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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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Collateral
Directed by Michael Mann. Story: A cabbie reluctantly ferries a hitman on his rounds. Running Time: 2 hours. Certificate 15.
Tom Cruise is a funny old stick. He's clearly barking mad and not someone you would want as a buddy - he strikes me as the kind of guy who'd microwave your budgie because it was tweeting at him in a mocking way - but he's certainly got the hang of this silver screen lark. With Collateral, Tom takes a long overdue swim out of the shallow end and finds that he can tread water after all. Granted, the script plays a major part, credited to Stuart Beattie, but the story is brought to life by Tom (Vincent) and Jamie Foxx, the cabbie Max. Despite the ludicrous double-x making him sound like a porn star, Jamie Foxx plays a blinder, bouncing beautifully off Vincent as the in-cab dialogue swings from one edge of morality to the other, taking in all the grey shades along the way. Vincent is a hired killer, but he's just so darned logical and suave that you can't help but be swayed by his patter. It does us good to see through the eyes of a "bad" man once in a while.
Go and see Collateral. Whatever kind of film you enjoy, you'll find something here. I wouldn't expect most viewers to rate it as highly as I do, but nevertheless I can't see many people disliking it. Maybe Mary Whitehouse's clones would point at the politically incorrect portrayal of an assassin as a charismatic businessman, but hey, those kind of people enjoy having something to bleat about so even they are satisfied. Collateral is my favourite film of the year so far and I would recommend it to anyone. I enjoyed this film: I think the average moviegoer will enjoy it: Testosterone Satisfaction Rating: A day in the life of a contract killer. To enjoy this film you should be: not Mary Whitehouse.
To buy Collateral, use the link below: Collateral - Double Disc Edition [DVD] To buy some of Michael Mann's previous films, click on the appropriate link below: Ali - Two Disc Set [2002] |
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Peter Berg. 
Visually though, the star of the show has to be the brooding night-time streets of Los Angeles.
Michael Mann's years of experience from Miami Vice to Ali shines through as the viewer journeys
from alley to backwater amidst the sleepy emptiness of the dormant city. Coyotes trot past, nocturnal
citizens scurry furtively and the world gently continues to revolve as the anonymous cab trundles
its way from block to block. The pace and atmosphere seen from outside the cab contrasts perfectly
with the moral turmoil unfolding on the inside and it is these scenes that overwhelmingly make
Collateral so special. Once forced out of the cab and into a conclusion, the illusion is fractured -
which is part of the point, I guess, but it did steal some of the magic that the rest of
the film had worked so hard to create.
