Some of these rants appeared as ‘My Pet Peeves’ for a blog on The Argus. Everyone has pet peeves. Maybe yours is ‘people who have pet peeves’. Off you pop and be peevish about that. These are my peeves and I’ll cry if I want to. You can also go to Rants, Reviews, Reflections for more. I also review for Pause Live Action
What Time Is Love…? 🎶
This is more of a rant, than a review. You might think of as overly-pernickety and nit-picking, especially with world events raging, but it pisses me off when so much money is spent on a production, but rudimentary research has [...]
Sliding Doors: A Revisit
Netflix had been badgering me to watch Sliding Doors every time I logged in, so eventually I complied on a day when I was tired and in need of something unchallenging. You’ve not missed something new btw– this being the [...]
Something Rotten in the State of Denmark’s Bacon: Masterchef and Destination X
It was the best of times for Toady and Shrek once (aka John Torode and Gregg Wallace), as they gambolled about the Masterchef kitchen, sprinkling their words of cheffy wisdom atop the contestant’s offerings. Well, Toady did, Shrek just gurned. [...]
Nightbitch: a powerful film about matrescence
The film Nightbitch, which has already caused a stir at festivals, opens in cinemas on December 6th. I was lucky to see it at a preview screening, and believe it is destined to become a must-see film. The central character, [...]
Adventures in Albania 2024 with teen sons, R and L
July 1, 2 We had a very pleasant day and two nights in Corfu Old Town with a fabulous dinner at Tripas Tavern, tucked away in the middle of the island down twisting, narrow roads (very glad I wasn’t driving), [...]
Masterchef: A Critical Mass
As one world-weary commenter said on the socials, there was so much Masterchef these days: not just the original, but professional, celebrity, kids, Christmas, couldn’t they let other shows get a look-in? I totally understand, although tend to get drawn [...]
