Hello there, and welcome to this new blog, brought to you by me, Alex Geairns, or as the title of this operation states, “THE MAN FROM THE MINISTRY”!

The Ministry of Cineology is the new umbrella title for an organisation that celebrates both CULT TV and CULT MOVIES - extraordinary programming, normally of a fictional nature, that encourages its viewers to do more than just sit and watch.

Both these media, by their very nature, can be extremely passive, so for any project within these forms of communication to get people off their chairs and into some form of interaction, well, it’s got to be good for some form of community spirit.

So, CULT TV, previously the organisers of the [1] CULT TV FESTIVAL, and the people behind the official [2] CULT TV WEBSITE, is now a Division of the Ministry of Cineology.  In the months to come, we’ll be developing the CULT MOVIES division, which will be based at [3] www.cult.am (the “am” being short for “Addictive Movies” which, you have to admit is a pre-requisite for any film to be considered a “Cult”).

This blog will mainly be covering fiction in TV and Movies, but ever-so-occasionally I will drift into other areas - so you can expect the odd documentary to make its way onto these pages.  And it won’t just be broadcast TV or the latest cinematic releases in the mix, there’ll also be various DVDs of all persuasions on the horizon, too.  Plus books, memorabilia, and all sorts of stuff with loose connections to the goggle box or the flea pit!

No doubt we’ll have some of the trolls, that have seemingly followed me around throughout my entire internet life, pay us a visit in the comments sections.  You’ll be able to spot them a mile off, but let’s just remember that their outlandish and ridiculous nonsense should not be taken personally - they are just wonderfully bizarre forms of entertainment that, if treated in the right way, can brighten up our lives.  You have to feel sorry for them - much like the hackers who take pleasure in destroying websites on the superhighway rather than CREATE something useful, they don’t have an original bone in their bodies.  They exist to destroy, to demolish, to bear-bait, and to create as much suffering as possible.

Like my mother would say, “they’ll never go to heaven”!

BUT, it’s better that they get their kicks having a go at people who are big enough (emotionally) to take it, rather than engage in their cruel sport with those who will get depressed and despairing at their nonsensical opinions and vitriol.

A few years ago, I was one of those people who took everything at face value that they would throw.  It sure got me depressed, and nearly destroyed me (the fact that I am admitting that is probably giving these folk a Cheshire-cat-grin as they read this - yes, if you didn’t realise, you succeeded!).

However, when you realise that, in the end, you are the centre of your own universe, it is easier to dismiss the views of people whose only view of you is their desire to inflict pain on you.  The only downside is that you exempt friends from this exclusion zone, and ever so occasionally you realise that some people are incapable of understanding the significance and value of such friendship.

At which point you move on.

So, hopefully you see from this introduction that this part of “the empire” will like as not be more philosophical than information-driven in comparison to other websites and internet resources under the Cineology umbrella.  It won’t be to everyone’s taste, but I hope for some folk you find your soul replenished or your view of the world challenged.

Well, if that’s not writing a cheque I might not be able to underwrite, I don’t know what is!

Welcome aboard.