Enjoyable but silly in places, The International never quite gets away from the fact that it’s about the banking industry and yet still manages to entertain sufficiently to make watching it worthwhile.
Duplicity
Excellent chemistry between Owen and Roberts, combined with an interesting story, careful use of flashbacks, and some excellent supporting performances (Paul Giamatti is awesome) made this an enjoyable film (if maybe a little long) despite the critical backlash.
Knowing
Cage delivers a good performance in this initially entertaining sci-fi suspense and the supporting cast is equally good, however the bizarre twist near the end leaves you wondering why you watched it in the first place.
16 Blocks
Despite having a well trodden plot 16 Blocks delivers an exciting and entertaining 118 minutes filled with wise cracks, solid dialogue and decent performances.
The Bank Job
Some amusing dialogue and interesting entanglements make this interpretation of a real bank robbery watchable, engaging and surprisingly emotional.
Punisher: War Zone
I don’t turn off many films before getting to the end, but Punisher: War Zone’s dialog and action was so dire and had so few redeeming features that I gave up before the end, judge it on that basis.
Outlander
Decent production values, reasonable special effects and a better than average first half make Outlander worth watching despite being let down by the last 30 minutes.
The Guild – Season 3 – Episode 6
HbA1c results are in
5.8, which is really good. My GP is pleased, talked again about decreasing my metformin dose, but I’m loathe to jinx something that’s working. Maybe if I lose a stone or two I’ll change the dosage. He did say I could give up the aspirin if I wanted, since a) my sugar is under control and b) recent research suggests it’s not as useful in pre-heart-attack victims as it was once thought to be. I’ll see how it goes. Out of all of my medication it’s the one thing that has an obvious impact due to the blood thinning.
The other thing is that it’s HbA1c, not any other combination of those letters and numbers even though I can never get it right. More than half my blog posts and tweets refer to it as Hb1Ac or something like that. It’s HbA1c. I’ll get it into my thick skull eventually.
5.8 – I’m chuffed!
Photo Past
I’ve just been sent this photo.
What’s the first thing you think when you look at it? My first thought was, wow, look how boxy those cars are, this must be from the 70’s! Actually, it’s from 1990. That’s the street in which the house I lived in during my second year at university was placed. I think it was Briar Road in Sheffield.
You can use Google Street View to get roughly the same view as the above photo, using this link. I see both the trees are still there. And generally, the cars don’t look as boxy. Thanks to Andrew for sending this photo (and a few of the inside of the house, which I might post and laugh at later!)