31 October 2006
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There is nothing better in life than being woken in the middle of the night/morning to some fella shouting about “how easy it is” “In my country” “Queer” “Call the guards” and other random proclamations of drunkenness. I’m not quite … Continue reading
25 October 2006
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Clancy Brown, Kevin Costner, Melissa Sagemiller, Sela Ward
Script: Ron L. Brinkerhoff
Genre: Action
3 Stars
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Grizzled old veteran teaches impudent new pup how to be a rescue swimmer.And that is about it. But if that was all I said it’d make for a pretty short review, so I’ll just bullshit away here for a few … Continue reading
24 October 2006
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I hate / Je de’teste / Ich hasse / is fuath liom Tuesdays. Some people may not like Mondays[1] but for me Tuesdays are so much worse. At least on a Monday the day before was the weekend. On a … Continue reading
23 October 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: Europe - Napoleonic
6 Stars
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ISBN: 0099465760 Bab Childe, renowned beauty, is in Brussels along with many a fashionable person. Britain had been isolated by Napoleon’s earlier campaigns so many took the chance to travel and revisit Europe when he was defeated. But now he … Continue reading
23 October 2006
Cast: Andrew Airlie
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I’d’ve started this post with a Dude-like exclamation, only I did that last time, and I can’t be repeating myself. Not for a short while anyway. I guess Ronan O’Gara was proven totally and utterly correct when he said that … Continue reading
20 October 2006
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Dude! Teh internet pwns everything. You click somewhere and suddenly you find footage of Simon Geoghegan[1] scoring a try against England. Oh, and then you find another one. 1994! Nineteen Ninety Four! that’s more than ten years ago. I do … Continue reading
20 October 2006
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The Last Samurai was on the telly a couple of nights ago. I had seen it in the kino when it was released[1] and although thought aspects of it were good, it had annoyed me. So why did I watch … Continue reading
17 October 2006
Cast: Andrew Airlie
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We’re all fans of Ronan O’Gara here[1] but I am left with slightly bemused by his interview in The Guardian. [found via Blogorrah] Not so much for what he said, we always expect to beat England. But the English public … Continue reading
15 October 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: Juv/YA, sff
Setting: alternate Europe
7 Stars
2 Comments
ISBN: 0552550280 Book 3 in The Bartimaeus Trilogy The assassins dropped into the palace grounds at midnight, four fleet shadows dark against the wall. The fall was high, the ground was high; they made no more sound on impact than … Continue reading
13 October 2006
Cast: Dominic Cooper, Frances de la Tour, James Corden, Jamie Parker, Richard Griffiths, Russell Tovey, Sacha Dhawan, Samuel Anderson, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore
Script: Alan Bennett
Genre: drama
Setting: 1980s, Yorkshire
7 Stars
4 Comments
Set in 1983, in a Yorkshire grammer school, this film tells the story of a group of teenage boys trying to get into Oxford and Cambridge. Their headmaster who wants them to get a bit of polish as they are … Continue reading