Conan the Barbarian
May 12th, 2012
Home alone and I get to see what I want, bought last Conan the Barbaria (2011) on Cine Sky.
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May 12th, 2012
Bram Stoker’s Dracula vs. Dracula (1931)
May 2nd, 2012
I have just finished reading Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and have recently seen the first official filmatization of the same. Here I will do a comparison.
Evil Dead thrilogy
April 28th, 2012
Yet another box set have been absorbed by my son and I, this time Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead thrilogy
Planet of the Apes legacy
April 26th, 2012
My son have a special taste in movies, at four years he insists in watching the strangest titles, often with a suspense or horror theme, adventure, or other things, ment for a more adult audience. I have to filter the requests somewhat, but when he kept asking to see Planet of the Apes, over and over again, and the only thing I could offer was the box set with the originals, we ended up doing a marathon, 5 original Planet of the Apes in two nights.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll
March 17th, 2012
Its been a few days since I read the book now, should have written this earlier. Yes it is a childrens book, and yes it have been made various filmes of it, but none really compares with the book.
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The Adventures & The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
March 5th, 2012
In these days Sherlock Holmes is back on the cinemas, portrayed by Robert Dawney Jr and his partner by Jude Law. As I havn’t got a chance to see this second movie yet I did the (second?) best. The two books, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Return of Sherlock Holmes where read in this order as a substitute to seeing the film.
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Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
February 17th, 2012
Many of my readers probably know, or at least think they know, the story of Robinson Crusoe, who was stranded on a deserted Caribbean island for many years with nobody else in his company than himself and his savage servant Friday.
Moby Dick or the white whale – Herman Melville
February 16th, 2012
Whaling isn’t something that the Norwegians or Japanese have invented of lately to be cruel to the whales. Whale hunting was as important for the growing economy in the end of 18th and the beginning of the 19th century as offshore oil exploration is of today.
Stopping Piracy or Shutting down internet?
January 18th, 2012
Today several important web services have gone to strike to protest a set of controversial laws that might be very hurtful to the way we know internet today.
Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011)
October 7th, 2011
It is not long ago I wrote about Steve Jobs stepping down as CEO of Apple. He stepped down after battling cancer for a very long time, but a few days ago had to give in there.
