First up is #4 in the Resident Evil franchise, 'Resident Evil: Afterlife' filmed in 'the worlds' most advanced 3-D system'. Let's hope it's not all hype but it does have Milla so that's one thumb up already :-)
but the big one for me is the announcement of 'Priest' in May 2011. See the trailer and can you spot the 'Man with No Name'? Sorry it's not embedded but IMDb doesn't like me :-(
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi1116145945/
Saturday 11 September 2010
Thursday 2 September 2010
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Books - don'tcherluv 'em
There's something about the feel/smell/ownership of a new book. You just don't get any of those sensations with an e-reader. You can fall asleep and your book will fall on the floor; it's still readable in the morning. You can drop your book in the bath while stretching for the cold beer and once you've finished cursing and dried it out it will be still readable. E-readers don't hack it but we are going to be forced that way because it's in the interests of the publishers. Look at the number of bookshops gone due to the efforts of Amazon who coincidentally sell their own e-reader. The future is digital, my friends, and we will all be poorer for it.
Q. Why am I waxing lyrical on books?
A. Because there is a new Pratchett out tomorrow and I love Pratchett! Well, the 50% that are actually on song. This time, having temporarily forsaken the world of mercantilism, we will have a 'Witches' story. But not only witches but also the Nac Mac Feegle and as his last effort of 'Wintersmith' was a bit of a bust we are expecting great things from this one on the 50% rule. Well, it's not so much of a rule as a general observation but it seems to work.
The book's called 'I Shall Wear Midnight" and is out in the UK tomorrow 2nd Sept 2010.
The blurb on Amazon reads
A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head ...It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany. And he's found her..."I Shall Wear Midnight" is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin', boozin' pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle (aka The Wee Free Men).
The Wee Free Men also have a film coming out sometime in 2010 directed by Sam Raimi. Let's hope Hollywood does not do it's usual studio hatchet job on a much loved novel.
Q. Why am I waxing lyrical on books?
A. Because there is a new Pratchett out tomorrow and I love Pratchett! Well, the 50% that are actually on song. This time, having temporarily forsaken the world of mercantilism, we will have a 'Witches' story. But not only witches but also the Nac Mac Feegle and as his last effort of 'Wintersmith' was a bit of a bust we are expecting great things from this one on the 50% rule. Well, it's not so much of a rule as a general observation but it seems to work.
The book's called 'I Shall Wear Midnight" and is out in the UK tomorrow 2nd Sept 2010.
The blurb on Amazon reads
A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head ...It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching - teen witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular. He's hunting for Tiffany. And he's found her..."I Shall Wear Midnight" is the fourth Discworld title to feature Tiffany and her tiny, fightin', boozin' pictsie friends, the Nac Mac Feegle (aka The Wee Free Men).
The Wee Free Men also have a film coming out sometime in 2010 directed by Sam Raimi. Let's hope Hollywood does not do it's usual studio hatchet job on a much loved novel.
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