Archive for February, 2010

American Sports: All style, no substance.

Thursday, February 11th, 2010
American Sports: All style, no substance.

Since my move from England to America, the one thing I have been most disappointed by is the sport. I am a huge football fan, and I mean European football, which is a high pace, technical game with plenty going on at all times. It brings in huge crowds, is fantastic entertainment and the level of competition is very high.

Obviously, despite David Beckham’s move to Los Angeles, football, or soccer as it is called in the USA, does not (more…)

Film Review: I Spit On Your Grave

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

During the infamous video nasty era of the 1970s, when the door to film-making hell was flung wide open and directors the world over became possessed with the need to create the nastiest, most awful, politically-incorrect film abominations that they could muster from their grubby little low-budget minds, one film stood out as particularly savage: rape-revenge thriller I Spit On Your Grave. (Known by some under the alternative title of Day Of The Woman.)

What riled most people who witnessed (more…)

To Bodly Go Where So Many Have Gone Before…

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
To Bodly Go Where So Many Have Gone Before...

I love to travel, I think if I was to think of all the things I like to do the most in the world, Travel would be my number one. Going on a 14 day trip to a single location or resort is not what I am talking about, nor am I talking about a weekend away in a romantic city of some description. I am talking about true travel. That is, travelling for a few weeks to a few (more…)