Monthly Archives: February 2014

Can’t beat a bit of the Tull, and this is the bit we won’t be beating today:-

ITEM: Okay, I know Intu is the name of the company that manages Chapelfield Mall in Norwich, but all the same when I see INTU CHAPELFIELD over the entrance the proof-reader in my soul cries out to amend it to … Continue reading →

Given that it’s Valentine’s Day later this week, a film with ‘Lovers’ in the title seems appropriate, because nothing goes together like Valentine’s Day and vampires. (And the alternative was Nymphomaniac.) Out on the 21st, according to my multiplex, same … Continue reading →

Some reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #30:- THE CONTENDERS Nominated for both the World and British Fantasy Awards in the anthology category, GUTSHOT (PS Publishing hb, 32599, £19.99) is writer Conrad Williams’ first time in the editor’s chair, … Continue reading →

Following on from last month’s Books Read in 1981. Usually the amount of time I spend reading is in inverse proportion to the time I spend socialising, so I guess in 1982, with only 48 books read, I had a … Continue reading →

Okay, a couple of weekends back I watched the first three Terminator movies back to back, and now sitting here and writing about it I realise that there really isn’t a lot I can say, but I’ll do my best … Continue reading →

Loved the original, but not sure about this. Out later this month.

Two reviews that originally appeared in Black Static #31:- TWO ANTHOLOGIES Edited by Adam Bradley, 13: TALES OF DARK FICTION (Morpheus Tales pb, 144pp, £7.99) is the first book release from the publishers of ‘the UK’s darkest and most controversial … Continue reading →

It was the Chinese New Year, and so I marked the occasion by watching a couple of Chinese films, the big, grand scale epics that they do so well. Red Cliff (2008/9) John Woo’s four and a half hour film … Continue reading →