The following is a segment from Finding Solo: One woman's epic battle with the NZ coast, a book I just completed ghostwriting with kayaker Lynn Paterson. The final edits were made today and it went out to a publisher, at last. Now for the nervous wait. In the meantime, and with Lynn's permission, here's a … Continue reading Alone at the bottom of the world: a sneak peek at ‘Finding Solo’
Achtung Baby is a double beef whopper
In the early 80s, the best live band on the planet was Queen. It was an undisputed truth, the sort of truth I liked, as a conservative fundamentalist who liked his truth to come in distinctly marked boxes. The liner notes of the double live album Queen Live Killers said that Queen were the best … Continue reading Achtung Baby is a double beef whopper
On solo movie nights, no one can hear you scream
Question: is a family movie night still a family movie night when the family clears off because they don't want to watch the movie? Hmm, in my book, yes. The movie in question was Alien, which none of them have seen, and which none of them want to see. Which left me alone, crusading onwards … Continue reading On solo movie nights, no one can hear you scream
Adventures with a boyhood hero: Movie #4
Two of my early literary heroes were Asterix and Tintin. I encountered them both on a holiday to Aberdeen in the 1970s when Asterix was still relatively unknown. Asterix was more accessible to me as a kid, but back then only Asterix the Gaul and Asterix and the Golden Sickle were in print in the … Continue reading Adventures with a boyhood hero: Movie #4
Why The Accountant is like a lamb chop
Movie #3, The Accountant I don't know why this movie is in our iTunes library. It must have been $4.99 at the time I bought it. I think there were elements I enjoyed when I first saw it, but it's certainly not a keeper. It's like a barbecued lamb chop that you discover is mostly … Continue reading Why The Accountant is like a lamb chop
Turning back the clock with About Time
#2 in the Dysfunctional Williams Family's epic attempt to watch all 367 movies in our iTunes library over the course of the next year was About Time. We have several family favourites that score quite low on the Rotten Tomatoes index and this is one of them, rating just 68% (which is a bit bizarre … Continue reading Turning back the clock with About Time
So many movies, so little time
The Dysfunctional Williams Family began a very cool project last night—watching every movie in our iTunes account, nightly, for the next year. Yes, that's how many movies we have. And before you get your calculator and work out that I've spent a squillion dollars on movies, rest assured that many of them were bought when … Continue reading So many movies, so little time
