31 December 2011
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Miraj Grbic, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise
Script: André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum
Genre: Action
6 Stars
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Ethan Hunt is in prison, but do not fear, an IMF team are here to break him out. No one seems quite sure of what happened between him and his wife, and no one wants to ask. But the mission, … Continue reading
27 December 2011
Cast: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Script: Aaron Sorkin, Michael Lewis, Stan Chervin, Steven Zaillian
Genre: drama, sport
Setting: 2000s, California
7 Stars
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Billy Beane is general manager of the Oakland As, and they have just lost the final game of the season. Again. And they are losing their best players. Teams with more money can always buy in talent, but for those … Continue reading
24 December 2011
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Katie Taylor is undoubtedly Ireland’s greatest sports person ever. She is one of the greatest female boxers in the world.Her father, and coach, Peter Taylor has already expressed his dismay at the lack of coverage her achievements receive. The way she is treated by the State’s national broadcaster is a disgrace.Sort it the fuck out, RTÉ.
20 December 2011
Call no: 1910s
Cast: Jared Harris, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Robert Downey Jr., Stephen Fry
Script: Kieran Mulroney, Michele Mulroney
Genre: Action, detective & mystery, historical fiction
6 Stars
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Based on books by Arthur Conan Doyle I really enjoyed the first of these “reimaginings”, although I don’t think that Robert Downey Jr.’s character is really Sherlock Holmes. I haven’t read a lot of the Conan Coyle stories, although they … Continue reading
20 December 2011
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: contemporary, USA
6 Stars
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Okay, first off the cover to this is awful. Really, it is. And second of all, I did have huge problems with this book. But I’ll get to them later, first off lets re-cap!. Faythe Sanders is not your average … Continue reading
Peter Lake was once in training to be a mechanic, but a tragedy meant that he was cast out of that life, and found himself with the Short Tails. A New York gang run by Pearly Soames. There he became … Continue reading
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10 December 2011
Call no: 133.1
Genre: non-fiction, occultism
Setting: 1980s, 1990s, New York
6 Stars
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In 1982 Elaine Mercado and her family moved from an apartment into what they hoped would be their dream home. This house, in the Gravesend section of south Brooklyn, needed some work, but the family felt they could convert this … Continue reading
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The Black Irish of Montserrat – Irish accents in the Caribbean – YouTube.
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