation of Victorian novelist Edward George…