SiD the Turtle

WALL·E

WALL·E is ranked 43 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

I don’t have much to say about Wall-E but that’s not to say it’s not a good movie or not deserving of being in the top 250. Wall-E is another film from the house of Pixar, the studio we’ve come to expect to deliver the [...]

Oldboy

Oldboy is ranked 116 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

Oldboy is a South Korean film about a man named Oh Dae-su, who after being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years before being unceremoniously released, quests to find out who kidnapped him, but more importantly why. We follow his story as he converts from the [...]

WMP Security Component Upgrade Button is Greyed Out – Potential Solution

While trying to ‘unlock’ the digital copy of the Star Trek Blu-ray I came across a problem where the DRM component of Windows Media Player needed upgrading, which bounced me to the following URL: http://drmlicense.one.microsoft.com/Indivsite/en/indivit.asp.

The problem with this link was that the sole upgrade button on the page was greyed out, meaning I couldn’t upgrade [...]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is ranked 59 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

Eternal Sunshine is an odd film. It’s about a relationship but it’s not really a romantic film. It stars Jim Carey but it’s not full of slapstick comedy. It falls into the realm of sci-fi but doesn’t go into [...]

Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbour Totoro)

My Neighbour Totoro is ranked 247 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

My Neighbour Totoro is a Japanese children’s film from Studio Ghibli, a studio famous for films such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away (both of which also feature on the Top 250). It follows the story of two children, Satsuki and [...]

(500) Days of Summer

(500) Days of Summer is ranked 227 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

500 slots into the romantic genre, of which I’m not the world’s greatest fan. Still the Internet has heaped praise on it for being a funny, original take on the story of boy-meets-girl so I gave it a bash.

The story follows 500 [...]

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs is ranked 64 in the 2010 IMDb Top 250 Challenge.

Right so I’ve watched the first of the 250, Reservoir Dogs:

I had my first viewing of Reservoir Dogs at about the age of 12. It was one of those films – like Pulp Fiction or Terminator 2 – that you were too young to [...]

The IMDb Top 250 Challenge

2009 was quite a roller-coster year over in the land of turtles called SiD. The year drifted past and I’m not quite sure what happened to it, even though it was quite eventful. Thus time flies past and blogs become neglected. So, on to a new year, a new decade, same old decline in posting [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV Spotify Playlists – Electro-Choc

Electro-Choc Spotify Playlist

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Padded Cell – Signal Failure Black Devil Disco Club – The Devil In Us (Dub) One + One – No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix) Alex Gopher – Brain Leech (Bugged Mind Remix) K.I.M. – B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. (Bag Raiders Remix) Simian Mobile Disco – Tits & Acid (!) Nitzer Ebb – Let Your [...]

Grand Theft Auto IV Spotify Playlists – The Journey

The Journey Spotify Playlist

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Global Communication - 8 07 Terry Riley – A Rainbow in Curved Air Steve Roach – Arrival Michael Shrieve – Communiqué ’Approach Spiral’ Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygène (Part IV) Philip Glass – Pruit Igoe Tangerine Dream – Remote Viewing Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works Vol. [...]