In memory

Muriel Lee
27 August 2005

It's been a year since my Mam died.
I really miss her...

Dwarf planet?

So this month's decision by a meeting of the I.A.U. in Prague has re-drawn the boundary of our Solar system. Pluto is classified as a 'dwarf planet'. OK, I realise that definitions are important in a field of study where things like celestial mechanics are supposed to be an exact science, but this curious astro demotion still sounds like Plan B for Planet 9 to me.

Cast your vote at: Sally Ride Science.

Top 20 Films

Here's one version of my list, in alphabetical order...

Although I'm happy with today's choices, next time I'd want to include other categories like - animation, comedy, anthology, art house, silent film, cult, foreign, romance... but never 'romantic comedy'!

All-Time Favourite Movies:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Stanley Kubrick - classic

The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen (1989) Terry Gilliam - fantasy

Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola - war

Blade Runner (1982) Ridley Scott - science fiction

Blue Thunder (1983) John Badham - helicopters

Day Of The Dead (1985) George A. Romero - horror

Dune (1984) David Lynch - space opera

Enter The Dragon (1973) Robert Clouse - martial arts

Excalibur (1981) John Boorman - myths

The Exorcist III (1990) William Peter Blatty - supernatural

Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes (1984) Hugh Hudson - adventure

Hulk (2003) Ang Lee - superhero

Licence To Kill (1989) John Glen - action

The Right Stuff (1984) Philip Kaufman - docudrama

Silverado (1985) Lawrence Kasden - western

The Thing (1982) John Carpenter - monsters

The Untouchables (1987) Brian De Palma - crime

The Verdict (1982) Sidney Lumet - legal

Videodrome (1982) David Cronenberg - weird

The Year Of The Dragon (1985) Michael Cimino - thriller