Boy From Brazil Biography

Tuesday 28 May, 2002

Michael Wood

Michael Wood started Boy Form Brazil in January 1999 and has acted as author/editor ever since. He freely admits that he should have spent more time thinking of the name.

Michael writes a column on Bradford City and events at Valley Parade and the majority of match reports and news articles. He works in the Internet industry as Head of DHTML Development for a high profile agency in Huddersfield.

Michael has written on football for Football365.com , Footie51.com and The Observer. He has written on the Internet industry for AListApart.com.

Examples of Michael's Internet work can be found at ../michaelwood

Aside from football Michael has a keen interest in movies, Martin Scorsese's The King of Comedy being his favourite film. On occasion he pontificates on the IMDB

This Michael Wood's favourite fifty movies on 20 May, 2003
  1. The King Of Comedy (1983)
  2. Some Like It Hot (1959)
  3. Casablanca (1942)
  4. Goodfellas (1990)
  5. Annie Hall (1977)
  6. Fight Club (1999)
  7. Taxi Driver (1976)
  8. Raging Bull (1980)
  9. Star Wars (1977)
  10. All About My Mother (1999)
  11. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
  12. Gregory's Girl (1981)
  13. Blue Velvet (1986)
  14. North by Northwest (1959)
  15. The Flower of My Secret (1995)
  16. Citizen Kane (1941)
  17. Magnolia (1999)
  18. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
  19. Quiz Show (1994)
  20. The Graduate (1967)
  21. The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
  22. Women On The Verge Of A Nervious Breakdown (1998)
  23. Billy Liar (1963)
  24. Farewell my Concubine (1993)
  25. Mean Streets (1973)
  26. The Apartment (1960)
  27. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  28. Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  29. The Game (1997)
  30. Punchdrunk Love (2002)
  31. Fargo (1996)
  32. Se7en (1995)
  33. Cape Fear (1991)
  34. Good Will Hunting (1997)
  35. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
  36. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
  37. Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2001)
  38. That Sinking Feeling (1980)
  39. Ed Wood (1994)
  40. Priest (1994)
  41. Rear Window (1954)
  42. The Birds (1963)
  43. Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
  44. Vertigo (1958)
  45. Shall We Dance? (1996)
  46. Duck Soup (1933)
  47. Manhattan (1979)
  48. Jaws (1975)
  49. What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)
  50. Love's a Bitch (Amores perros) (2000)
Cooking

Two things you should teach your kids. How to touch type and how to cook.

BfB sweet honey relish
  1. Strain a can of tomatoes, keep the pulp, do what you want with the juice.
  2. Add 2 teaspoons of Thai sweet child power, half a table spoon of chilli powder and 2 teaspoons of honey.
  3. Whack in the fridge for an hour then serve.
BfB chilli chicken and pasta
  1. Boil some pasta. About enough to half fill which ever dish you believe is big enough for your clan.
  2. Boil two to four chicken thighs until cooked, flake the chicken and add it to the cooked pasta.
  3. Add a tin of condensed mushroom soup.
  4. Add as many chillies as you can stand.
  5. Crush a family bag of nachos. Add half, save half.
  6. Mix the mixture and lay out in a dish.
  7. Top with a mixture of grated cheese and the rest of the nachos.
  8. Bake in a preheated oven at Gas Mark 6 until warm all the way through and the cheese has melted, normally around fifteen minutes.

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