Yesterday a friend offered me a ticket to go and see Barry Hilton. Now historically I can’t stand South African stand ups. Eddie Ecksteen bored me to tears. Casper always takes things too far (although my wife literally finds him hysterical) and so it goes on. With this in mind, I wasn’t expecting too much…

My wife’s parents are currently in town and as a treat we took them to see Phantom of the Opera in London’s West End. This is a fantastic experience. Andrew Loyd Webber’s music is fabulous. Final thought: 4.5/5

I’ve just finished watched a truly outstanding movie. Infernal Affairs is one of the best “gangster” movies I have ever seen. Actually no; it is one of the best movies I’ve seen fullstop. You have to see it. Superb acting (the best I’ve ever seen from an Asian movie), brilliant camera work and a script…

Tonight 2 work colleagues and I watched Wild Safari 3D: A South African Adventure at the BFI Imax cinema in Waterloo. I was looking forward to this; partly because the subject matter is quite close to home. I was also very impressed with my previous African Imax Experience, Africa: The Serengeti, which I also at…

I recommend this book without hesitation. The title is slightly confusing though as this book as nothing to do with politics or conspiracy theories (ala Dan Brown). Amazon’s synopsis is: The narrator of this story is a boy who leaves California to attend a college in New England. He falls in with a group of…

Nothing that good, bat not terrible either. It is a very “English Sci-Fi” feel to it. I don’t know if that makes any sense, but there is none of the “bigness” of US Sci-Fi movies. If you have seen Doctor Who you would know what I mean. Martin Freeman (from The Office) is OK, but…

I’m really getting into Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code at the minute. My wife gave it to me a couple of weeks ago and I wasn’t expecting too much. But so far it is brilliant. Some of the info “on the side” is very interesting. For instance sinister actually means left. That’s just one…