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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Road Less Travelled
See, I get these ideas. They always seem so simple. Having lunch with docoDom at a riverside restaurant by the Design Museum on the South Bank of the Thames, I suddenly thought how nice it would be to keep going. … Continue reading
Of Session Beers
If, like me, you enjoy a nice ale from time to time, then the question of the perfect session beer has come up more than once in conversation. If, like me, you’re a wine and spirits drinker, then you probably … Continue reading
Spoilers
The Dutch word for “father” is… VADER. Which means that to everyone in Holland, the big reveal at the end of The Empire Strikes Back must have been no surprise at all. Guess what the Dutch for “sister” is?
Of Mars: X&HT Saw A Preview Of John Carter
2012 marks the hundred-year anniversary of the first appearance of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom stories. It’s fitting that 2012 should also see the first big-screen adaptation of the tales, brought to life by Wall-E director Andrew Stanton. At a preview … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew stanton, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Film, John Carter, Taylor Kitsch
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Comics Will Break Your Heart: the rise and fall of Ashes
Late last year I enthusiastically covered a Kickstarter-funded comics project by writer Alex DiCampi and artist Jimmy Broxton–a gritty SF tale called Ashes. The art and story looked great, and I happily put $30 down to support the book and … Continue reading
The Friday Foto: Staircase
I love a trip to Tate Modern. It’s always good to visit old friends like the brooding Room of Rothkos and my favourite Jackson Pollack. The curators are also good at refreshing the displays, so that if you visit a … Continue reading
Film Nerdery
To the Tate Modern yesterday. The core reason was to meet with young Dom to discuss his upcoming Big Boy’s Birthday. The conversation, as always, was wide in scale and rambled like the Rambling King of a nomadic tribe of … Continue reading
Logopolis
A new year and a new logo. I can’t help myself, I’m afraid. Farting around with the look and feel of X&HT is one of my pleasures. The place is like a shed, and every so often I get the … Continue reading
A Tale Of Two Girls: X&HT watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
It’s typical behavior in Hollywood to take an outstanding foreign language film and hack out a mediocre rehash for the American market. David Fincher’s take on the Steig Larssen novel does nothing to buck the trend. More worryingly, it takes … Continue reading
A Warming Bean Stew For The New Year
The Christmas decorations never last for long after New Year’s Day at X&HTowers. We never see the point in hanging about. Saturnalia is finished for another season, and there are things to be done. Yesterday was spent getting the house … Continue reading
