I’ve Never Seen Star Wars

Posted on Apr 19, 2009 in Movies I’ve recently come across a new comedy chat show on BBC4 with Marcus Brigstocke as it’s host. The show’s guests are famous British celebrities and the point of the show is to ask them to try different things that they’ve never experienced before. The thinks they are asked to do or look at are usually regular pop culture things that most people have done but these people...
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Push

Posted on Apr 16, 2009 in Movies I went to see the movie Push last week. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to the cinema and wanted to walk out on the movie but this time I had to really force myself not to do so this time. Push is a superhero movie which has a fairly sensible premise and a solid back story (based on the comic book). Unfortunately the movie doesn’t cover the back story sufficiently and...
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Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on Apr 7, 2009 in Movies I finally saw Slumdog Millionaire last week. It’s been constantly touted as one of the best movies of 2008 having swept 8 Oscars including Best Motion Picture of the Year in the last Oscar award ceremony. Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of the 18 year old Jamal Malik who is a contestant on the Indian “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”. Jamal does really great on the show but...
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The Wrestler

Posted on Mar 27, 2009 in Movies I saw The Wrestler a short while ago but somehow forgot to post about this masterpiece. The Wrestler stars Mickey Rourke as Randy “The Ram” Robinson a run down wrestler who used to be famous in the 80s. He is now working in a supermarket and does weekend wrestling shows to make ends need while keeping his body fueled with various questionable supplements. The movie tells “The...
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Posted on Mar 18, 2009 in Movies I watched The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button a few days ago and it’s a utter snooze-fest. If you’ve seen the trailer you already know the story. If you haven’t seen the trailer then the movie is about Benjamin Buttons who is born deformed in such a way that he ages backwards. That is he’s born old and keeps getting younger. Benjamin is raise by adoptive parents and then...
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Watchmen

Posted on Mar 9, 2009 in Movies Yesterday I went to see the movie Watchmen based on Alan Moore’s comic book series with the same name. Watchmen takes place in an alternate timeline of the United States in the year 1985. The main difference to our timeline is that this reality has masked hero vigilantes and one super powered hero, Dr. Manhattan. The existence of Dr. Manhattan has changed the course of history in a way...
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