Too Many Ideas - Archive for 2012
Loopers Movie Review
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012Just back from seeing Loopers. Enjoyed it but does it live up to the hype? The acting is good with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce WIllis believable as Joe at different ages. Emily Blunt and Pierce Gagnon play pivotal roles in shaping the younger Jo’s path. Jeff Daniels, Garret Dillahunt and the rest of the cast […]
Shot from the Train
Monday, October 8th, 2012Taken with my phone on train somewhere South of Runcorn on the way to Birmingham.
Nik Kershaw at the Liverpool O2
Monday, September 24th, 2012Went to see Nik Kershaw my favourite 80s synth pop singer/songwriter perform at the O2 in Liverpool last Friday night. It was an intimate gig which was excellent fun with Nik supported by a full band including guitar, percussion, drums and keyboards. The audience seemed to really enjoy the whole thing. This wasn’t a crowd […]
Oded Hirsch’s The Lift at Liverpool Biennial 2012
Monday, September 24th, 2012I’ve passed Oded Hirsch’s The Lift (2012) a few times since the start of this years Biennial. Today I took a few quick shots of it in the rain (see gallery at the bottom of the page). It’s an interesting piece and is attracting a fair amount of attention since it appears in the middle […]
A Place to Call Home
Sunday, September 2nd, 2012I didn’t make it to see A Place to Call Home: Where We Live and Why when it was in London so I was pleased to discover that it had transferred to Liverpool. Even better within walking distance of the city centre at the Mann Island Exhibition space and taking about 30 minutes to go […]
Total Recall
Wednesday, August 29th, 2012Outing tonight to see the remake of Total Recall. It’s a remake of the 1990 original: there are many familiar elements but mixed up in new ways while some others (like Mars) haven’t made it. Colin Farrell brings a different character to the leading role – a bit more nuanced than Arnie’s earlier Douglas Quaid […]
The Expendables 2 Movie Review
Friday, August 24th, 2012It hardly seems like two years since The Expendables was in the cinema and now here all shinny and new is The Expendables 2. This time Arnold, Bruce and Stallone do more together with the added bonus of Chuck Norris. It opens straight with the best action sequence of the film. After that it follows […]
Liverpool Downpour Gallery
Tuesday, August 21st, 2012A sudden dowpour caught me in the Mann Island exhibition space next to the Open Eye gallery at lunch time today. Here are a few of the better pictures I took of the rain and the aftermath on my phone’s camera.
The Post Modern Spy Pentathlon
Friday, August 17th, 2012After seeing The Bourne Legacy we were contemplating what should go into a Post Modern Pentathlon inspired by what a 21st Century spy might have to do when on the run in a hostile world. While Bourne was the original starting point Mission Impossible, Bond and any number of other action orientated spy films and […]
The Bourne Legacy
Thursday, August 16th, 2012Enjoyed the Bourne Legacy tonight. The Bourne Ultimatum pulled a high wire act with the clever play with time and the ending of the Bourne Supremacy. The Bourne Legacy opens quite slow with a lot of work being put into establishing new characters and how they fit into the existing timeline. If action is you’re […]