January sucks, doesn’t it? There’s very little that’s good about January [Editor's Note: Hey! My birthday's in January!]. Let’s look at why January is officially the crappiest month of the year:
1. You have no money cos you spent it all on Christmas presents.
So less than a week to go and your movie-themed Halloween party is shaping up to be a bit special! You’ve planned the décor, you’ve rented/hired/made the finest costume known to zombie, ghoul or ghost, and you just can’t wait to tuck into that brain pate.
OK, we’ve still got a couple of weeks to go but it’s time to get back to planning your awesome Halloween Movie party – this week: decorations and games!
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Joel’s a little excited about Halloween. And why not? It’s easily the coolest excuse for a party there is – everyone gets dressed up, you can get freaky with the décor, with the food, and let’s face it – the best movies are scary . . . → Read More: How to Throw an Awesome Halloween Party – Part 1: Movie-Themed Costume Ideas
Much to the chagrin of my friends and family, I am a movie geek. (They’re also fairly chagrined that I use the word ‘chagrin’ but never mind that.) They don’t complain about me being a movie geek when they can’t remember the title of that film with that bloke and the . . . → Read More: How to Plan your Movie Week
***Warning! This post is totally NSFW. It is R –Rated, 18 certificated, 100% not one for the office***
So I know my life sounds like a catalogue of woes at the moment (rat infestations, flatmates swanning off on holiday, don’t even get me started on the leak from the apartment upstairs . . . → Read More: How To Be As Mad as Hell and Not Take It Any More!
Ever had one of those mornings when you’ve woken up, looked in the mirror and wished you were somewhere else? That you were someone else? That you had someone else’s life, one that didn’t involve long commutes to the office, lengthy arguments about whose turn it is to do the washing . . . → Read More: How to Reinvent Yourself Via the Magic of the Movies
So the nice exterminator has been to visit and there is now rat poison aplenty in my basement – the Mousekewitz family were in fact the cast of Willard and now their verminous behinds are paying the price for attempting to colonize my apartment. I’m slightly worried that they’re going . . . → Read More: How to Safeguard Your House Against a Cinematic Animal Attack
My flatmate is off to Italy in the morning, and I am very jealous of him: he’s heading off to the Amalfi coast and I get to stay in our manky flat waiting for the exterminators to come and do something about the family of mice we’ve got living in the . . . → Read More: How to Tour Western Europe Without Leaving the Country (or Your TV)
It’s no secret that I love a good party. Any excuse to have friends over, cook extravagant amounts of food and pop the cork on a couple of bottles of fizz and I’m happy. But even better than having your mates round for plain old nibbles and drinks is having your . . . → Read More: How To Throw A Great Movie Murder Mystery Party
Listen up Hollywood, I’m about to throw you a few home truths. A lot of your favourite actors need to go back to drama school. A lot of your hotshot directors couldn’t direct themselves out of a wet paper bag. A lot of your movies are among the greatest crimes ever . . . → Read More: How to Make the Greatest Movie Ever
On April 29th,=, the world and its gerbil is going to turn its attention to Ye Olde London Towne, to witness our Future King marrying Kate Middleton. What with the success of The King’s Speech at the Oscars in February and now all of the UK getting an extra day off . . . → Read More: How To Get Yourself in the Cinematic Mood (for a Royal Wedding)
So, the other night, I was at the cinema, watching a special screening of one of my favourite ever movies (yes, I know I say that virtually every movie is one of my favourite ever movies, but that’s by the by). Suffice to say, I had a front row seat and a wonderful, unobscured . . . → Read More: How To Embrace Your Inner Geek