While certain areas of the story were undoubtedly made from nothing, elaborated and dramatised for the sake of cinema — aren’t they all? — I didn’t think it was out of place, indeed 127 Hours is a truly brilliant film. Terrify, excruciating, thought-provoking and beautiful. If you were dying, while still being a good person, [...]

Toy Story 3 is by far one of the greatest films I’ve seen in a long time. An emotional roller coaster of tears and laughter, of love, loss, redemption, childhood, memories, growing up, and of playing with the toys we did as kids. It is a beautiful reminder to those of a certain age who [...]

I am always in search of gig guides, and to know where my favourite bands are without having to launch their Myspace page. The answer came to me a couple of weeks ago. Sceptical at first, assuming it was just another web 2.0 hopeful, I turned out to be quite wrong once I delved into [...]

This morning I woke up with the most painful throat ever. That and a killer headache. I need throat lozenges desperately. I’ve done all that I can, which isn’t a lot. I had some soup. I turned the heating on. I dressed warmly. I just wanted to go back to bed. And so I did. [...]