Brooklyn's Finest

At last.

Apparently my favoured (long ago paid for) version of Cyberlink PowerDVD is not compatible with Windows 7, so I've downloaded a trial version of the latest version. It seems to do most things I want it to - except detach the control panel from the screen, which I always found most useful.

Anyway, here's our poor dear man (I don't even know his character's name!) in his few moments on screen. (Diane and others of a squeamish nature, don't look at the last picture!)

Should I or shouldn't I?

When I tried to play the clip of this, I couldn't, so I haven't tried to buy it yet. Is it something to do with this new computer, or is it the fact that I'm in the UK? Anyone had any luck - good or bad?

I'll Be Frank

This is a truly boring film. The only watchable thing in it is - Tara! - Vincent.

There's a surprise.

Still no PowerDVD (thanks for the prompt response, guys, you're beginning to remind me of Marks and Spencer) so still no new material.

Nothing New

Until Cyberlink bothers to send me a new download link for PowerDVD, I am unable to cap any DVDs, like the rest of Season 5, or Brooklyn's Finest. So I'm again choosing a film at random to titillate your fancies.

And what better than the Thumb Sausage? Is there any other actor who would have the equipment to carry this one off?

Sometimes I sits and thinks

And sometimes I just sits.

Or in Mujukuu's case, waits. Her baby is due any time now, and she doesn't look very happy about it.

It was such a lovely, sunny autumn day, and the outlook for the week so uncertain, that I decided to go to the zoo. So did just about every family in the capital, whether residents or visitors - it's a long time since I saw such queues.

Lumpur the Sumatran tiger was beating the bounds, with a groan at each turn that you can almost hear over the noise of the crowds.

Going For A Burton

In the UK, if something has "gone for a burton", it mean it is broken or lost.

Or dead.

The Greatest?

Over the last week, The Guardian newspaper has been running a supplement of The Greatest Films of All Time, with 25 films listed each day. As the days went by, and they listed category after category, one thing became clear. Stanley Kubrick was not in the Romance category. But everywhere else he got honourable mentions:

Comedy: Dr Strangelove at no. 6
Horror: The Shining at no. 6
Arthouse: A Clockwork Orange at no. 6
SciFi and Fantasy: 2001: A Space Odyssey at no. 1
Action: Full Metal Jacket at no. 19

I think, if he'd finished it at the end of part 1, he would have been further up the list.







Can I do that for you, darling?

Vincent's Small Part

Is it his smallest? I bought Brooklyn's Finest yesterday. I wonder which part is smaller? At least in JFK he didn't die!

I know the words "Vincent" and "small part" don't go together. If we had our way, his part would always be huge. I volunteer to help it grow.

Cute Kitties

I just loaded a cd of old pictures on to this computer, and practised uploading to Photobucket. There are some really sweet pictures of my cat Dandy in some silly positions, plus Jaspa in a drawer.

Cute Kitties