Peter Jackson is going to re-make King Kong! Who will save New Zealand?
Bend it like Beckham
We saw a really neat film on Friday, Bend It Like Beckham, which is as much feel-good fun as a movie can get without being formulaic.
Ignore the title if you’re not versed in English football. The film is like “Greek Wedding” in tone (living life among a smothering-if-vibrant family) and “Billy Elliot” in theme (following a ‘crazy’ dream because of exceptional talent), with a great soundtrack and lots of girl-power goodness.
War and wars
Perhaps you’re sick of war coverage, but I thought it was refreshing to hear a balanced, thorough report of the mood in Baghdad by a BBC correspondent.
In other news, Colin Powell and Donald Rumsfeld have started selling the next wars, just in case this one turns out to be profitable.
A hybrid that hauls
Steve pointed out a local project, started at SDSU, which created a diesel-electric hybrid sports car. 240HP, bright red, and it can run on bio-diesel at 80MPG! Pretty hot stuff, and it was made with mostly off-the-shelf components.
The site is a bit sparse at present, but more information and photos are available elsewhere.
What about the leg warmers?
It looks like the musical is jiggling back to life. Appaarently the producers of “Chicago” are making a new version of Footloose.
I think they should cast Kevin Bacon as the baptist minister this time. ;)