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• The Diary of Mr Kain: Week #5

  

  MondayBeard Face’s search for a new job continues to be concerning. He’s moved on from admin vacancies and is directing his attention to the more obscure posts... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Month’s Films (October 2014)

  

  Kwaidan (1964)Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, Kwaidan features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Month’s Books (October 2014)

  

  Adolf Hitler – Mein Kampf (1925)Madman, tyrant, animal – history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible,... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #31: Final Fantasy VII

  

  About Final Fantasy VII (1997)Long recognized as role-playing games par excellence, the Final Fantasy series gets a technological makeover in this installment... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Diary of Mr Kain: Week #4

  

  MondayBeard Face stepped up his job search today. He’s applying for everything from office worker to deluxe toilet cleaner. If anyone out there has any vacancie... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Diary of Mr Kain: Week #3

  

  MondayBeard Face is progressing with Dexter, many years after the rest of us finished the show and lamented the awful ending. Beardy is still on Season One and... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #29: Tomb Raider

  

  About Tomb Raider (1996)Adventurer Lara Croft has been hired to recover the pieces of an ancient artefact known as the Scion. With her fearless acrobatic style... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #30: Predator

  

  About Predator (1987)Major Alan ‘Dutch’ Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a band of mercenaries head into the Central American jungle to rescue some American... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Diary of Mr Kain: Week #2

  

  MondayI watched Beard Face peg the washing out today. It took him 37 attempts to put one bed sheet on the line. The complex task of folding it in half and... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• The Diary of Mr Kain: Week #1

  

  After months in the wilderness I have finally decided to resume my diary. A lot has changed since I last checked in. For one, we have moved house which has... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #28: The World According to Garp

  

  About The World According to Garp (1978)This is the life and times of T. S. Garp, the bastard son of Jenny Fields–a feminist leader ahead of her times. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Month’s Films (September 2014)

  

  George Washington (2000)Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the decaying rural South must confront a tangle of difficult choices. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Month’s Books (September 2014)

  

  The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 (2013)The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence o... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #27: Spirited Away

  

  About Spirited Away (2001)Master animator Hayao Miyazaki directs this fantasy adventure about Chihiro, a ten-year-old girl who is leaving behind everything she... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #26: Bioshock

  

  About Bioshock (2007)BioShock lets you do the impossible as you explore a mysterious underwater city. When your plane crashes, you discover Rapture – an... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Month’s Books (August 2014)

  

  Alex Ross – The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (2007)The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is a voyage into the labyrinth of... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Firm Bum Or Tasty Buns – The Battle Begins (+ Flapjack Recipe)

  

  Mr B and I have now been in our new house for a little over a month and so far, so good. Reinvigorated by a) sleep b) a distinct lack of noisy neighbours c) no... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Week’s Films (11/08/14)

  

  Dry Summer (1963)Two brothers, Osman and Hasan, disagree over allowing neighboring villagers to use the water on their land. Osman surrounds the water with... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• Masterpieces #25: Wizard’s First Rule

  

  About Wizard's First Rule (1994)The masterpiece that started The New York Times bestselling epic Sword of Truth. In the aftermath of the brutal murder of his... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT

• This Week’s Films (03/08/14)

  

  Billy Bathgate (1991)Two-time Academy Award(R)-winner Dustin Hoffman (Best Actor — KRAMER VS. KRAMER, 1979; RAIN MAN, 1988) stars in the action-packed gangster... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2014 ENTERTAINMENT