I felt like going to see a movie yesterday… so I went and watched “Lucky Number Slevin”. I didn’t know much about it, but I thought it had a good cast. Well, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Willis pretty much did what they always do. Josh Hartnett was Josh Hartnetty. Lucy Liu was cute (she always cute). Ben Kingsley was (very) good. The film was… ok. Not great. Not bad either. It wasn’t as clever as it thought it was though… I had the whole story worked out in the first five minutes. Still not a bad way to waste a Saturday afternoon.
Now I managed to skip a few pictures when I was uploading to Bubbleshare the other day. Here’s a good one.
This is Rik Abel. (Oft mentioned on these pages.) Once upon a time we worked in a bookshop in Cambridge together and we shared a house with a few other jolly characters. Although we talk on Messenger all the time, we haven’t actually met up for four or five years so it was really good to catch up with him. Anyway, we’ve made some plans and we are out to conquer the world.
My youngest sister Sheila got me a couple of excellent presents for Christmas (I wrote her a list see). Neil Gaiman’s “Marvel 1602″ and “The Fate of the Artist” by Eddie Campell.
I’d been wanting to read “1602″ for ages. It was worth waiting for. All the classic Marvell characters (a pre-spider-bite Peter Parker, the X-men, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four and even a brief cameo by the Hulk) are reinterpreted in a 17th century setting. I like Gaiman anyway, but this is a real cracking yarn, heaps of intrigue and suspense and nice artwork form Andy Kubert too. RECOMMENDED.
“The Fate of the Artist” I found a leetle disappointing. After all the talk about it last year I was expecting something weightier but it is a very slight volume indeed… A little too up it’s own ass for my liking too. However, though short it’s very readable, has many a droll moment, and the artwork and constantly shifting styles are very impressive. RECOMMENDED (if your really into that sort of thing).
Lastly here’s something that amused me when I found it in the paper when I was home in England.
Steven Seagal has a band! And it’s called THUNDERBOX!!!!
This album is powered by
BubbleShare
- Add to my blog
