Fickle We are supposedly a fickle breed of supporter, us Tottenham fans. A win seems to be the making of a season, a defeat makes it fall apart, while a draw renders us stagnant, unlikely to progress beyond 11th. With three games, two points and just two goals achieved so far this season, the feeling […]
I know best Premiership Season 2001/2002 is almost upon us. It’s not been the most exciting of pre-seasons with few big name transfers to get the blood flowing. But it does promise to be an interesting battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place as United once again take the piss out of everyone else in […]
Starring: Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Steven Culp Director: Roger Donaldson Genre: Drama Cert: 12 Released: 2001 “Thirteen Days” Is the terrifying true story of the time that nearly saw nuclear conflict between the worlds two big superpowers in 1962. With the Cold War in full effect between the US and the USSR, tensions are strained […]
Any news? Not a lot going on in the Spurs sphere in the last week, eh? Sol Campbell finally made his expected move from Spurs, somewhat unexpectedly to local arch-rivals Arsenal. When I wrote my previous column on Sol, I expressed somewhat restrained anger that Sol had dicked around the fans with his empty declarations […]
Starring: Sam Neill, Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton, Roy Billing Director: Rob Sitch Genre: Comedy Cert: 12 Released: 2000 I seem to have an attraction this week to 1960s US government-based stories being dramatised on celluloid. Following my review elsewhere on the site of “Thirteen Days”, we now take a peak into the unlikely […]
Silly Season I know someone who is keeping close tabs on all the players Spurs have been linked with in the media since Glenn Hoddle’s appointment, and at current count it has spiralled up to well over fourty. How many of these have been signed? Three. With the squad in need of beefing up, this […]
Album Title: The World Needs a Hero Artist: Megadeth Year: 2001 Running Time: 57m 54s Track listing: 1 Disconnect; 2 The World Needs a Hero; 3 Moto Psycho; 4 1000 Times Goodbye; 5 Burning Bridges; 6 Promises; 7 Recipe For Hate…Warhorse; 8 Losing My Senses; 9 Dread and the Fugitive Mind; 10 Silent Scorn; 11 […]
It’s All Over We’ve had two years of speculation, debate, stories with no foundation. But it’s all over. Sol Campbell declared this weekend that he will walk away from Spurs, ten years after his first-team debut as a scoring striker against Chelsea. The 26-year old, up until now, completely revered in one half of North […]
Starring: Liv Tyler, Matt Dillon, John Goodman, Paul Reiser, Michael Douglas, Andrew Dice Clay, Reba McEntire Director: Harald Zwart Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 2001 When you decide to go see a film with Liv Tyler that is already immortalised by a car-washing scene where she sprays herself more than the car, you probably get […]
Starring: George Clooney, John Turturro, John Goodman, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, Holly Hunter Director: Joel Coen Genre: Comedy Cert: 15 Released: 2000 Sentenced to hard labour for a daring armoured car robbery, Ulysses Everett McGill (Clooney), convinces fellow convicts Pete (Turturro) and Delmar (Nelson) to escape with him and find the loot that he […]
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