Cannock Chase is small bit of forest in Staffordshire just north of Wolverhampton and Walsall. Once part of the ancient forest that stretched from somewhere down south all the way to somewhere up north it is now little more than a rather large wood whose car parks and picnic areas are the dogging capitals of the world. By day it used by the few grunts of the West Midlands conurbation that like to piss around in the woods as a hobby, I’d imagine. However news articles revealed to me today that Cannock Chase is probably amongst the most active areas of the country for all sorts of paranormal and pseudo-scientific tosh. Lets delve deep into the mysterious world of Cannock Chase. [insert eerie music]

Read the rest of this entry »

Twilight's Emo Cast

I’ve avoided watching this film because what I have heard about it and have indeed perpetuated some of the jokes about it. I thought it only fair that I watch it before I continue to pass judgment on it.

Oh my god Twilight is a terrible fucking film. I can’t even watch it all. I’ve managed 1 hour of it and I can stand no more. There is no plot, the characters are 2 dimensional and corny and the dialogue is so bad George Lucas would have been embarrassed to write it. Though I can understand why it gets teenage girls wet in the knickers. Teenage girls are possibly the only people who could watch Twilight without wanting to beat someones head in. Edward is oh so dark, dangerous and mysterious that he is every teenage girls juvenile fantasy come to life. Yet he manages to do it without an iota of character, depth or likability. He should have stayed dead in Harry Potter if you ask me. Imagine they took the least interesting vampire that Buffy staked and gave him his own film.

Read the rest of this entry »

Lee as Count Dooku

Christopher Lee has been Knighted by the Queen during her Birthday Honours list. Lee who is one the world’s most proflic actors even at the grand old age of 87. He was unable to comment on his honour because he was busy filming. Lee has played some of the most famous bad guys in cinema history starting with what must be considered the best Dracula. More recently of course he was Count Dooku in the Star Wars prequels and Saruman the White in the Lord of the Rings films. He even managed to get himself cast as a Bond villian.

Without doubt the ultimate bad guy of cinema.