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Latest News 26 / 02 / 2023 20 / 11 / 2022 13 / 11 / 2022 30 / 10 / 2022 23 / 10 / 2022 09 / 10 / 2022 02 / 10 / 2022 I've slightly changed the weightings of Alfa/Alpine/Haas to reflect their current performance. 11 / 09 / 2022 04 / 09 / 2022 28 / 08 / 2022 31 / 07 / 2022 24 / 07 / 2022 10 / 07 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 03 / 07 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 20 / 06 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 12 / 06 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. I've slightly increased the weightings of the Mercedes pair as their woes seem to be continuing. 29 / 05 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 22 / 05 / 2022 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 10 / 05 / 2022 24 / 04 / 2022 I've slightly reduced the weightings of Norris / McLaren because they're doing particularly well at the moment. 10 / 04 / 2022 27 / 03 / 2022 I decided not to change the weightings again for now. Let's see how the next couple of races go. 20 / 03 / 2022 I have made some quick changes to the weightings - Haas seem much stronger than I expected and McLaren/Aston much weaker. I might tweak them again after Saudi. 13 / 03 / 2022 12 / 12 / 2021 05 / 12 / 2021 21 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 14 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 07 / 11 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 24 / 10 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 26 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 26 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 12 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 05 / 09 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 29 / 08 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 01 / 08 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 18 / 07 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 15 / 07 / 2021 04 / 07 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 27 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 20 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 06 / 06 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 23 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 09 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 02 / 05 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first three races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 18 / 04 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first two races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. The weightings for Alpine have increased because they've been a bit shit. 28 / 03 / 2021 You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first race - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going. 21 / 03 / 2021
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Babel
Babel contains three separate stories, linked only by the merest thread. It sounds like it could be another Crash - but it's not in the same league. Still good though.
Meanwhile, their kids - at least I think that's who they are, it wasn't obvious - are being looked after by the nanny (thread two), who takes them to Mexico and then isn't allowed back across the border (oops) and on the other side of the world, the third thread sees Rinko Kikuchi as a deaf Japanese schoolgirl rebelling against her father after her mother's apparent suicide. The three stories don't tie together AT ALL, which is a major problem. It feels like we're watching three separate TV programmes, a bit at a time, and they all lack the emotional resonance that Crash has in spades.
Babel is a very good cultural movie, but not quite the masterpiece that some seem to think. There's plenty of story, but not all that much to think about, which is unusual - it's just a load of stuff that happens to people. Worth watching. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: - Rinko Kikuchi (actually 26) gets her "hairy monster" out (her words) on three separate occasions. To enjoy this film you should: enjoy uncomplicated drama.
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Hi Jim
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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett kick things off as they travel around Morocco on their holidays, strained marriage in tow.
When the bus gets shot, Cate is the unfortunate random recipient of the bullet, leaving them stranded in a tiny Moroccan
village with a load of English TV actors (not really, they're fellow holidaymakers, but they're all recognisable from our
small screens) and miles from any kind of medical assistance.
Despite unfavourable comparisons, however, Babel is actually very good. Both Rinko Kikuchi and Adriana Barraza have been
nominated for Best Supporting Actress and the movie has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original
Screenplay, and with editing and music nominations included, that's seven nominations in all, more than any other movie
this year.
It certainly deserves some of those, as it has some particularly moving scenes relating to the culprit of the Moroccan
shooting, but I felt the other threads didn't have the chance to grow enough. This, for once, is a movie that could have
carried a three hour running time - it's not often I feel a movie this long could have used more time. As for Brad Pitt and
Cate Blanchett - well they're good, but it has to be said they're just other performers here - the nobodies in the cast
seemed that little bit more convincing.
