Month: May 2004
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Mistaken Identity
A BBC News report from the meeting the other day. When I get a chance, I’ll link to other reports, and still plan on putting my own comprehensive notes up. In the meantime, here’s someone else’s notes from the meeting. Might I also recommend reading Peter Williamson of The Law Society’s address (PDF). He was…
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Knife in the Water
Payday, so what better way to treat myself than pick up a DVD at HMV on the way home. I got this classic Roman Polanski film because it’s simply wonderful. I think it’s safe to say that the makers of Dead Calm were probably over-so-slightly influenced by this Polish debut feature. There are only three…
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Mistaken Identity
The meeting today was exceptional, and I’ll try to type up my notes forthwith.
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Mistaken Identity
I’m going along to this on Wednesday afternoon – taking time off work to get there in fact. The government has introduced draft legislation for a national identity card. The card system will cost at least �3 billion and is likely to become an essential part of life for everyone residing in the UK. If…
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Fahrenheit 9/11
The reviews of Michael Moore’s new film are beginning to trickle out, and I’m looking forward to the forthcoming British release (rubbish site that hasn’t been updated for a couple of months – great if you’re a film distributor!). In the meantime, the Americans are still saying that they’re going to hand power back to…
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Sick of Tesco
I fear that I really may have to start boycotting Tesco if the scheme mentioned here comes to pass. As Jon Snow notes in his ever interesting Snowmail, how much more money do they need to save when they’re recording 1.7bn profits? The idea that people who are ill should only start getting paid after…
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FACT
I totally sympathise with this post from Boing Boing. The copyright warnings at the beginning of films is a relatively new phenomena, but just like the record companies, we’re being treated as potential criminals rather than innocent members of the public. I love the idea of taking flash photos of the copyright notice. Indeed I…
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Rumsfeld
The clock has got to be ticking on Donald Rumsfeld hasn’t it?
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Library of Alexandria
Maybe it’s because I always enjoyed the Name of the Rose, but finding the Library of Alexandria really excites me. I don’t seem to be able to find much more about it on the net however. Google News reveals a couple of other stories, but nothing more concrete.
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Michael Moore and the White House
I realise that Michael Moore can be a master of the ever-so slight over-exaggeration, but it’s still pretty interesting to hear where the pressure is coming from to prevent the distribution of his new film.
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Troy
Big historical epics are my kind of films, and I’ll always go and see them. We went through a long phase of not really getting the sword and sandals epics of old, until Ridley Scott made Gladiator a few years ago. I remember when we used to get massive TV movies set in Roman times,…
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Nazi Coke Challenge
I’m looking forward to this!