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Not sure what you mean: "non make", maybe it was the police car at the airport?

WHAT?! Are you serious? Looking forward to Quantum of Solace and Crank 2. The first Crank film made me laugh out loud, I thought it was hysterical, but what do I know?

The critics have panned it completely. I'd have thought Jason Statham has better things to do these days. Saw Bucket List Friday night, made me chuckle at times. And Flight Plan last night, bit of an old one. It passed the time, only really interesting in the last 20 minutes, but it was alright. Oh, and I saw Rambo recently too. Terrible dialogue and acting, barely makde it to feature length. I think the absolutely insane amounts of gore were meant to distract you from the paper-thin plotting, dialogue and charecterisation. At times some of Stallone's lines were unintentionally hysterical. This is not a compliment.

Watched Run Lola, run yesterday, a german film with Franka Potente in it. Definitely not your usual sort of movie! Really liked the premise, and it worked quite well.

Just finished reading a biography of Percy Cerutty, "Why Die?" Percy was an Australian athletics coach in the 'fifties and 'sixties. Very interesting bloke whose ideas on training have now found more widespread acceptance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Cerutty As I say, an interesting bloke, you don't have to be a hardcore athletics fan to get something out of the book. Next up, "Last King of Scotland"

Cracked me up: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7584682.stm

Saw "Street Kings" on DVD last night ... wasn't too impressed. Keanu Reeves - not his best performance Hugh Laurie - woefully miscast Forest Whittaker - bit of class, helps lift the film Plot - didn't exactly see it all coming a mile off, but some of it was pretty obvious. A major let-down, really. Was expecting so much better.

Pyback is a load of drivel compared to teh masterpiece that is Point Blank. Now that is a cracking film. payback isn't strictly a re-make of Point Blank, but they're both based on the same book. Mind you, I should be an unbiased judge as Mel Gibson gets up my nose.

Yep, the server is now being subsidised by that Church in Texas that demonstrates at soldiers funerals. You and I are going to have to have words now, boy! You've turned yer back on Jesus, and that simply won't do!

Only Man City could find a millionaire backer who looks luike he will be cut off from all of his money and sent down for a good few years. Hahhahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Absolutely hysterical. Nice one Mark Hughes! :-)

Don't think he did, but he did kiss the badge, of course. This would be different maybe, because he's said it after he's left. Not the same player who fluorished under us. It really is remarkable the number of players and managers who make their name with us, the decide to go where the grass is greener and it blows up in their face. You'd think people would eventually learn.

Didn't he have to use a voice synthesizer in the film?

Keegan says everyone deserves a second chance, I think this guy's had more than just the two chances.

Nah, it's not a drive-in, that would be too cool! It's a stand-up cinema right next door to Lake Geneva. Apparently they hand out plastic ponchos if it rains, they only call it off if there's gail-force winds. Should be different. :-)

Going to be watching Dark Knight in a few weeks at an open-air cinema. :-)

I can't see how they could top Terminator 2, it's the dogs swingers.

Just finished reading "Home Run" by John Nichol and Tony Rennell. It's a great piece of non-fiction, the story of war-time evaders in occupied territory. something that's quite close to home for John Nichol (one of the RAF pilots caught and tortured by the Iraqis and put on TV in Gulf War 1). Evocative is definitely the word, it brings it all remarkably to life with the help of the accounts of the people who were there. You feel like you're there yourself, it's that good. One account in particular brought a tear to my eye, it was quite affecting, but I shall say no more, and let you find out for yourself. Best book I've read in many a year. Gripping, informative and most of all, very humbling.

Gotta laugh. How about instead of an iris scan, a sphincter scan? If you're an azzhole, you don't get in?

Just another tool to scare the population. The government has proved time and time again that it can't manage any IT project. Undoubtedly some data would get screwed up. Who fancies spending over a month in a cell because their details got mixed up with someone else's? I see no advantages in stopping terrorism, and only disadvantages (impaired liberty, probability of errors, enormous cost, poor utility especially given cost). Please no, we don't want them. I hate my government, I just cannot wait for them to get kicked out, they are useless. They waste so much damn cash it's unbelievable. I am definitely having a party the day that fool gets kicked out of number 10.

Calling him a thug is being kind to him. If he was a dog, he'd be put down.

Incey Wincey's Blue and White Army!

Cheers for the beers, Eddie. In retrospect I picked the wrong weekend for a queit weekend away. Almost missed my train from gare de Lyon on teh Sunday as well, ouch.

Excellent, much appreciated! :-)

Not a clue, really Eddie! I'll definitely be out for a few pints, other than that, I just want to take it easy. I might go and see the Rodin Museum. But I'm not really the arty-farty type, so I wouldn't want to spend too much time in museums. Isn't there a tethered balloon in the Citroen Park? And is there a funfair on at the moment? Have the put the false beach in yet? I don't have too much time to play with ... TGV gets me in at Gare de Lyon at 12:45ish on the Samedi, leaving about 7pm the next day ...

Will be there this Saturday from lunchtime onwards, going back Sunday evening. Not sure what to get up to yet ...