Before the advent of YouTube, streaming and the sharing of MP3s, people made loads of money selling singles. It was a boom industry, flogging £1.29 cassettes or £1.99 CDs to fans, or just curious musicos, by the bucketload. Billions, it was worth. A bloody packet. Because millions of singles got bought, and the pop chartsContinue reading “Film Review: Mad Max: Fury Road”
Author Archives: James Tawton
More Reviews
I’m thinking about reviewing more films and books on this blog. Not many people read this blog but, rather than sporadically ranting or praising something here, and thus meaning this blog has no shape, would more review-y type writing be of interest? Feel free to comment. To get an idea of previous review-y stuff see:Continue reading “More Reviews”
Book Review: Stuart: A Life Backwards
This book was one of false starts for me. I bought it many years ago, fully intending to read it promptly but, like so many things in life, got distracted and prevaricated it out of my memory. I then lent it to somebody or other and that was that. I then discovered that it hadContinue reading “Book Review: Stuart: A Life Backwards”
Book Review: The Shock of the Fall
I’m reading an awful lot more than normal these days. Not reading more that’s awful, you understand, I’m just using flowery language to sound interesting. How’s it working? Anyhow, for the first time, since I was 7 years old, I’ve read a book in a day. Cover to cover. I’m serious. Obviously I loved it,Continue reading “Book Review: The Shock of the Fall”
Film Review: The Guest, and I don’t care what anyone else says…
…it’s total shit. Honestly, it really is shit. It’s a shit film for lots of reasons, which I will painstakingly rake over presently, but first an explanation for this post’s sub-heading. The only reason I even saw The Guest was because of the reviews. I’d seen the posters for it (well, I’d seen ads onlineContinue reading “Film Review: The Guest, and I don’t care what anyone else says…”
Film Review: The Day of the Jackal
Originally posted on tawtalitarian:
I’ll put my hands up here and admit that I am in awe, not only of this film, but of its lead actor, Edward Fox, the Jackal himself. The bloody Jackal I make this admission so that you can accept from word go that this is not an impartial and purely…
Film Review:Under the Skin
Much has been written of Jonathan Glazer’s return to directing, after a 9-year absence, and even more has been written about not only Scarlett Johannsen’s seemingly against-type casting, but more still about her full frontal scenes. I confess that I had read none of this hype and hysteria, in an attempt to avoid giving anyContinue reading “Film Review:Under the Skin”
It’s OK to cry. And it’s OK to think that it’s not OK.
Crying is something that everyone has done, at least once in their life. Though maybe not much, or at all, since those first few squally seconds of life. When you’re very young it’s completely normal.When you’re upset, annoyed, disappointed, worried, angry, scared, hurt, tired and everything else inbetween, you’ll cry. And that’s OK. You’re notContinue reading “It’s OK to cry. And it’s OK to think that it’s not OK.”
The value of nothing
The greatest development of the 20th century was undoubtedly the internet. Whilst there were bigger and more immediately impactful developments, like the hydrogen bomb for example, it’s the internet that has truly unwrapped the world. The flow of information, once hidden or difficult to gain, is now like a champagne cork frozen into a permanentContinue reading “The value of nothing”
Be creative, no matter what.
Be creative. You should always be creative. Even when – in fact, especially when – you think you can’t. The best thing about creating anything is that, no matter what anyone thinks or says, and no matter whether anyone likes it or not, that thing exists. Whether it’s a song, a painting, a drawing, aContinue reading “Be creative, no matter what.”
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