Book Review: Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Song of the Day: “Beautiful Things” by Andain

This is my busy week, so updates have been slow. I do have two movie reviews to toss your way, they will be coming soon, promise. For now, here is a quick book review to keep you busy. I wrote it a while ago and had it in [...]

Book Review: The Inheritors

Song of the day: “Escalator” by Tabi Bonney

The Inheritors

Author: William Golding
Genre: Fiction

A book unlike anything I have read before, it is a story of survival concerning a small family of Neanderthals who find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly face to face with Homo Sapiens. It is a tale told through the eyes of our distant cousins, [...]

Book Review: How Soccer Explains the World

Song of the Day: “Longest Road” by Deadmou5

How Soccer Explains the World:
An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

Author: Franklin Foer
Category: Non-Fiction

Unlikely indeed! This book takes an unorthodox approach at examining globalization and its effects (or lack thereof) in the world of soccer. By collecting a number of essays regarding particular soccer teams scattered throughout Europe and America, [...]

Movie Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Song of the Day: “Sister Kate” by the Ditty Bops

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Director: Woody Allen
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama
Year: 2008

I know it is probably sacrilege to say this and half of you will probably throw your necks out upon hearing this, knowing how many movies I watch but, prior to this, I had only seen one Woody Allen movie: [...]

Lost & Found

Song of the day: Sonata No.14 in C#M (Moonlight Sonata) by Ludwig van Beethoven

Beneath this dome,
   cerulean and broad,
   where balletic trees
   pulsate and swagger,
   – scintillating verdant stars
   amassed,
   keeping time with flurry
   and murmured mirth;
on this broken base,
   cracked and giving,
   feigning a lull
   over chaotic babble
   harmonic to thoughts;
in the still of this
   motion moment
   where shattered is composed
   and alone I breathe;
under this cheshire moon,
   I [...]

Movie Review: The Machine Girl

Song of the day: The Late Great Libido by Menomena

The Machine Girl

Director: Noboru Iguchi
Genre: Action/Comedy/Thriller/Horror
Year: 2008

Somebody has been putting their dirty little fingers inside my Netflix queue and they are having a blast showing me the weirdest movies. How I ended up with this film in my list – and not only that but at [...]

Movie Review: Body of Lies

Song of the day: “I thought that (Boris Dlugosch Remix)” – The Migrants

Body of Lies

Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
Year: 2008

On the one hand I love films along this vein, action thrillers, with just enough mystique and shady dealings to keep you on your seat. It seems the genre du jour, which is fine with me, as [...]

Movie Reviews: The Inglorious Bastards

Song of the day: “Year of the Rat” by Badly Drawn Boy

The Inglorious Bastards

Director: Enzo G. Castellari
Genre: Action/War/Adventure/Comedy
Year: 1978 (1981 U.S. release)

I should have known better than to assume that when Quentin Tarantino he had spent all those years working on the Inglorious Basterds screenplay, that he was writing something original. Anybody that knows anything [...]

Back to one

It has to be said, it really does because I have been keeping this to myself but after yesterday’s performance there is absolutely no way that the Federation could miss the multiple flaws with the Mexican Selection. This is not about Eriksson, it is, as I have always said, beyond that. It is about a [...]