Dexter

Anyone else notice that in the opening credits of Dexter he shaves, eats breakfast and then leaves the house with a face covered in stubble.


How long is he eating for?

Black times

I don't want to sound like an old fart, but there is NO WAY that The Woman in Black is a 12a. 


Just because it's not gory, doesn't mean it's not scary.


I enjoyed it though, as it's proper horror (e.g. not torture porn).

The Prof

Apparently Professor Green isn't a real Professor.


What else are they lying to us about?!


Next thing you know, we'll find out that Doctor Dre isn't a qualified physician.

Irregularity

So, the combination of fatherhood, holding down a full time job and trying to occasionally sleep has really hindered my ability to post daily.


I'll keep trying to stay up-to-date, especially as I've got loads to run through (The Hunger Games, Woman in Black, The Walking Dead, Arkham City), but at the moment a post a day might be a bit ambitious.


I'll do my best, which is all we can ever do...

We built this city

Goddamn, is Arkham City impressive. I'm still only 25% through it, but wow. 


If it continues to this level, it'll join Super Mario Bros 3, Goldeneye and GTA: Vice City on my list of favourite games ever.

As you mean to go on

Interesting start to the week today. I got to work and someone had broken my Marvel Comics mug.


Hopefully things can only get better.

Beauty and the Beast

Following on from my comments about Disney the other day, I was reminiscing about how my favourite character from "Beauty and the Beast" was Gaston, the egotistical villain.


Not really sure what that says about me.

Gaming

I'm really not a gamer. I have a DS and enjoy the odd Professor Leyton challenge, but when it comes to keeping up with the latest games, I'm really behind the times.


But I'll be damned if Batman: Arkham City isn't one of the best games ever.


Admittedly, I'm inherently biased towards Batman, but it's absolutely incredible. Great story, great game play. Just the best.

A Whole New World

A recent discussion with friends about Disney songs reminded me of my theory that the song "A Whole New World" in Aladdin is just about sex.


If you really listen to the lyrics, you'll see I'm right.


"Take you wonder by wonder, over sideways and under, on a magic carpet ride"


"don't you dare close your eyes"


I mean, come on. It's obvious, right? 


No. Just me then.

Hawaii Five-Bobbins

Just watched the Hawaii Five-0 episode where they go to North Korea.


Wow.


Just...wow.

Trending

The BBQ is coming. 


In anticipation of the eighties theme, I'm compiling a playlist of eighties music. Or more specifically, I'm compiling a list of sings for my buddy Jake to compile a playlist of.


Get involved in the fun on Twitter on the hashtag #horangannbbqplaylist


It was trending worldwide last night (and by worldwide I mean I'm the only one who has posted to it).


There's still time though.

Drive Awesome

I like action movies. I (specifically) like 80s action movies (see much earlier posts). I also really like Christina Hendricks (for obvious reasons).


So then, it's no surprise just how much I enjoyed the uber-violent, uber-cool "Drive". Outstanding performances from Ryan Gosling and Albert Brookes and smatterings of extreme bloody violence made for a wonderful romantic evening with my wife.


That's how I roll.

Staying hungry

The Hunger Games is semi Battle Royale. It's Quasi Battle Royale. It's the margarine of Battle Royale. It's the Diet Coke of Battle Royale - just one calorie, not Battle Royale enough.


It's actually quite a fun book, but it is just Battle Royale for the Harry Potter generation. I'll be interested to see the PG-13 version of the 18 story on the big screen though. 

Newish Girl

As American Sitcoms go, I'm quite enjoying New Girl. 


This is largely down to the brilliance of Schmidt, a truly original character.


Plus Zooey Deschanel (not sure if that's the spelling) is doing her "kooky" thing, which seems to be her only card, but she plays it well.

Artistic Merit

I didn't want to like The Artist as much as I did, largely because everyone went on about how good it was.


Annoyingly, it completely won me over. It's just as brilliant as everyone says.


Damnit.

Paternity Leave

Had nearly two weeks off from blog posting, largely due to the fact that I'm now a dad. Instead of movies, TV shows and comic books; my life has mainly consisted of changing nappies and dealing with crying fits over the last two weeks.


Still, he's worth it.


Hopefully, I'll be back to normal with my posts from now on, and there will be an absence of references to pooey nappies.

The Leverage

Leverage is back on TV, and I love it.

It's ridicuolus, it's cheesy and it's harmless fun. For the same reasons I love Burn Notice, I love switching off my brain  and letting Leverage wash over me.

You know that nothing too bad is ever going to happen, and you know the bad guys are going to get their just desserts. Most importantly, the reveal of how they're going to pull the job off is alwas entertaining.

Plus, I've got a bit of a crush on Parker, cos she's kooky.

Feeling Husk

When you need a mediocre generic horror movie, and you can't find "Jeepers Creepers" anywhere. Check out Husk. Low on budget, low on scares, but it's watchable if you'rea horror fan.

Which, I am. Naturally.

Retinkering

In case you were wondering, I thought "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was just as good on the second watch. So, you know, go get it on DVD.

Appetite for Destruction

"The Hunger Games" is released on the 23rd of March and everyone is banging on about how good the books are. 


I do hate to read a book AFTER I've seen it already committed to screen (Game of Thrones being the obvious exception), so I guess I'll need to make sure I've read it by this time next month.


Now to do the 3,000 others things I've got to do first...