Films/TV – Page 5 – Iain Douglas Stewart

When we get a new cat I want to call it Richard Parker

By Iain 19 May 2013Books, Films/TVNo Comments

If you hadn't guessed by the title, I watched the incredible film Life Of Pi recently. I loved the book, and while the film was a little slow to start, the delightful Richard Parker more than made up for it. Although he was CGI, he was very life-like, and behaved how I would imagine a tiger would behave on a…

Where I’m at right now

By Iain 25 March 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TV, ReflectionsNo Comments

A mini to-do list, combined with stuff I have done and random thoughts. * I need better hours at Asda, ones that suit me and the lifestyle I want. Must grow balls and speak to manager about it. * MUST STOP SMOKING * And start running. * Knuckle down and draw more. Just draw. Anything. It's all good practise. *…

It’s been a while

By Iain 22 February 2013Creativity, Films/TV, Internet, Reflections, VideogamesNo Comments

This is the longest I've left making a post for a long time. Nothing interesting has really happened to be honest. I've made a canvas for a work-friend, and nearly finished another one for some other friends, convinced Jane to make some progress on her fiction (specifically, The Famous Yiberdeedo), watched some films that I don't really feel the need…

The Mighty Thor

By Iain 1 February 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TVNo Comments

Total Recall

By Iain 20 January 2013Films/TV, ReviewsNo Comments

Just watched this - unlike Dredd, I didn't particularly enjoy it. Sure, it was spectacular, but it just felt kind of flimsy and not really very necessary. The original only came out in 1990! Not quite as bad as the recent Spider-Man reboot, granted, but I still don't think it was needed. There were some neat futuristic touches, like the…

DREDD

By Iain 18 January 2013Films/TV, ReviewsNo Comments

America is an irradiated wasteland. Within it lies a city. Outside the boundary walls, a desert: The Cursed Earth. Inside the walls: the cursed city, stretching from Boston to Washington, DC. An unbroken concrete landscape. 800 million people living in the ruin of the old world and the mega-structures of the new one. Mega-blocks, mega-highways, Mega City One. Convulsing, choking,…

Spider-Man

By Iain 3 January 2013Books, Creativity, Films/TVNo Comments

Avengers Assemble

By Iain 25 November 2012Books, Films/TV, ReviewsNo Comments

This is it, what we've been building up to! Wow - I over-egged that a little. There was no real build up, was there? And this is a pay-off? Poor reader. Anyway - Avengers Assemble. I just had to have a picture of the delightful Black Widow in here somewhere, she stole the show if I'm being honest. It appears…

Captain America

By Iain 24 November 2012Books, Films/TV, ReviewsNo Comments

Four down, this makes five! Now, as I said in the original Avengers Week post - I wasn't really looking forward to this one. Captain America, eh? First of all, he's too much of a goody-two-shoes. There's no killer edge to him, and no real mystery. He's an open book, and wears his red, white and blue heart on his…

Thor

By Iain 23 November 2012Books, Films/TV, ReviewsNo Comments

The fourth film is Thor. This was a beautiful film, both in terms of visuals and in content. Thor starts off as an arrogant and cocky young man, starts a war, and is sent to Earth, stripped of his Godly powers. He then slowly comes to terms with his newfound mortality, and his father's apparent death. His personality-changing-montage wasn't quite…