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By Chris Wright
Coming soon to a cinema/Tesco near you, David De Gea in 'How the Grinch Stole
Donuts'...
Much as I'd love to take all the credit, the Spotter's Badge for this beauty actually goes to my
dear Hermaphrodite brother, who noticed that De Gea's rubbish fluffy chin strap gives him a subtle
air of 'Grinchiness' while watching United last night.
By Chris Wright
In which, with only the first few games pulled out of the hat, Napoli owner Aurelio De
Laurentiis storms out of the Serie A fixture draw all guns blazing swearing at his fellow club
presidents, claiming that the FIGC had fiddled the draw to smother Napoli, vowing to 'return to
cinema' (he made his millions in film production) and threatening to tear up his Italian
citizenship before commandeering a stranger's Vespa and pootling off into the sunset.
Di presentazioni così singolare, come quella di Gokhan Inler al Napoli, a memoria, non ce ne
ricordiamo. De Lurentiis Aurelio è forse l'unico presidente italiano, complice il suo megalomane
mondo del cinema, capace di essere presentatore furoreggiante e convinto show man. Il profilo basso
in quel di Napoli, è una parola che non esiste e [.
TRIBECA '11 NYFEST: Can Soccer and Cinema Finally Co-Exist? - indieWIRE
A few things you should be aware of:
You'll know JamieR from here, the Fulham Reviews and from his TiFF postings, so if you have any
interest in the cinema and the things they show there, you should read what Jamie has to say about
it all. His site, Shot Through a Window, is and will remain a must-read.
Do you love soccer but hate your boss and/or family? If so I AM PLAYR may be just the all-consuming
timesuck you need to make them hate you back. A Facebook-based game that occupies the previously
uninhabited no man's land between cinema and gaming, I AM PLAYR is equal parts fantasy futbol,
"Choose Your Own Adventure" and Guy Ritchie Nike advert.
Paul the Octopus is, at this point, nothing short of immortal. The octopus that will not die
could not die, even if he chose to do so, as there's simply too much money to be made on an
endearing mollusk medium.
The latest in a long line of postmortem reminders that Paul is everything that Vegas fears, just
perhaps slightly less slimy: he's getting a permanent memorial at the aquarium which has hit the
jackpot several times over already, hoping to inspire throngs of adoring Spaniards and fried
octopus lovers into pilgrimages.
