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      • Tagline time
        03/28/2007

        I came across this, and wondered to myself if anyone has even devised a less catchy, less laboured tagline in movie history. I mean, making a biopic of a famous female novelist is not going to get you entered into the greatest film taglines of all time., but you could at least create one that

      • I want cake
        03/25/2007

        And why not drop in the odd restaurant review?
        You have never had cake like this.
        Each of these portions is adequate for a family of five. A family of five silverback gorillas, that is.
        The cups of coffee and plates in this picture are actually a pretty poor way of giving persp

      • Drawn to the water
        03/25/2007


        Put a camera in my hand, send me to a small harbour, and I will be in my element. Lobster pots, buoys, prows, names, nets, scales, winches and even the smell are just an irresistible combination for me. Rust, brine, diesel and fish combine to create an atmosphere that is repeated in port

      • Civil unrest
        03/22/2007
        A slightly embarrassing episode here:
        I am making arrangements for our wedding in June - first of all in a UK registry office, and then in a German church service. German religious ceremonies are not legally binding, which is why we need the civil one first of all.
        Anyone who wants to mar

      • Travel flattens the mind
        03/21/2007

        Anyone who commutes to work in London may be slightly taken aback by this image. It's not that it's a tube train (duh), but it's that there are no people in it whatsoever.
        This is not a photoshop job, and nor have I cheated by climbing aboard an empty one in a depot - this

      • Shakes on a plane
        03/19/2007
        To get started, I have to mention thart fantastic Gary Larson cartoon in which an air passenger finds himself sat next to a buck-toothed nerd, and thinks "Dang! Why do I always have to sit next to some weirdo?". However, what the bloke can't see is that the empty seat to the other sid

      • Available in any colour
        03/15/2007


        Laying into mad and bland advertising is becoming a bit of an obsession, and I was stopped in my tracks by this duo of ads today. I mean, the thing behind this is that it is always being remarked that all cars these days look the same...
        This pair of ads goes to show that the advert

      • Separated at birth?
        03/14/2007


        It was whilst marvelling at Boris Becker's full head of hair in a new German beer ad, that I realised that he held a remarkable resemblance to certain troll doll puppets that, like him, were highly popular throughout the eighties. I wonder if they could be in any way related?
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      • Spiderwoman
        03/09/2007


        I'm sure many will have seen this, but I'd like to devote some compassion to the creature on the receiving end of this. I don't mean the female contestant.
        This is an NBC programme (called 'Fear Factor' where people can win stuff if they do sick things. Up u

      • Underground archaeology
        03/07/2007


        Now and again, they redecorate tube stations. You wouldn't believe it, but they do. The walls get stripped, tiles will be removed, and the ad boards get scraped back to the first layer. It's a routine thing that will happen once every few years, and most people will walk blindl

      • Nether nether land
        03/06/2007


        Are blokes such simple beasts that this is the only way to appeal to us?
        On the left, is an ad for a cable porn channel, on the right is an NHS ad warning you against the perils of sexually-transmitted diseases. For all I know, they could have used the same model.
        In both case

      • A puddle, yesterday
        03/05/2007
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