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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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The Terminal
Directed by Stephen Spielberg. Story: A man is stranded for months in an airport when his country collapses politically during his flight. Running Time: 2hrs 8 minutes. Certificate 12A.
The Terminal is a fairy tale pure and simple. Tom Hanks is Buttons and Catherine Zeta-Jones is Cinderella, albeit with a bigger bank balance and with a contemporary coating. Only attempt to watch it if you have a sweet tooth - well, a mouth full of them really.
Much maligned as The Terminal has been, it's really not that bad. It's soppy enough to engage the romantics and smooth enough to catch a few floaters too. If you think you'll like it or if you think you'll hate it, you're probably right. If you're wavering, give it a shot. At worst, you'll get a sugar fix. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: Blokes don't do saccharin. To enjoy this film you should: enjoy sugary-sweet fairy tales.
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stanley Tucci.
The Terminal is the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), an eastern European immigrant who is stranded at New York's JFK
airport when his native country "Krakozhia" collapses from a military coup during his flight. Viktor's a darned nice
bloke but doesn't speak more than a few words of English and so resolving his situation becomes a little tricky.
His situation isn't helped by dozy-arse airport staff who insist on explaining his situation to him in English when
he clearly doesn't understand a word of it. This situation is quickly resolved though, as Viktor buys two copies of a
New York travel guide - one in English and one in Krakozhian - and learns the language by comparing the two texts.
Including the pronunciation.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Show me someone who buys that and I'll show you someone too young to control their bowel
movements. This is the big stumbling block in The Terminal - the plot details are so stupid that they get in the way
as much as Bernard Manning stuck in a water-slide. If you have the slightest desire to poke holes in The Terminal then you
will spend the entire two hours with your index finger doing piston movements. It's as thin as Kate Moss's anorexic
cousin.
It doesn't take long to turn the brain off though, and after you do it improves no end. Tom Hanks isn't completely
convincing as a non-English speaker - his accent is inconsistent and he understands far too much of the nuances and
mannerisms of the western world - but he's good enough to pull off the part and brings much of his trademark charisma.
Catherine Zeta-Jones shows up from
time to time as a lovelorn air stewardess and from here on it's Spielberg by numbers. There are no surprises,
no excitement, just the story and a few mildly amusing incidents. Spielberg tugs at the heart-strings as only Spielberg
knows how, though this time he has over-glucosed the porridge a tad. This is a movie for the ladies, it's a light
romantic comedy, as predictable as Neighbours, but without the mahogany acting. Stanley Tucci is great as the slightly
malevolent airport boss guy and there is a host of supporting characters to add variety and amusement. The airport itself
does feel like an airport - much of the movie must have been filmed at the real JFK airport - and against all the odds we do
end up rooting for unlikely hero Viktor, because there's a bit of all of us in him and world-weary Amelia (Zeta-Jones).
