The presents have been unwrapped, the mulled wine and various other alcoholic beverages have been consumed. The mince pies are now nothing but crumbs, and the leftover turkey has been used in every meal since December 25th. Christmas for another year is now over, and I’m here to reflect on tradition and telly. Merry Christmas,… [Read more…]
December 13, 2011
Well guys and gals, the newest Dark Knight Rises poster has reached the World Wide Web, and has teased us yet again. Alluding at the famous back-breaking finale for the Bat, the new poster – although awesome – doesn’t really give us much of a fresh perspective. It’s pretty inevitable now that Bane is going… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
Last Sunday saw the first episode of a 3-part ‘drama’ series written by Charlie Brooker. Described by Channel 4 as a ‘Twisted parable for the Twitter age’, the first episode questioned what the PM would do in a quite…drastic situation. This review is SPOILER-FREE. Nothing’s scarier than the future, right? Essentially, yes. The Black Mirror mini-series… [Read more…]
November 21, 2011
“Santa Claus is coming to town!” No, Santa Claus has already arrived, sat down, kicked off his boots and is joining us watching the usual relentless Christmas adverts. Christmas, yet again has come way too early this year, and I’m sick of it. For me, the countdown to Christmas starts when the first door of… [Read more…]
November 18, 2011
Life’s Too Short is a new mocumentary written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It follows our favourite actor under the height of 4 foot – Warwick Davis. His character in Life’s Too Short is a warped version of the actor, with a failing career and marriage, and a serious case of ‘short man syndrome’… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011
People’s opinions on the talent show X Factor range massively. Some love it, and will tune in religiously and follow one act, or several, picking up their phone to vote every week – others however, can’t stand it – they won’t watch it, and if they are forced to against their will to tune in… [Read more…]
October 31, 2011
Thrill The World is a worldwide charity event where people come together, dressed as zombies (naturally), and at the same time, dance to the Michael Jackson classic, Thriller, to raise money for great causes. This is an article I wrote on Portsmouth’s first Thrill The World event for Portsmouth’s local news source About My Area.… [Read more…]
October 27, 2011
Hooray! It’s Halloween in a couple of days, and it’s one of my favourite times of year. Why? Well, firstly, because horror movies are great, and secondly, because there’s some awesome products that seem most acceptable to buy at Halloween time. So, here’s a list of a few of the things that I’m loving about… [Read more…]
December 28, 2011
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