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Category Archives: ****
High Fidelity
Self’s desert island, all-time, top five most memorable wake-ups, in chronological order are as follows: Tearlessly birthing from self’s mother with medically undiagnosed addiction to alcohol and cigarettes and Ryan Reynolds films, quilted in chicken batter Stirring in top tier … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 2000
Tagged apollo theatre, bruce springsteen, chicken, death to my hometown, denzel washington, drinking, Hackney, high fidelity, hyde park, jack black, Jerusalem, jesus, john cusack, john Q-zack, johnny cash, jungleland, love, Mackenzie Crook, mark rylance, ryan reynolds, stephen frears, stratford, training day, william blake
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Morning Glory
Wake at 10am in morning feeling glorious, refreshed and prepared to vanquish illness developed yesterday whilst rehearsing Noël Coward play and drinking rosé on National Theatre balcony with non-flatmate ex-workmate Valentina. Self watches season two of The Wire whilst prepping … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 2010
Tagged andrew marr, drinking, frittatas, harrison ford, jeff goldblum, jennifer lopez, jurassic park, morning glory, neil simon, news of the world, noel coward, peter bradshaw, rachel mcadams, steven spielberg, the andrew marr show, the prisoner of second avenue, the rebound, the switch, the wire
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The Life of David Gale
Arrive back at new flat at 8pm. Self is weary, broken, emotionally drained like formally-wet-now-stone-cold-dry sponge. Flat seems quiet which self prefers as self far too exhausted to speak to other humans. Self unrobes, throws clothes to corner, clambers into … Continue reading
Alien
Return home from work at 10pm absolutely convinced that self and large portion of mankind will suffer death by splintery extra-terrestrial rock fingers of 390 metre wide asteroid named Apophis in 2036. Fears attributed to small sized article in The … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 1979
Tagged 2001 a space odyssey, a map of the world, alien, aliens, aliens vs predator, annie hall, AVP, blade runner, breakfast at tiffany's, cat, david fincher, directors cut, game, john hurt, kingdom of heaven, legend, predator, predators, quadrilogy, ridley scott, robert downey jnr, robin hood, ryan reynolds, sigourney weaver, special edition
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Life as a House (et al)
Wake at 6.30am. Sleep. Wake at 7am. Sleep. Wake at 7.04am. Sleep. Wake at 8.30am. Alarm noise from encased-in-pink iPhone 3GS causes creeping sense of possibility of nervous disorder developing so decide finally to tip self from bed onto floor … Continue reading
Bad Lieutenant
Wake at 10.30am and realise that it has been week since last confessional blog entry. In spite of roller coaster weekend featuring perverse hotel hijinks, drunken games of rounders and ninety minute walk along London Cycle Superhighway number seven, self … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 2009
Tagged australia, bad lieutenant, bangkok dangerous, deja vu, drinking, eva mendes, fonts, hugh jackman, leaving las vegas, mad men, nicolas cage, swordfish, the wicker man remake, val kilmer, werner herzog
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I Love You Philip Morris
Wake at 1pm when noise of scuffle in hallway outside front door begins. Look up and see through room doorway, down hall, through front door window, mirage of flatmate Tom trying to open door. Check time on alarm clock and … Continue reading
The Man Without a Face
NB: Entire blog emboldened as anything Gibson related necessarily in extremes. Wake at 10.30am after another flat barbeque hosted by flatmates Tom and Johnny in celebration of return of non-flatmate girlfriends. Self unable to blog during recent days as busy … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 1993
Tagged braveheart, heath ledger, mel gibson, morgan freeman, nick stahl, the man without a face, the passion of the christ
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Disgrace / King Kong / Fever Pitch
Wake earlyish on Wednesday and initiate routine. Decide to pull up John Malkovich obscurity Disgrace which have only downloaded because taken in by DVD box cover art on Blockbuster USA website. Self’s own disgrace last night causes sudden wave of … Continue reading
Paranormal Activity
Return from work around 11pm. Exchange pleasantries with flatmate Tom but dismiss possibility of watching Kenneth Branagh film In the Bleak Midwinter in order to write how-to articles for website. Know nothing about how to decorate ceramic mugs and research … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 2007
Tagged drinking, in the bleak midwinter, independent, kenneth branagh, paranormal activity
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The Player
Find self in hurry to get to work after The Wolfman experience. Notice that self now growls when annoyed. Pleased, as this replaces dinosaur wail that self employs whenever hurt or scared. Receive text at work from non-flatmate James telling … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 1992
Tagged andie mcdowell, boston legal, gosford park, malcolm mcdowell, orson welles, robert altman, ryan phillippe, the player, the wolfman, tim robbins, whoopi goldberg
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Gamer
Wake at 9am. Fall asleep. Wake again. Repeat routine until 1pm when drag self to kitchen to flick switch on kettle – task that seemed so impossible whilst horizontal. Bathroom. Coffee and cigarette whilst reviewing recent happenings on Facebook. Conversation … Continue reading
Posted in ****, 2009, Uncategorized
Tagged gamer, gerard butler, goldfinger, michael c hall, the bounty hunter
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