So why are we trying to navigate our way through a global recession? Many of you will instantly think of irresponsible bankers around the world misusing our money. However what about the Victoria’s Secret model, Miranda Kerr. An odd suggestion? Check out the video below:

As a fellow colleague described a recent financial issue, David Kiely (a Macquarie employee) was seen viewing the images in the background before being informed by another colleague that he was live on national television.

There has been much sympathy for Mr Kiely as reports claim there is a possibility of him facing the sack. Facebook groups have been set up and Business website, Here Is The City News, has lauched a campaign called Save Dave to save Mr Kiely from being fired.

A Macquarie statement said: “Macquarie has strict policies in place surrounding the use of technology and the issue arising from the live cross on Seven News is being dealt with internally.” But we can only hope his partner will see the funny side of the situation.

Director: Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Starring:Gemma Arterton, Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, David Tennant, Talulah Riley, Sarah Harding

The plot consists of the far fetched that the ancestors of Rupert Everett and David Tennant once did battle on the high seas and the so-called ‘Pirate Fritton’  came away with the gold. Back to the present day, the girls of St Trinians have caught wind of this treasure and are trying to find it before nasty Lord Pomfrey (David Tennant) who is also head of an anti-women cult called AD1. Much mayhem ensues…

I have to admit that I went into St Trinians 2 expecting it to be bad; in fact the only reason I saw it was because I expected something the same as the first film, i.e something amusingly bad. St.Trinians – The Legend Of Fritton’s Gold is not amusingly bad, in fact the only reason I laughed during it was at the thought that people were actually paid to write it.

St.Trinians 2 continues the story in an almost pantomime fashion; I will not bore you with my almost endless list of problems with it but I will list a few of the worst moments to discourage any that haven’t seen it from wasting a couple of hours of their life. From Shakespeare discovered to be female to the most fake possession of all time and all the nonsense in between, St.Trinians turns what could be at least a good film, in terms of cast, into a contender for the worst film this viewer has ever seen.

My one pleasant surprise was Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud who, apart from looking at least double the age of the next oldest girl, put in reasonably solid acting performance. I wait for her next appearance with baited breath…

After The Blair Witch Project most people thought that hand held documentary style films were old news. In the spirit of what people thought, all films adopting the “self-made” style were only shown on a limited release and eventually the whole genre died out. Until now…

When the trailers for Paranormal Activity were first shown, it only included a few seconds of the actual film. The body of the footage was from a hidden camera in one of the sneak preview cinemas showing the audience reactions. This by itself was enough to instil fear into most viewers, but then the plot summaries were released.

Micah and his fiancé move into a quiet suburb after taking their relationship to the next level. Unbeknownst to Micah his fiancé has brought a demonic presence into the house. The movie is made up out of the film clips that Micah records while trying to capture the demon at work. As the movie progresses the clips start to become more and more intense ultimately leading to a shocking finale.

Without a soundtrack or any CGI, the film was completed on a $15,000 budget and is a fine achievement for rookie director Oren Peli and worth every second of your time. As we look back at this film with retrospect, we will all realise that this could be one of the classic horror films of all time.

Team Edward vs. Team Jacob?

Who will you choose?

How do you choose between the genuine loving personality of Edward Cullen and the pure phwoarr-per-view of Jacob Black?
Twilight has taken the nation by storm, and with the release of the movie of New Moon the debate between Jacob and Edward is hotting up considerably, but why are we all so drawn to the teenage romance of Bella and Edward?

Is it the ability to immerse ourselves in someone else’s happiness? Bella and Edward have the most satisfyingly depressing relationship known to human kind. They make each other happy when they are together but the saga is marred with the pain and anguish caused by being apart. There are also the single sided attractions of Mike and Taylor towards Bella, and the break-up of the friendships of Bella with Jessica and Angela. Is Twilight an overly cheery series? No, so that’s not the appeal.

How about the fatal attraction of Bella and Edward; the ‘will they, won’t they’, will he control himself, will she give in to her desires. Bella knows three things: Edward is a vampire; there is a part of him that craves to suck her blood; and she is unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him. This leads to the ‘what if’ factor of the book. Will Bella become a vampire, and if she does what will that mean for the rest of the family and who will be the one to take the all important step towards Bella’s immortality. This seems like a slightly more likely reason for us all to love the Twilight saga, we are drawn to the story of a vampire and a human, and we want to know how the two of them combat their desires for love and blood.

How about the content of mystery and magic; is this what draws us to the story? Edward can read minds, Alice can see into the future and Jasper is able to change the mood of a room with a simple thought, not to mention the powers of the Volturi and the Cullen’s vampire friends. Then we have the Werewolves; Sam and his pack. There is an ongoing unwaged war between the Quileutes and the Cullen’s, we read the books to find out how this develops, and to discover whether or not there is a final face off between the two groups. Maybe this is why the obsession runs so deep within so many teenagers.

Or maybe it is simply because the books are well-written, they have an original story line and they have everything that we look for in a captivating novel: love, mystery, magic, a happy ending (eventually), conflict, a ‘what if’ factor…I could continue. The point is, Twilight has a new and unexplored story line, the books are fantastically well written and are easy to read, and because of these simply qualities Stephanie Meyer has become one of the world’s widest renowned authors from a single series.

PS. No one can question the attraction of the films; Edward’s entire being is designed to make him attractive to humans, not going to argue with that, and Jacob and the Quilette wolf pack…need I say more.

PPS. By the way, to answer my own questions, without a doubt Team Jacob!

When it comes to films, it is fairly easy to categorise them in many and varied ways. However, the proposed method I would like to use is the following: intelligent films to be submitted to the likes of the Cannes Film Festival, and films which are best watched with a lot of pizza and a group of friends. Dead Snow falls, without doubt, into the second category.

 Dead Snow is a Norwegian effort from Tommy Wirkola, a story where a group of medical students go up into the mountains for a holiday that goes very generically wrong. However, don’t get the impression that this film is bad. Have you played Call of Duty 5? Didn’t you enjoy killing the Nazi Zombies? Well, here’s a film all about just that. The difficulty in creating good couch movies (and it is possible to make one) is not achieving depth and originality – it’s about pure entertainment value, and Dead Snow has this in spades.

I watched this film as recommended, with pizza and company, and even though I saw it in Norwegian without subtitles, it’s easily one of my favourite films – you can’t not want to finish it. I leave you with a YouTube clip, and rest my case.

Well…my best of YouTube award anyway. I’m going to run you through the ten funniest videos on YouTube. Some are classics, some are going to be unknow. Some are going to make you laugh. Some aren’t. All we know is, they’re all pretty funny.

10.) Lots of people hate cats, and I’m hardly a fan. If you are like me, this will make you cackle.

9.) Ha, what a loser.

8.) This is an old time classic we all know and love.

7.) This involves sheep, and yet its still remarkably funny.

6.) The talking cats, cute and yet oddly scary.

5.) Probably the single greatest music video ever produced.

4.) Another classic that never gets old.

3.) FailBlog is mostly funny, but this is particularly amusing.

3.) Number two, and this was a contentious one! Should it have gone top, should it have featured?

1.) And the winner … is the song we all know and love. If you didn’t laugh out loud, see a psychiatrist:

Now don’t wet your pants with anger if I am wrong, because I haven’t seen every video on YouTube. However, if you know a video funnier than all of these, comment below with a link.