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28 Oct 06 Saw III

It's been Gross-out Film Week here in the House of Tanos, with DVD showings of Hostel, Saw, Saw II and then the opening night of Saw III at the cinema yesterday. Saw III wins the prize though. [more...]

20 Mar 06 V for Vendetta

Well we all thought it was great

22 Jan 06 Jarhead

I went to see Jarhead today (lili and popi being busy with the Women's Munch etc.) As the pre-publicity has indicated, it's a "bootcamp then active service" story, except active service in this case was the Kuwait Gulf War and was 5 months waiting followed by 4 days of walking towards some action. It's had mixed reviews, but I enjoyed it. [more...]

16 Jan 06 Lash and "Memoirs of a Geisha"

We had a great time at Club Lash on Friday, and I was very impressed with Memoirs of a Geisha today - "sumptuous" etc. It's also come at a very interesting time, since thinking about "Household D/s" has brought non-Western models of service, training and non-traditional households to the fore.

14 Oct 05 Serenity and Clejuso Handcuffs

lili and I went to see Joss Whedon's Serenity last night. Rather good

More reviews on IMDB - you don't need me to review films. However, one of the characters spends a fair amount of time with her wrists in some chunky looking handcuffs. I managed to tear my eyes off her dishevelled, barefooted form long enough to identify them as Clejuso Number 13s, the second heaviest handcuff currently manufactured in Europe. There was also references to the [more...]

21 May 03 In the Matrix, in the Scene or in with Mary W.?

There's been a few references to "The Matrix" films already in the weblogs on IC and I expect references to it will crop up again after the second film, "The Matrix Reloaded" starts appearing in UK cinemas from today. These films have a bunch of themes which it's tempting to relate to BDSM and our interaction with the mainstream, vanilla world, including some of the intolerance and demands for conformity that I found in my inbox this morning. [more...]