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Touch Of Ginger Urban Survival Range Flight Bag Essentials Kit – Hers
Posted by Notcot on May 12, 2010 in Gadgets
Ginger Snaps
Posted by Notcot on Apr 2, 2010 in Cult Film
Amazon.co.uk Review
Written by Karen Walton and directed by John Fawcett, Ginger Snaps combines horror and pubescent angst in a thoughtful portrayal of female teenage development both socially and physically. The Fitzgerald sisters are alienated to the point of discussing honouring the suicide pact they made when they were eight, and producing disturbing mock-up photographs of their violent deaths. Then the slightly older Ginger is bitten by a werewolf and starts developing hair in odd places and feeling more alive than she has ever felt–but it’s not entirely clear whether this is sexual maturity or monstrosity creeping up on her until she starts developing canines and a tail. The look and feel of the movie is a cross between Grimms’s Fairytales and Neil Jordan’s A Company of Wolves, while the influence of Buffy the Vampire Slayer runs through both script and cinematography–which means it occasionally looks like an extended episode of Buffy, minus the Vampire slayer herself. The performances of Emily Perkins as the nervy Goth Brigitte and of Katherine Isabelle as the extrovert charismatic Ginger are more or less faultless; we are taken to the heart of this claustrophobic relationship just as it starts to implode. Mimi Rogers as their ditzy mother and Kris Lemke as the stoner who tries to help Brigitte are almost equally excellent.
On the DVD: The DVD includes as special features some impressive screen tests by Perkins and Isabelle in which we see them evolving their final takes on the characters; we also get a mildly interesting documentary on the construction of the werewolf Ginger becomes and a featurette that has some snappy one-liners from the cast, as well as production notes and cast notes. The Dolby sound catches the nervy grungy world of the film, which is presented in 16:9 ratio.–Rox Kaveney
Touch Of Ginger Urban Survival Range Ski Bag Essentials Kit
Posted by Notcot on Mar 26, 2010 in Gadgets
Product Description
If you think that carving a ridge is something you remember from woodwork class, this fabulously thoughtful collection of accessories is probably not for you. If, however, you cut a dash on and off the piste and like nothing more than the high-speed swoosh of compacted snow beneath you, then, yes, come on down. Or should that be come on up and down. There’s nothing shoddier than going on the piste unprepared, as anyone in Nottingham on a Friday night will tell you. And it’s even worse in Val d’Isere, where a lack of preparation will have every nationality on God’s earth turning their noses up at your English naivety. Because, in the world of the serious gadgeteer, one needs to fully prepared for every eventuality and correctly tooled-up for every job. Acquire the rather handy Ski Bag Kit and tooled up for an alpine adventure you most certainly will be. Containing a hand warmer, lip balm, a ski pass holder, some really clever sun cream wipe, a slab of dextrose (that’s d-glucose for the particular among you), some plasters and a pack of tissues, these clever nordic johnnies have simply thought of everything. So now you can be slick on the slopes. And equally slick by the time you get out of hospital.