James' Blog

Meant to post about this a while ago but hey, better late than never!

This 21st century take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyles classic character has proven to be one of the BBCs finest productions in recent years and if I were to grumble it would only be at the terribly short 3-episode series and excruciating cliffhanger. An interesting(to me) aspect of this production has been the use of [...]

Quite possibly the best fan made trailer ever, and it makes a damn good point too. You’re a man, not as much of a man as this guy but nonetheless.. on August 13th(19th for UK) you know where you need to be!

This is looking better and better, roll on September!

Two updates in one week, things are moving along quicker than ever! The new bulb arrived really quickly (thanks to CP Lighting) so I fitted it straight away to see if there was a difference.

Tomorrow Emma and I will have been Married one whole month!(where does time go?!) Seeing as Sunday night is a terrible night to celebrate anything thanks to work the next day I surprised her with a tasty meal of Renkon no Kinpira followed by Tori no Karaage which seems to have gone down rather well! [...]

Thanks to some of the best friends a guy could ask for, the basement cinema project which has laid dormant for nearly 2 years is a step closer to reality!

Groovisions are a well known design house from Japan, famous for producing films and graphics for Pizzicato Five, Suchadarapah and many others. This is a fantastic music video for HALFBY’s Rodeo Machine, I’ve seen a DVD of this on sale in the Ginza every time I visit Japan but at around £35 I’m yet to [...]

Soba noodles are a favorite anytime all over Japan, but are also traditionally enjoyed on certain special occasions such as New Years or when someone moves as they are said to bring good fortune. So as it’s New Years Eve we decided to go to Kanda Yabu Soba as we’ve always wanted to give it [...]

In this weeks Shortlist(a free magazine available every Thursday) the world of District 9 came crashing through into the real world…

It’s taken absolutely forever for this Movie to start showing in a Cinema near me, but it was absolutely worth the wait! Spoilers within.

Despite being perhaps the most ridiculous Roland Emmerich film yet, the recent 2012 trailer was pretty mindblowing, and any film with John Cusack in can’t be all bad. But what could make the trailer even better? A cheesy grindhouse style version! Watch and enjoy.

Saw this ad on TV this evening.. Not sure how long it’s been running but i’m sure anyone who’s watched the dire Resident Evil films will agree this Avon product bears more than a passing resemblence to the Virus canisters, right down to the colour of the double-helix shape!

30 Years… 30 Years! That’s incredible for any franchise and it’s not going anywhere. What an amazing three decades it’s been, there have been great times (Zeta), some not so great times(Turn A) and some weird as hell times(G Gundam!) It’s spawned countless games on multiple platforms, and arguably one of the most successful hobbie [...]

No self respecting Battlestar Galactica fan could say no to this! However I think alot of us will be out of the bidding proceedings as at the time of writing this post it’s currently at $21,300, ouch! Check out the eBay listing here, oh and there’s a Rapor that’s on there too!

Wow, just wow.