The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl, was a masterpiece in every way possible. There is little wonder as to why it became such a smash box-office hit, because it had everything going for it. Not only was it extremely watchable and entertaining, but it was very impressive on [...]

I occasionally flirt with the idea of being more organised. Don’t get me wrong, I am more organised than most people. The photograph above is of my todo lists and notes which regulate my day-to-day activities. That’s the way it’s been for a few years now and that is the only way I can maintain [...]

Since I started actively maintaining the current avatar of this blog less than a month ago, I’ve been looking into blog carnivals and submitting some of my posts for inclusion into a few appropriate ones. Scott Nehring runs the Carnival of Cinema over at his blog Nehring the Edge. Every Friday he links to a [...]

I’m not part of the ardent business book devouring audience. I am not one of those who have a well arranged shelf of all the latest tomes featuring grinning gurus spouting the latest business wisdom. But I do read business books occasionally when the mood strikes, because when you come down to it I’m simply [...]

What makes a good action movie? The simplest answer is great action. So, what makes a great action movie? I would have to say great action embedded in a great movie. It is precisely for that elusive quality that Hot Fuzz is in my mind the best action movie ever. There, I’ve said it and [...]

What is the second most disabling problem bloggers face after not knowing what to write? To paraphrase a million different wise individuals throughout the ages: it’s not what you say but how you say it. And that is exactly my problem, because while others are struggling with doubts and complete melt downs over what to [...]

The rule of the masses, what we like to affectionately call “democracy”, has been on my mind a lot lately, especially since I commented on Darren Rowse’s post about a new service called Linebuzz. Democracy is all about the effects of, and the interaction within, vast communities of people. You can’t really understand the effect [...]