Fab Football in the Movies - The Sequel

In December, I found it difficult  to choose my three favourite football films. There are very few films that reflects the joy or pain of the game. Kes is the best. It is a wonderful film.  But there are a number of contenders to my list including Looking for Eric, The Damned United and the Zidane documentary. While you're waiting for the season to start, try to catch one of them.

Top Five- Pelecanos's Favourite TV Programmes

Excellent interview with George Pelecanis on the Speakeasy website. Try to guess his top  5 TV programmes before visiting the site? I guessed two.

Soccer Sequence No.27

I was very suprised by these numbers. Can you guess the football link between the following 13 numbers :-

9.1, 11.8, 11.5, 14.6, 23.0, 25.8, dnq, dnq, 26.5, 23.9, 32.2, dnq, 22.0, 23.9, 32.1, 39.1

Now I know that you are very busy and watching every World Cup game is hardwork, but while you are waiting for the next game, why not try another Soccer Sequence.

Over the Moon

Try to catch 'Moon' on Sky Premier on Friday at 10.10pm. It's an intelligent, enjoyable and thoughtful  film directed by Duncan Jones. Sam Rockwell plays Sam Bell, an employee contracted by  Lunar Industries to extract helium from the moon. He is just about to finish his three year stint when strange events start to challenge his understanding of his work.  Probaby the best film I have seen this year and the soundrack includes a Chesney Hawkes hit. What more do you want?

Soccer Sequence No.26

Does a larger number improve the chances of success? The answer is clearly  'No'. Can you identify the link between the following numbers?

27.2, 28.4, 24.8, 25.6, 26.5, 27.2, dnq, dnq, 28.0, 26.2, 27.8, dnq, 27.5, 26.6, 25.3, 28.7

Pastore-al Colours

I enjoyed the brief performance of Palermo's Javier Pastore for Argentina last week. He looks like a very good player. Excellent touch and awareness. I'm not too sure about the editing of the video below. He could be a player who has an impact in the next few rounds and be a surprise star, if given a chance. 

World Cup Wonderful

Can you believe that 40 games have already been played? Doesn't time fly when you are having fun?

I have really enjoyed Tshabalala's opening goal, the fantastic crowds, the precision of Robinho's pass for Elano's goal against  North Korea, Forlan's performances, the attitude of the USA team, the team performance of Mexico, the Cameroon v Denmark game, Villa's first goal, the skill of Mesut Ozil, listening to Marcel Desailly and Lucas Radebe, reading some top quality football writing in the British media and the brief performance of Javier Pastore.

And the progress on my wallchart, 'World Cup Wonderful', is going very well.   I will finish the design on the night of the final and a limited edition gilcee print will be available for sale. If you are interested in buying a copy or want to ask any questions about the print, please contact me at yanni.prints[at]sky[dot]com