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Riff-raff at the School for Vampires
Posted by Martin R on August 3, 2010 I’ve found out about the spooky cartoon show my daughter watches that I wondered about, the one where one character looks just like Riff-raff in the Rocky Horror Picture Show. It’s Die Schule der kleinen Vampire / School for Vampires, a co-production among Germany, Italy and Luxemburg. The Riff-raff look-alike is named Nestor (Lenny in…
Jane Austen’s Fight Club
Posted by Martin R on July 27, 2010 Via Luftwaffe Flak at Boardgamegeek.com
One of H.P. Lovecraft’s least successful horror stories is “Medusa’s Coil“, a 1930 collaboration with Zealia Bishop. The story builds to one of the hideous final denouements that Lovecraft liked to end his stories with. Nor was it right that the neighbours should know that other horror which my strange host of the night could…
New Lovecraft Film Trailer
Posted by Martin R on April 5, 2010 Here’s more info. Thanks to Asko for the heads-up!
Skiing Break
Posted by Martin R on March 8, 2010 Last week was skiing break for my kids. I couldn’t find anywhere good to stay in the mountains, so we didn’t go off on holiday. Here’s what we did for fun instead. Dinner at the home of a Chinese friend. It was one of those no hablar parties that spouses in multi-ethnic marriages know all…
Avatar and the Gaia Hypothesis
Posted by Martin R on January 16, 2010 [More blog entries about movies, avatar, tolkien, gaiahypothesis; film, avatar, tolkien, gaiahypotesen.] Today my mind was blown by James Cameron’s sf film Avatar in full-colour 3D. Some spoilers follow.
Office Boredom Art Video
Posted by Martin R on August 6, 2009 From Birmingham art students Tanya Mircheva and Mihaela Calin, a clip about office-job boredom.
By Night He’s One Hell of a Lover
Posted by Martin R on March 11, 2009 My wife and I watched the 2004 biopic Kinsey last night, about ground-breaking sexologist Alfred Kinsey. Good movie, good acting, interesting theme. And there’s an added perk for fans of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. To the extent that the Kinsey movie has a villain, it’s Alfred Kinsey’s colleague, Thurman Rice. Professor Rice is an…
Mohammed Rafi Rules
Posted by Martin R on January 23, 2009 A few years ago my friend David the Psychonaut gave me an mp3 file with the greatest song, “Jan Pehechan-Ho” by Mohammed Rafi. And now another friend, Tanya the Cosmopolite, links to the song’s over-the top Bollywood dance number, straight from the 1965 film Gumnaam. Awesome! (As per standard Bollywood procedure, Rafi himself isn’t in…
Film Review: 10 MPH, 10 Yards
Posted by Martin R on January 14, 2009 When I was offered a review copy of the new documentary film 10 Yards Fantasy Football, I replied, “No use sending that to a guy with no interest either in real nor imaginary football. But please do send me your award-winning 2006 Segway documentary road movie, 10 MPH Seattle to Boston!”. Film makers Hunter Weeks…
