As part of a message board film club, I watched this film last night. I’m no stranger to Wes Anderson – I liked The Life Aquatic for all its kookiness and brilliant use of a Sigur Rós song in its final scenes. The Darjeeling Limited isn’t quite as good. Whilst there is a lot to [...]
Entries from July 2009
20/07/2009
The Conservatives: Politicans or Journalists?
I have a few days off from writing before my holiday so I spent a lot of time today checking up on the regular journalism industry links. There was one article that I read today that made total sense to me…
Think what people like me, journalists (although in my case it’s still at student level), [...]
19/07/2009
Moon
Today me and Aino went all the way to Brixton, London to watch a film, albeit one that I’ve been anticipating for a while. Moon, directed by Duncan Jones, son of Bowie (though there is a chance you’ll already know this since every newspaper/magazine article about this film has been ramming this factoid down your [...]
17/07/2009
I don’t like pigeons
I was meant to blog yesterday but sadly I didn’t have time in between waking up late from recovering from the NIN concert and heading into London again to see Bat For Lashes. Before Natasha Khan of Bat For Lashes came on stage and wowed everyone, something happened to me. I hope that no one [...]
14/07/2009
The Collector
The last few days have been spent bookmarking anything that might help me for my disseration (about hyperlocal news and whether it is a credible alternative to traditional local media). I have to say the more I research this, the more c0nfident I am about writing it. Is my confidence misplaced or am I just [...]
