In many ways, I’m a simple man. Besides being able to leap tall buildings in a simple bound, having a pre-cognitive alert response (or spidey-sense) and having an incredibly well-equipped yellow utility-belt that pretty much allows me to overcome any perilous obstacles life can throw at me… there’s nothing about me all-that out of the ordinary. Thusly, I have to get my geek-fix via web-tube proxy, rather than having the cash or the provocation to travel to San Diego (German [...]

Just as the excitement / certain disappointment of the summer blockbuster season sneaks past us (I’m boycotting Transformers 2 in a direct snub of Michael Bay –if you’re reading, Michael, eat it!) it’s time for everyone to settle down and take a rejuvenating slice of indie pie with a side-helping of quirky. Speaking of indie, you can do worse than take notice of what’s being thrown down at the Sundance festival. Two films who got the thumbs up at Sundance [...]

I’ve been in somewhat of a Sci-Fi mood of late. It may have something to do with current events such as economical and epidemical disasters (or Credit Crunch / Swine Flu media hysteria) and wanting to escape them, or it may just be down to the fact that I very much enjoy Science Fiction. As to qualify the previous statement, I’ve recently re-watched the Star Wars prequels , and decided that I much prefer them to the original trilogy. This [...]