Bad food and bad sex go hand in hand! Eating Chinese take-aways and having casual sex are two things I don’t do very often, but after having a Special Chow-Mien the other night I realized the similarities between the two are numerous. The [...]
White man, Thai woman and a wet afternoon As I sit in this nondescript cafe here in downtown Bangkok a typical scene is occurring, let me describe it to you. A middle aged, bald-headed, Western business man. Black designer shirt. White jeans. [...]
Cliched, over sentimental war romance I saw this last night on TV. The fact that I had never seen it earlier and that John Madden who did Shakespeare in Love directed it, piqued my interest! Anyway, here’s the review. Captain Corelli’s [...]
A Stunning Cast, Great Lines and Nothing More! Ted Demme‘s comedy drama ensemble piece bears a superficial resemblance to Barry Levinson’s 1982 film Diner, but it’s nowhere near as entertaining. As in Diner, the main characters are young [...]
Old Style Small Town Chick Flick from the 90s I saw this on MGM late last night and I had the same reaction to this movie that I had to an obscure 1981 film called Raggedy Man. As I guess I’m the only person who must have seen that film, I’ll [...]
Love, Philosophy & Hawking Radiation – A Websnacker Exclusive I felt that what I was writing was wrong for this weather; I did not want to write of being alone. I wanted to write of meeting a woman, and we are necessarily alone on bicycles, even [...]
Enjoyable A Star is Born reboot! Some say this movie was originally intended as a biographical film about Jessica Savitch but I disagree. Anyway, everyone should have seen this one coming. The first movie version of A Star Is Born was made in 1937, [...]
Advice for my Mysterious Chat Friend ! I had this interesting and uncanny chat with a blog reader today. She wanted me to write more about women – apparently, she seemed to like my “womencentric” posts. Now, if you are not bored with my [...]