The Good German

Great looking post war noir from Steven Soderbergh. Clooney is investigating the death of a young soldier in post war Berlin. Cool. Sky B&W ***

Zoltan – Hound of Dracula

My dog is called Zoltan, after this movie. I saw it when I was a kid and loved it. It’s a hammer horror type from the late seventies that features a dog that used to belong to Dracula who is dug up and released by the Nazis and makes his way to America to hunt […]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Well it was exactly as expected I guess. Nothing special but had the odd laugh… Although the Dracula puppet musical would have made a far superior movie as that bit was great! Sky HD Colour ***

My Mixtape – Now Online

I’ve just created a mixtape online and added to the website. It features recent recordings, Ukulele and otherwise that are on this blog anyway but in a cool retro cassette tape flash player. Nice. http://www.timsmithies.com/music

Vacancy

Kind of a Norman Bates snuff movie. Couple take short cut home at night (why oh why oh why) and end up at a creepy motel with really good CCTV. Was jumpy and a pretty effective thriller. Sky HD Colour ****

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all… this made me laugh a lot…

Tengu

At work today I was given a very cooool gift by the gang (it’s my birthday tomorrow!) of a cool little USB critter called TENGU. He essentially reacts to noise and has various expressions, likes to sing along with music and you have to wake him up when he nods off. Sounds like me! – […]

Better Off Dead

I must have seen this movie over 100 times. No, really. I had two ex-rental copies on VHS in case one wore out and now on DVD… It’s pure 80’s and still one of the funniest films to date… Quality one liners and hilarious characters. “Gee Ricky, I’m really sorry you’re Mum blew up” DVD […]