Alias

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcILSZDCuw

I've seen this too. Heads up to anyone thinking about giving it a go - don't watch the trailer; the one I saw was more like a highlights of all the good scenes in the film and spoilt it a little. Enjoyed the film though, good few laughs in it.

8/10 on the hobo quiz

Only for lack of confidence http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/05/19/team-america-meet-team-china-common-ground-on-somali-pirates/ China will step up its foreign intervention as it gains confidence in it's military power (as any big country does).

I'll admit I know little about China, but are you that confident that China (or any other country) does not abuse 'human rights' merely because you have not had the displeasure of experiencing it first hand? You've stated how big a country China is, and I would view it as ignorant to say that the country does not have these problems, despite the evidence from many bodies to the contrary. Your statements just help ease the pressure on such governments, when things may not be as blissful down the road.

Watched 'Unknown' tonight. I've not read the book, but the film was really good. Not quite as good as Taken, but gripping thriller nonetheless.

Barrie - I'm calling shit. Why would the bank have any reason to 'seize' ships? It's the holding company in trouble, and if so the bank can just seize the still (decently) profitable SPCo as a going concern.

A company said they didn't sack off the local staff to pay less, it was for other reasons? How odd.

It works both ways, SP aren't at a complete disadvantage. For sure, there probably isn't much money in foot passengers - but vehicles I'm guessing are another story. Putting everything in containers straight for Mezeron is a disadvantage too, when they'd normally be just on the road network in the UK. The passenger facilities on the SP are primarily needed for vehicle drivers, commercial or non-commercial, and foot passengers are just a bonus on top of that. As a going concern, SP itself is still profitable (still even a decent profit, the pre-Mez profit was just bloated).

Let's be honest - it's at the worst possible time for the public. How many ministers are going to allow a risky face-off with the steam packet right before an election?

I thought the twist was a bit pants, it made the whole film untenable and stupid.

Is that the cat woman?

Nah, Clash of the Titans wasn't filmed for 3D. They 'adapted' it when they saw how successful Avatar is. That said, I wouldn't say 3D adds a lot to any film, but I wouldn't judge it based on what you saw.

Frontiers is amazing.

Watched Rec 2. Not quite as good as the first, more of a religious element and the french police have never played counter-strike, but still a quality watch.

Tyre chips are controversial in their effect on the environment (leaching of metals etc). The properties that make them so good as tyres unfortunately make them very hard to recycle - and burning them releases a lot of carcogens and other shit (although I imagine our big expensive energy from waste plant filters a lot). There will also never be enough demand for tyres in the applications Yessir stated, we just have too many of them.

Harry Brown .. bit slow at the start but good film. Midgets vs Mascots - pretty funny.

I watched Crank 2. The first half being a really good watch, the second half being a boring shitefest that deserved a switch off. If you're going to give it a watch, don't worry about missing anything if you want to turn it off about 2/3rds of the way when it gets crap, nothing else worth watching happens.

Xmen: Origins. Scenes were shot well and it wasn't bad but the plot wasn't there 7/10

Frontieres is a great film. Saw Frost/Nixon last night, wasn't a bad film (might as well skip the first disc though).

Rec's decent (if a bit obvious in places)

Investment banker ?

It doesn't look a bad plan but £4m for such a project seems a bit of a white elephant (same with the runway extension). I take it most of the money will be spent on the new 'bridge' and groundworks, but a lot of these pet projects have pretty absurd price tags - is there anywhere we can see any form of pricework for these? If it's at the display or whatever I apologise, but I can't really be bothered going to a rounabout convention

The government owns a pub? So many puns

Frontière(s) Great movie, pretty dramatic and a fair bit of gore. Whilst it did overdo it sometimes, easily one of the best horror movies I've seen in a while