I Spit In Your Gravy

His score for Catch Me If You Can was both good and out of his perceived comfort zone.

The aliens are high-tech Puerto Ricans.

lesson unlearned
The Munsters Today should be a salutory lesson for anybody re-booting, grittily or otherwise. Instead it seems like nobody's learned fuck all from it.

Ooops, he directed The Long Ships.

Nobody remember
The Vikings? One of his best films, and one of the few Jack Cardiff directed.

He's right. 'Except for the twice times' is a vast improvement.

When I saw the title
I was reminded of Year Of The Sex Olympics. All similarities seem to end there, though.

Gen. Melchett: Myurrp!

There's a little known novel called Scoop by some fella called Waugh. I've never had a problem with the title and vaguely hoped Woody was going to do a film version when it was first announced. Instead it was just another shitty all-star crapfest. When your new films are as warmly received as the average Chris Rock…

Let's not forget Reflections In A Golden Eye, some of those weird '60's movies she did and two Lassie films. One of the last great Hollywood troupers.

According to this film it's the barn owls who are assholes. Me, I like tawny owls. They're pretty cool.

But without all the merry editing and slo-mo and balletic violence we'd end up with a Don Siegel movie. If he'd ever decided to make a film about martial artist owls, that is.

Bill Bailey.

Being punched in the throat 'til you drown in your own elfin blood? Quite acceptable.

I'd forgotten
all about this film. good to hear it's on the way, though.

Look out, Itchy! He's Irish!

I' th' isle of Britain, long since famous grown
For breeding the best cunts in Christendom,
Etc, etc.

You're taking
Piers and Jeremy Kyle off our hands? You truly fucking honour us.

In the fine tradition
of Flanders and Swann. Morrissey we salute you!