Inglorious Bastards
Posted on August 30, 2009 in Movies
I saw Quentin Tarantino’s new masterpiece, Inglorious Bastards, last Friday. Yes I say masterpiece because this film transcends his previous work in terms of dialogue and extra-realism in characterisation. Since his prior films are all brilliant this one cant really be classified as anything other then a masterpiece. The movie tells the tale of a special...
Read MoreHow I caused the Credit Crunch
Posted on August 22, 2009 in Books, Finance
I recently used my flight to Iceland for a three week visit to read Tetsuya Ishikawa’s book, How I Caused The Credit Crunch. Unlike Michel Lewis’ much acclaimed Liar’s Poker which I also read recently, Ishikawa chooses to portray his story through a fictitious character by the name of Andrew Dover. Dover is based on Ishikawa himself but he...
Read MoreTorchwood – Children of Earth
Posted on August 21, 2009 in Movies
Torchwood is a BBC television series about a British covert team that investigates and deals with supernatural and extraterrestrial problems. When I first saw the Doctor Who spin off, I wasn’t all that impressed. It had a lot to live up to since the new series of Doctor Who (post 2005) with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant in the main role were so...
Read MoreSkullduggery Pleasant
Posted on August 20, 2009 in Books
On my recent trip to Spain I read the first book in the Skullduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy. The books mqin characters are Stephanie, a young ambitious teenage girl and Skullduggery, a wizard who was burned alive centuries ago but lives on with his life force bound to his skeleton. The book starts of after Stephanie’s uncle has recently passed away...
Read MoreLiar’s Poker
Posted on August 19, 2009 in Books
Whilst on the beach in Spain back in July I finally got around to reading Michael Lewis’ book Liar’s Poker where he goes over his experience working for Salomon Brothers in the 1980s. The book is written in 1989 but the settings, the people and their activities are reflective of our own time and the financial world is very similar but obviously not...
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