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Month: Feb 2010

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

    It’s easy to imagine the thought processes of the studio bosses.  Here’s a book about a 12 year old with a difficult home life and some special powers…so let’s sign up that Chris Columbus fellow who directed the first two Harry Potter films. So yes, the the film of (take a deep breath) Percy Jackson…

  • Dangerous claims

    About 18 months ago, the government introduced new legislation about nutritional labelling.  There was a lot of fuss made about all the products that would disappear from Hong Kong supermarkets because they claimed to be low in fat or whatever. At the time, I suggested that there was an easy solution: Surely it must be…

  • Avatar is no Toy Story

    It is said that James Cameron spent about ten years waiting for the technology he needed to make Avatar.  You’d think that he might have spent a tiny fraction of that time going to the cinema to watch a Pixar movie or two, just to see how computer animation can be combined with engaging characters…

  • Skeletons in the sliding centre

    I have no interest in the Winter Olympics, but this headline from the BBC caught my attention: Britain’s Amy Williams sets a new track record to lead the women’s skeleton after the first of four runs at the Whistler Sliding Centre. They have an event called skeleton?  There’s a venue called the “Sliding Centre”? 

  • Be careful what you wish for

    Interesting article in The Independent (When the locals bought their local) about a pub that has been bought by its customers.   Ten years ago this corner of northern Salford boasted eight pubs within walking distance of the Star. One by one they've closed their doors. Before Christmas the Star nearly went the same way. Robinsons,…

  • Kung Hei Fat Choi

    Happy New Year.