Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
Wrath of Khan in 60 Seconds
Clare showed me this earlier, so I’m sharing it with you. It’s an entry to this year’s Empire magazine-run Done in 60 Seconds competition by Mawgan. It made us smile: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6_Wos09Gw On a related note, our beautiful daughter Edie is now 21 months old. One of her first words was “KHAAAAAAAN!” I blame her sister, [...]
JJ Abrams’ Star Trek
The New Yorker’s legendarily outspoken film critic Pauline Kael once said of Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan “Now that’s more like it.” At least, I think that’s what she said. Whatever the case, it’s a phrase that went through my mind last night as the credits went up at the end of JJ [...]
George is Wrathful
How bizarre. The Seinfeld season 8 DVD boxset came through the post this morning. I’m a big fan of Seinfeld, and used to avidly watch it on BBC2 during the 90s, but I never saw much of the last two seasons due in no small part to erratic BBC scheduling. This evening Clare and I [...]
Ricardo Montalbán, 1920-2009
Oh God, not again. Only a day after I wrote a post about the late Patrick McGoohan, I now find myself writing about another cherished actor who has sadly passed away. Like most unrepentant fanboys, I’ll always remember Ricardo Montalbán for his portrayal of my favourite screen villain, Khan Noonien Singh. However disillusioned I might [...]
KHAAAN!
For the benefit of Clare, Lily and Kiki the Kat, I found this via Pete’s blog last year and just had to share it:
The National, Birmingham Irish Centre, 6th November 2007
“I wish that I believed in fate I wish I didn’t sleep so late I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders.” – The National: Mr November “Everything I can remember I remember wrong.” The National: Daughters of the SoHo Riots It’s been a long time since I last visited Birmingham’s Irish Centre. [...]
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