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Yeah, Stone's attempt to make a rock biopic some kind of spiritual odyssey was... pretentious at best. I recall watching it in my first year at university - with all that that involves! - and thinking it was pure dead magic. But, unlike other films first watched under the same "conditions"...

I saw the trailer on breakfast telly the other day. Thought Dobby looked good, as Dawn says. Actually, I thought the special effects in general looked much better this time - less like a "BBC Sunday teatime drama", if you know what I mean. And the kid who plays Harry - Daniel...

Late reply no indication of apathy I know that you knew that I knew that... I think. (Can this domino line of mutual knowledge go any further?) That would be cool. We might get in trouble, though. It better not be stupid!! I was reading an article about her pre-Freudian ideas recently...

Wow. What was all that about, then? I go away for a few days and all Hell breaks loose. Then the flames burn out – or, more accurately, get doused – and nothing happens for ages. And now the survivors stand up, dust themselves off, and go back to work. Wish I’d been at ground zero...

Update after the fact Finished this book a couple of days ago. It only took about a week to read. This was partly because it’s the shortest novel Irving has written for twenty years. Sad to say, it was also partly because I was hungry for it to start… well, starting. In a nutshell, the...

Hit me with your best shot Here we go, then. In the first place, any decision of this nature needs to be ratified by the department - and usually a few other groups, too. It's never just up to one person unless that one person constitutes the whole establishment. In the second place, the...

See you on the moon, then Getting confused. Thought you said you don't live in the UK now. (Cheap shot, I know, but it's my target so I can shoot at it if I want.) Oddly enough, according to a recent survey I read, a high percentage of people in the UK, when asked to choose a foreign...

Jaundiced Jim? If it's the one I'm thinking of, the background is red and the photo of Jim, arms akimbo, is enhanced in bright yellow. It's No-one Gets Out Of Here Alive, co-produced by photographer Danny Sugerman (who also did The Doors Illustrated History).

Lurkers and very occasional users of the world unite! ... and have good cake on their birthdays, too. Tobytook

Paradoxical but fun Well, here are a few tidbits from a dictionary definition: "A work recognised as definitive in its field." "An artist... or work generally considered to be of the highest rank or excellence, especially one of enduring significance." Score one for bebe, there...

Just the facts Brandner's original novel The Howling was published in 1977. It was then adapted for the screen. Both novel and film remain generally well-respected, quirky examples of how the werewolf myth can be used as social satire. To my knowledge, Brandner wrote only two sequels -...

Oh. Er, well... hmmm That sort of took the wind out of my sails. I thought I'd made a cool new discovery. Well, new for some people, anyway. Er... I'll just get me coat. (For fans of The Fast Show) Tobytook

Hey, that's a bit mad. I used to live in Colchester, too. Did you know a pub over the bridge on East Street, just before the train crossing, called The Rose & Crown? Very nice pint of Broadside they served in there; my first taste of it anywhere. As for the Queen's party, the only bit I'm...

Wow, in a word You are an absolute star. I tried it out as you suggested, and - sure enough - it displayed the symbols. So I thought, Hang on, they can't just be hidden "cheats" - there must be a way to access them through the program. And there is. Go to Insert/Symbol... on the...

This will be my own next buy, out in paperback in the UK on June 5th. (It was released in America last month.) As I've said before, elsewhere in The Forum, Irving is about as close to a modern Charles Dickens as it gets. Sometimes that can be a good thing, and sometimes not. Recently...

Geeky classics and getting help Don't worry too much. I can think of other kinds of online forums where the phrase "You need help" is more applicable. If this is as dark as you get then I don't reckon you're going to give St Peter much pause, come the day. But he might have an issue with...

The professionals come unstuck, too! (Source: The Guardian Review 01/05/02) Interestingly, when a panel of literary celebs were asked to choose their fave books, problems of a similar nature occurred. Michael Holroyd selected Virginia Woolf's Orlando as a biography. Simon Schama chose...

Does size matter? One week after the initial furore and many minds are still pre-occupied with this matter - although perhaps they don't even realise it. Yesterday I was reading DJ Taylor on American author Stephen L Carter's new novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park, only to find him using the...

Where's the card? Here's the card. Hey, Darren Sorry about the delay responding - especially as you were so quick to offer help. Right, the adapter (Verité 1000-E) is a separate PCI card in exactly the position you specify: where the monitor is plugged in. As for the other one - the one...

The annoying thing here is that my CD-Rom drive is unwell at present. Actually, it's got something terminal and needs replacing - but ye olde folding green is in short supply and food takes precedence over hardware. If I could find the driver in question online, and download it, the problem...