Best. Music Video. Ever.
I cannot stop watching this. I just can’t stop.
And the 80s, apparently, was the primo decade for movies. In twelve moves you can go from Empire Strikes Back, to Aliens, to Predator, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Mad Max 2, …
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Hanoi: A Love Letter
I love this town.
The frenetic pace, the unapologetic culture, the dynamism of Hanoi. This is a city always 
on the move; horizontal, with scooters swarming through teaming streets; vertical, as mammoth yellow cranes raise buildings up from craters into …
Fish for Dinner: Culture shock at home, abroad, and online
Abroad
They say the most stressful experiences are as follows:
- Death in the family
- Divorce
- Moving house
- Major Illness
- Changing Jobs
Moving countries has a lot of 3 and 5 in it, plus saying goodbye to friends. I’ve just moved …
William Gibson Interview: The Paris Review
I assumed The Paris Review, a literary publication I’ve only ever been dimly aware of, was too high-brow for genre. Man, was I wrong. They’ve published wide-ranging interviews with the likes of Sam Delany, Ursula Le Guin, David Mitchell, and …
The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner
This article was published last year, but due to its enduring popularity I’ve moved it to the front page for those of you who haven’t seen it yet.
Blade Runner is one of the most visually haunting and memorable movies …
The Greatest Actors of All Time (if you’re a geek) (Part 2)
The moment you’ve been waiting for: the top four greatest actors (for geeks) of all time. My unimpeachable, scientifically accurate criteria for this decision (and rankings 5 – 11) are here in Part 1 of the article.
4: Sigourney Weaver…
The Greatest Actors of All Time (if you’re a geek) (Part 1)
Let me pose the scenario: you’re a geek (shut up, you are). You’re marooned on Mars (shut up, just go with this). You’ve got enough food and water to last until the resupply mission arrives in three years. You may …
The Artists of the Future
I just came back from a week in LA for the Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshop and awards ceremony. I’ll write a detailed report on the trip at a later point. For now, I’d simply note that one …
The Fascinating Failure
Fascinating failures are products of passion, ambition and originality, where the lofty goal has exceeded the reach of the creator. Fascinating failures take risks.
There are fewer and fewer of these at the movies and in books. The Hollywood formula …
The Morality of The Matrix
Neo, Trinity and Morpheus were mass murderers.
This realisation came to me as I re-watched The Matrix recently. It’s still a fine film, no doubt, which stands the test of time. Slick, stylish, philosophically intriguing, with some fantastic set-piece action …