Shock Work Related Entry - Blogs To Take Over Marketing?

What is “blogGeist”?

The spirit of the blog...

Looks like the PR / Marketing world is waking up to the power of the Blog...
Asking questions like:
Are there some useful general principle that you can take from the idea of weblogs?
Something you can use on non-blog websites?
Something that you can apply to everything, a kind of 'spirit of the weblog' (blogGeist?) that you can use to make your communications more effective?

They go on to say that:
* the personal touch
* nowness
* contextual aboutness
are just a few of the things that give blogginess its power to make seemingly insignificant content from supposedly insignificant people far more persuasive than the most expensively produced marketing material you’ll ever create.

Hhhmmmm...

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Revenge of the Sith: General Grievous

Jedi Killer - His name is General Grievous.

That's Grievous, as in:

1. Causing grief, pain, or anguish: a grievous loss.

2. Serious or dire; grave: a grievous crime.

3. Kicker of mucho Jedi butt.

Nice...

Film Review: Without a Paddle

Without a Paddle (12A)
Dir. Steven Brill

Reviewed by Matt Adcock

2005 is here and Without a Paddle kicks off another year of film viewing with a sorry tale of three friends who go upriver in a canoe looking for a lost cash bounty. The ‘legend’ goes that a skyjacker named DB Cooper baled out of a plane somewhere ‘in deep country’ over the American northwest with $200,000 strapped to his back, and was never heard of again. So childhood pals Dan (Seth Green), Jerry (Matthew Lillard), and Tom (Dax Shepard), who are now in their 30’s, take up the challenge of searching for the lost money when the fourth member of their old group - Billy (Anthony Starr), dies.

You can see the comedy potential here, cross films like Deliverance and Dude, Where's My Car?, and you get… Utter unbelievable rubbish that fails to raise more than a couple of smiles and makes a strong contender already for ‘worst film of the year’…
The action is limp, the jokes are really not very funny and just about everything that happens is completely predictable (as it’s all been done many times before).
What’s also depressing is that this is the first to qualify for the New Zealand Government's "Large Budget Grants Scheme" where the film-makers receive up to 12.5% of their production budget back. If they watch this film they’ll probably scrap the scheme straight away!

I did like Seth Green’s C-3PO impersonation when things go wrong and I couldn’t help smiling at the sheer audacity of using the well worn joke when they meet a grizzly bear - Dan says: “What are you doing?” Jerry replies: “Taking off my shoes… Because I run faster with no shoes.” Dan says: “You can’t out-run that bear!” and of course Jerry replies: “I don’t have to out-run the bear, I just have to out-run you!” Well ho ho ho…
Throw in an almost menacing sheriff, a couple of earth loving hippie babes and the obligatory angry rednecks and top it off with an ill advised cameo by Burt Reynolds, maybe trying to recapture some of the coolness from his role in Deliverance more than 30 years ago…

Just don’t bother – there are much better films out there including House of Flying Daggers, which really is a breathtakingly awesome oriental masterpiece. Also looking good this year are: The Aviator, Sin City, King Kong and of course Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith… 2005 looks like being another cracking year for film fans!!

Darkmatt Rating: ö (rubbish)

Tsunami death toll - no words adequate

We live in strange and disturbing times...

I'm still struggling to comprehend just how it can be that 140,000 people can lose their lives in one terrible act of nature, as the confirmed death toll from the Indian Ocean earthquake is still rising more than a week after the disaster...
It's overly glib to even try and offer any meaningful comment on it...
For the survivors and the aid workers - we can only give our funds and our prayers...

Inadequate in so many ways but my bible reading had this blessing in it which I what I would wish for those who have suffered:
'May the LORD bless you and protect you. May the LORD give you his peace.'
Numbers 6 vs 24-26

Matt Adcock writes I Robot for Bible Society...

This just in...
Matt Adcock has been added to the elite bunch of Christian authors chosen to unpack films and find their 'inner meaning' for the Bible Society (UK). Reel Issues is a resource for those who like to mix their faith with films...
The first title I've written up is I Robot - which actually has lots of man / machine concepts worth thinking about - you can subscribe and download my notes as of today - here's a link to the Bible Society site:
http://www.biblesociety.org.uk/l3.php?id=950

This is how they describe me:
Matt Adcock is a film reviewer for an award winning group of regional newspapers and for the national Baptist Times. He watches 200 films a year, has interviewed several leading Hollywood actors and is a house group leader at Stopsley Baptist Church in Luton. When he isn't munching popcorn, Matt is PR and Marcoms Manager for an international marketing consultancy.
...which sounds about right.

Photo Story #1 Matt's Walk To Work

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...

I stepped off the train into a place of confusion

(also known as Tooley Street London)


I stumbled to the banks of the Thames (it was still dark,

I noticed the glow worm infestation was getting worse)


The next thing I remember was a strange erection

- leaning to the right

Seconds later dawn broke over Tower Bridge...

which was nice

I couldn't stop to watch, I entered the tunnel of fiery lights

not knowing what would happen next

I turned the corner to find some naked nymphs waiting...

statuesque and dripping wet (from the fountain they were standing in)

No sooner had the strange nymph statues caught my eye than it started raining

(in Sin City comic book style)

So I made a quick sketch of them

(and when I got to work I painted this canvas based upon it)

Shortly after that I lost consciousness

(and uploaded the whole tale to my blog via my mind link)

T H E - E N D

• All photographs taken using my Sony Ericsson p900 camera phone
• This photostory is typical of my walk to work every day...

2nd January 2005 - Thought For The Day

"If any of the people – men or women – betray the LORD by doing wrong to another person, they are guilty. They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done."
Numbers 5 vs 6-7

Wise words - that must apply to the perps who put together Without A Paddle - especially Steven Brill as Director... confess your sin against cinema and pray for mercy!!

Hands up who thinks this film sucks

• Because of the movie’s violence and sexual elements MOVIEGUIDE® advises extreme caution...
• Because it's utterly useless DARKMATTGUIDE® advises that you DO NOT watch this film...

Keira Knightley - Domino Impact 2005

She's delicious - as the 'tasteful' photos above prove I think...

And with hot rumours about Keira's double gunplay action as the bounty hunter 'Domino Harvey' in Tony Scott's film this year - Let's just say that I await it eagerly!!

Click this link to read my: Latest post about Keira / Domino (with more hot photos!)

Family Guy Season 4!!

Joy to the world... In a turn of events that seems almost miraculous - the powers at Fox have agreed to bring the world's best ever TV show back!!
No, not Twin Peaks - that was my 2nd favourite.

FAMILY GUY!!

"Freakin Sweet" as Peter Griffin might say...

And the Family Guy movie on the way too, can you get too much of a good thing?

2005 New Year's Resolutions

2005 Darkmatters

In this cluster of galaxies EMSS 1358 6245 (about 4 billion light-years away) the mass of dark matter is four times larger than normal matter.

2005 - January 1st, another year, a time to assess and set new goals...

I generally have a couple of New Year's Resolutions (some carry over from year to year like: Finish My Novel) but I like to throw a few into the mix that generally fall by the wayside after a couple of weeks, except this time it will be blogged and maybe that will keep me going?

So, here are my '05 resolutions:

1. Finish My Novel

2. Chill More

3. Complete 'The Mind Gym'

4. Read The Bible Everyday This Year

5. Watch More Than 200 Films

6. Complete KILLZONE

You know... just the average stuff!

today's cheery words as a result of resolution #4 are:

"they must not approach the sanctuary and look at the sacred objects for even a moment, or they will die..." Numbers 4 v20

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Toy Story 2... on ice?

Family fun on New Year's Eve...

F.U.B.A.R...

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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Spoiler Free Review

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Extended Film Review

Kingdom Of Heaven Film Review

Constantine - Heavenly or Hell on Earth?

Keanu Reeves has recently talked about some of his favourite scenes in the upcoming Constantine film:
"There's a showdown scene where Constanine meets the forces of darkness who are planning to make Hell on Earth, and he battles using the 'Holy Shotgun'.
There's also quite an interesting scene between John and Satan, which is good fun."

I've got to admit that this looks very interesting...

Especially as a Christian and the fact that my novel 'Darkmatters' deals with some similar themes / elements...

Here's hoping that Keanu can do it justice!!

Not Alone In Hating Polar Express

The guys at CHUD.com are right on the money when it comes to Polar Express...

(CHUD Review)
My therapist says it would be a good idea for me to write about this movie, especially since I still start crying every time I hear a train go by. That makes commuting on the subway tough.
It takes a special man to make an animated film about the corpses of people getting on a train to take a disjointed and creepy ride to the North Pole, only to discover that Santa's Workshop is really a giant industrial complex airlifted in from the Eastern Bloc and the elves are enslaved Hebrews.
That man is Satan.

Dave's Take: Even as a kid I always kinda thought those Rankin-Bass Christmas specials had mildly disturbing animation (the Winter Warlock always freaked me out), but I sincerely doubt this film will become nearly as endearing over the ages.

Nick's Take: I get all the poorly rendered Tom Hanks I need in my nightmares, thank you.

PWEI Strike Back

The rumours are true...

YES... The poppies will tour again and I'll be there!!

Thank you God

IMDb's Top 25 Film Stars of 2004

IMDb.com, Earth's biggest movie database, has released their top 25 stars for 2004. These STARmeter™ rankings were not based upon critical assessments or box-office performance, but the actual search behaviour of over 20 million users of IMDb.com.

And the winner is...
Johnny Depp!

The rest of the top 5 include -

Lindsay Lohan (see Mean Girls photo below)
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
and Angelina Jolie

Read the article at:

http://www.imdb.com/features/rto/2005/starmeter


Lindsay Lohan - with her mean but cute friends...

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Fantastic Four - Will It Suck?

Fantastic?

Not sure how this one will play... certainly has potential but I'm filing it as a 'wait and see'...
Nice outfits though...

Matt Adcock's Top Games 2004

"in the zone"

Yes - another 'best of' list - this time it's my top 5 games I've wasted countless hours of my life playing this year... "It's part of being a good parent would be my only excuse" - apart from the fact that I don't let my kids anywhere near games like GTA: San Andreas...

5. Burnout 3: Takedown
The words "oh just one more go" were often heard in our household this year - crash mode rocks!!

4.Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
A life eating addiction to smacking a little ball very hard... But beating my father in law 19-0 at skins (we halved the last hole) was a highlight!!

3. Killzone
"Ask only that you survive the day" - but what a adrenaline packed day it will be 'in the zone' - screenshot above!!

2. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
This 'kill em up' is a thing of beauty, being a gangsta is just so much fun - criminal!!

1. Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
A strategic battle game that looks cute but is more addictive than crack!!

My console of choice is the trusty PS2, yes I've got an Xbox as well but the only game I've been tempted by for it this year was Halo 2...

My computer game habit has began the day I won a ZX Spectrum at my school fair back in the '80s...
At various times since then I have played TI99, C64, Amiga, Snes, Megadrive, Jaguar, Saturn, PS1, PS2 and then I won an Xbox from an online survey... And of course I've been a long term conscript to Command & Conquer plus other strategic PC games.

Tragic I know - but roll on Playstation 3 all the same!!

Miracle Drug

I want to trip inside your head
Spend the day there...

To hear the things you haven't said And see what you might see

God I need your help tonight
Beneath the noise
Below the din
I hear a voice
It's whispering

... Miracle drug

Lyrics: Bono

How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
- one of my favourite Christmas presents this year!!

Bruce Willis Will Own It... 2005

You could say that I'm excited about Sin City getting made into a film,
you would be right...
John Hartigan is the role Bruce Willis was born to play...
(other than the hero - CLERIC - in the film adaptation of my as yet unpublished novel 'Darkmatters' where he's a washed up special forces agent that has to save the world from the forces of hell - whilst dealing with the fact that absolutely everyone wants to kill him and that he's developed super powers he knew nothing about!?)
Hey publishers, give me a call!!

Most Wanted 2005... Sin CIty

This is going to be very, very cool...
As a big fan of Frank Miller's comic books, this is my tip for 'most fun you'll have in the cinema in 2005' and that is saying something as there are lots of potentially awesome films on the radar for the coming year!!

Matt goes ape about Bruce Willis in SIN CITY: Bruce Willis Will Own It 2005

Matt Adcock's Worst Films of 2004

As wise turkey say... "there can be no true pleasure without pain!" and as I tuck into second helpings of her suculent breast meat - I have to say that I agree (hope she didn't suffer too much but I deem the pleasure she's bringing is worth it)...

And so it was that even in 2004 - which has been a great year for films, some film efforts just did not ring my bells and the top 5 for me were:

5. Paycheck (John Woo)
Ben Affleck even joked about how he wanted to get his ticket money back when he saw it - and he's the star...

4. Along Came Polly (John Hamburg)
Extra marks deducted because I liked his last films - Zoolander and Meet the Parents

3. Connie and Carla (Michael Lembeck)
Nia Vardalos must be stopped before she perpetrates any further crimes against cinema - her first being My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2. Exocist: The Beginning (Renny Harlin)
This guy is a hackmeister and this film sucks satan's ass

And yet - least favourite by a steaming mile is:

1. The Polar Express (Robert Zemeckis)
This just made me physically ill despite its cutting edge animation and impressive imagery...


If a strange man asks you to get on a train with him in the middle of the night,
just say "no"...

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Matt Adcock's Films of 2004...

Matt Adcock's Top 10 Films of 2004


1. The Incredibles
Awesome - just pure pleasure on the big screen

2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Freaky, funny and romantic - all at the same time

3. Man On Fire
My pal Denzel delivers the goods - Tony Scott rocks

4. Spiderman 2
A rare sequel that improves on original - heartracing action

5. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Turbo charged and spewing dark fumes - gothic family fun!!

6. Collateral
Cruise makes a mean baddie - Mann directs with style

7. The Cooler
Cool and heartbreaking - a real joy to watch

8. Big Fish
Fantastic fantasy and imagination in visual overdrive

9. Lost In Translation
Impressive culture shock love story

10. Shaun of the Dead
Proud to be British - funniest horror film ever


All in all a very strong year for films – if you want to see my 'Worst 5' of the year then click here: Worst Films of 2004

or my pick for potential best film of 2005 click here: Most Wanted 2005

All I want for Christmas (but won't get) PSP!!

The PSP - a portable Playstation - surely a thing of supreme beauty.
Am trying not to freak out contemplating just how much more fun my commute is going to be each day...

Mmmmm
Wipeout Pure,
Ridger Racers,
Metal Gear Acid - yes please!!


/ Huge grin on Matt's face...

And for those who want to know just how much it rocks - check out this latest report on the quality and all round loveliness of the PSP...
http://www.t3.co.uk/news/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=33516&subsectionid=753
Then place you pre-order!!

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Film Review

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (PG)

Reviewed by Matt ‘Lemony’ Adcock

I’m sorry to tell you that this film is extremely unpleasant, an expression that here means, “it involves three ingenious orphans, a sinister homicidal villain and a hair-raising gothic misadventure.”
Alarmingly, it is also pure entertainment dynamite – darker and cooler than Harry Potter will ever be - this ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ really lives up to its morose title. Things do indeed get grim, there’s no happy ending, actually there’s no happy beginning and I have to say that very few happy things happen in between but that is the very point. You know, it’s not too late to stop reading and consider going to see something altogether more light hearted…
Based on the subtly subversive books of Lemony Snicket, director Brad Silberling and a distressingly talented cast that includes Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and the gorgeous Emily Browning have brought something truly unique to the screen. ‘Unfortunate Events’ capitalises on that well-trodden path from the fairytales of the Brothers Grimm through to the twisted works of Roald Dahl – of dastardly awful things happening to perfectly nice children through no fault of their own. The result is a dreadful spectacle, a phrase that here means, “it jump starts the imagination of the entire family and evokes the magic of truly classic entertainment.”
The woeful tale is of the Baudelaire orphans, Violet (Browning) a whiz inventor, Klaus (Liam Aiken) a brainy bookworm and Sunny (played by tag team of twins Kara and Shelby Hoffman) a two year old who really likes to bite things. Undisputed star of the film however is the villainous Count Olaf (Carrey), he sizzles with ultra manic energy, he really is despicable, a word which here means, “really, really, unbelievably evil.” The wicked Count pursues the orphans throughout the film, appearing in a number of guises – all the while trying to get his hands on the children’s huge estate.
The Lemony Snicket books knocked Harry Potter from top of the children’s bestseller list when they came out and on the strength of this lavish adaptation, Potter has good cause to be looking over his shoulder.
As Snicket says “at times the world may seem like an unfriendly and sinister place, but what may seem like a series of unfortunate events might, in fact, be the first steps of a journey...” Let’s just hope that this wonderful journey continues with a sequel!

Lemony Snicket Orphans

I was kidding Bruce!!

Jim spots Bruce Willis reading his interview...
See below.

Residual Mind Noise - Interview with Jim Carrey

Matt Adcock meets Jim Carrey

I caught up with Jim Carrey whilst he was in London promoting Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Having just had to escape a fire at Claridges in Mayfair, he’s full of manic energy and looking far less sinister than he does in the film as the dastardly Count Olaf…

Count Olaf is possibly your best role to date is an iconic villain – up there with Vader or the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – what did you think about playing him?

“Olaf was just so much fun to play because there were so many possibilities. I loved playing this role and always kept in my mind ‘I’m Count Olaf’ so there are no rules – he’s a really dangerous guy but he doesn’t think of himself as evil. As a baddie however, I wanna be the thing under the bed. I want kids to go into their parents’ room in the middle of the night, and say ‘Mum, Jim Carrey’s under my bed, can I sleep in yours?’”


Olaf is a terrible actor by trade – was there any particular inspiration for that aspect of the role?

“Bruce Willis!! I’m kidding Bruce (if you’re reading) please don’t hunt me down – you’re an action guy I understand… No but Olaf is actor who is losing his hair and that does add a danger element to him.“


Children’s fiction – especially the darker stories like Lemony Snicket and Harry Potter are doing very well at the moment, why do you think that is?

“Because they’re bad, children are bad – literally. No, but I think it connects with the feeling of ‘being orphaned’ – even if you’ve got parents, people have that feeling. This film is really different though, really inventive and I’ll be fascinated to see what children make of it because they are crazy passionate about the books. It’s a dark tale but the intent is bright – focussing on how they can rely on and support each other which is positive.”


Were the children scared of you on set?

“Absolutely, especially the two year olds they were terrified of me – it was so tough to get them to smile. In fact we had to get a tiny TV showing Shrek and hold it over my shoulder, so lots of the time when you see Sunny you’ll be seeing her reacting to Shrek.“


So how about bringing Count Olaf back for a sequel?”Hey, if they back up a truck full of dollars…I don't have a deal, but it's one that I wouldn't mind doing again because there are so many characters. I mean, we created 30 extra characters that never made it in the movie – you might see some of that on DVD. Olaf though is a child at heart, he just wants everyone to love him and see him as a genius, so I guess he’s quite like me in that respect!”


Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is the hot ticket to see this Christmas and it has just opened at number one in the U.S. box office so it’s a fair bet that we can ‘count’ on seeing more Jim Carrey as the ultimate baddie Olaf again at some point.

Click here to read: Matt Adcock's Film Reviews

Olaf...

Jim Carrey at the Lemony Snicket Premier London

What a guy... Had the chance to meet and interview him
before the premier of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events...
See RMN Jim Carrey.

Emily Browning and co-stars

cool kids - but Emily Browning is a complete beauty...
In the flesh (at the London press conference) she was even cuter!
I predict big things for her - starting with
A Series of Unfortunate Events!!

Iconic Villian pose #1 Olaf Style

Bite Me ... for the last time Blade Trinity Film Review

Blade: Trinity (15)

Reviewed by Matt Adcock

Blade, the daywalker - half man, half vampire – all hero, with the strengths of both species and the weaknesses of neither. How we marvelled at his stylish action packed first film in ‘98. Then we thrilled at the darker, bloodier follow up Blade 2 just a couple of years ago. Now the final majestic climax of the trilogy is here and it’s not all that unfortunately. Yes, Wesley Snipes is back doing his ‘look mean and don’t say much’ routine but gone is any of the tension or horror… What we get instead is a heavy dose of action comedy. Admittedly it wasn’t what I was expecting but I’m not saying that I didn’t enjoy it, just that I feel that Blade deserved a better send off than Trinity which even when not playing for laughs is the weakest of the 3 films.
The toilet humour and averagely cool action will undoubtedly play well with teenage boys (hence the 15 not 18 certificate) – the other attraction being the introduction of Jessica Biel who manages to look good whilst kicking much vampire butt. My feelings for Biel are similar to those I have for Blade: Trinity – passing admiration but no real respect. She always looks a little sad on screen and I think I know why… I think it’s because she’ll never be quite as cool or sexy as Jennifer Garner (Alias, Elektra) and that’s why she gets to exhibit embarrassing Apple ipod product placement rather than do anything more memorable.
So Trinity tells the tale of Blade being set up for murder, having to deal with new sidekicks the ‘Nightstalkers’ (Biel and Ryan Reynolds who does most of the funny stuff) and of course having a one on one fight with Dracula himself. Dracula here by the way looks very cool and menacing in his battle armour / CGI monster guise but about as scary or sinister as Wane Rooney in human form. There’s only one person to blame and that’s David S. Goyer who wrote all three films and was allowed to direct this one. If you’re just looking for some undemanding man vs monster violence Blade: Trinity will suffice, just try not to think of how much cooler it could have been.

She's a hot one...

SMG - OMG 'what big feet you have?'

See interview below!!

Residual Mind Noise - Interview With Sarah Michelle Gellar

Matt Adcock meets Sarah Michelle Gellar

I meet Sarah Michelle ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Gellar at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London, on her whistle stop European tour promoting her new film ‘The Grudge’. She is one hot female… literally – she walks in and immediately says “wait a minute, it’s too warm in here” – after a couple of seconds fiddling with the air conditioning she’s ready to begin.


So, I ask her if The Grudge is the scariest film she’s made?

“Absolutely, one of the reasons that I signed on is because I wouldn't sort of categorise it as your typical horror film. Everyone loves to go to a movie and be scared. And the scariest things are the ones that could actually happen, like some of the things in The grudge. Those are the moments that frighten you to the core and resonate long after you’ve left the theatre.”


Did she get to scream a lot?

”No. And you know, and that's what was really cool. American horror films, we automatically think of large-breasted girls running in the woods in the wrong direction. Think of me and “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” But Japanese films in that genre are based in such reality. They're more psychologically scary to me, and so because of that you base things so differently. And so it isn't so much screaming as being frozen in absolute fear and not being able to find your voice.”


So did anything freaky happen while filming?

“Well nothing like my cat from childhood coming back to life and haunting me, but then I didn’t have a cat when I was a child… But we did have to go through this ‘purification ritual’ on the set which the Japanese crew took very seriously – the set was ‘blessed’ so that evil spirits were banished. It was quite jovial on set though, but I’ll tell you, that scene where they drowned that kid in the bathtub, when I saw that the first time, I was like, ‘Oh my God, they drowned him’. In America, they would use a dummy, but that was a kid in the bathtub being half drowned.”


How was it working with the Japanese cast, like the little boy who has already starred in the Japanese version of the film?

He’s an interesting little boy, but an odd child, I think it was hard on him because there are no child labour laws and when the American actors were turning in for the night, he was being made to do more scenes. Someone should go out an unionise Japan!


Like all classic horror movies, The Grudge it has an obligatory shower scene, how was filming that?

"Everyone loves doing stuff in the shower don’t they?
No!
Not when you're in a shower for seven hours with 17 Japanese men and ice-cold water - you don't love doing a shower scene. It was cold."


Finally, having made both, which are scarier American or Japanese style horror films?

"Well I think Japanese films leave a lot more to the imagination. It's a lot more about setting it up and letting you take it to that place where it makes it scariest for you. It's not gory, it's not bloody, and I think because of that, it's much more chilling."
The Grudge is certainly chilling stuff, and it has scared almost $100million out of moviegoers worldwide. Sarah Michelle Gellar is every bit as cool, calm and gorgeous as I suspected she might be and so it’s hard to be-’grudge’ her the success!

I'll get my coat... the adcock one

Apparently the English surname Adcock is of patronymic origin, being one of those names derived from the first name of a father. It literally denotes "The son of Adam". The personal name of Adam is Hebrew in origin and signifies red earth...
Not entirely sure why there's a fox sticking out of the crest though?
If anyone out there knows... That's what the comment option below is for I guess!

The real Dark Knight - strikes back

The new Batman Begins poster...
THAT'S a bit more like it!!

The Dark Knight Falls

I'm Batman... at least I was for my son Jame's 4th Birthday party...
was hoping for a kind of dark knight look...
but it turned out more 'Del Boy a la Only Fools and Horses'
still I got to wear my black underware over my trousers...