How Luhrmann’s ‘Elvis’ biopic undresses your mind Twenty-two years ago, when this now heavily skid-marked millennium was still brand, spanking new, I went to see a restored, remastered version of the classic 1970 rockumentary Elvis: That’s The Way It Is, about Mr Presley’s return to live performance in Vegas. I swooned,… Read More »Elvis: The Fully Clothed Striptease Artist
A disappointing date with Top Gun: Maverick I know this will come as a terrible, crushing blow to him, but sometimes you have to speak bluntly. And there’s no easy way of saying this. I don’t fancy Tom Cruise anymore. Like millions of others around the world, I fell in… Read More »Sorry Tom, I’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Dispatch from the gun-filled frontline of male vanity My gym recently had a makeover. Previously owned by a budget chain known for the lowest membership fees in the business – and for its large free weights’ areas – it went bankrupt during Rona restrictions and was bought for a song… Read More »Male Changing Area
I now have a Substack. It’s a newsletter-type blogging platform that’s all the rage – or was a year or two ago. I’m always late to the party. It has some advantages, including ease of use, over good old WordPress, the platform I’ve been using here for many years, and… Read More »Mark Simpson now on Substack
This is rather embarrassing to admit, but I watched nine hours of the doc Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek. And there’s no Bill Shatner – probably they couldn’t afford his newly minted sub-orbital astronaut ass (at 90-years-young). As I’m really only a proper Trekkie – or so I… Read More »Warped Drives: 55 (ish) Years of Star Trek Kinkery