: About Me

Richie Caldicott is occasionally referred to as Roachmiester C and is... no, that just sounds stupid. If I write this whole thing in the third person I'll just sound like an idiot.

I write for the simple pleasure of doing so, I've tried to write the occasional screenplay, a few short stories and a lot of essays (none of which have been published or sold).

I live at home (imagine that) with my wife Jennifer and my pet cat Charly.

My none-writing hobbies include reading, drawing, painting and digital art - hence the image of me.

I love listening to music and dabble in most genres, a little bit of everything from Bob Dylan to Nine Inch Nails and Boney M to Fairport Convention.

My passion is ...

...a good title for an "art-house" short film

I know too much about ...

...how could anyone possibly know "too much" about anything?

My parents always told me ...

...to stop swearing... it didn't work

My childhood ambition ...

...was to be an actor or an artist

My favorite memory ...

...marrying the woman I love

Why I write ...

...because it beats letting demons build up

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

...reading - Charlie Brooker / watching - Peep Show / listening to - Ennio Morricone

My first job ...

...was terrible

My best moment ...

...marrying the woman I love (I'm a soppy romantic 'aint I?)

My inspiration ...

...the good, the bad and the ugly (in all its forms)

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Punisher, War Zone

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The Punisher has always been, by far, my favourite comic book character. I collected the comic books as a child and still have many of them today, which is why I wasn't expecting to be impressed by The Punisher: War Zone. It's not that I haven't appreciated Hollywood's efforts to immortalise the character in celluloid, just that the brutality and vicious resolve of the character seems to have been overlooked in the past (presumably in an effort to make the film's more marketable or socially responsible). However, having just finished watching Frank Castles latest filmic outing, I must admi...

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