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Swing Vote (2008)
In an unprecedented (and implausible) turn of events, the latest U.S. election between Republican incumbent Andrew Boone (Kelsey Grammar) and Democrat candidate Donald Greenleaf (Dennis Hopper) has resolved itself in a complete dead heat. The heat is so dead, in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Joshua Michael Stern, Kevin Costner, New Mexico, Swing State, swing vote
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Looper (2012)
It’s the year 2044. Time travel has yet to be invented but, evidently, it soon will. Joe Simmons (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a Looper, a mob assassin with a particularly niche speciality in despatching targets, already bound and hooded, sent from … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Film, Horror, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction, Time Travel
Tagged Brick, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, future, Gordon-Levitt, Grandfather, Looper, older self, paradox, Rainmaker, Rian, Time Travel
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**Audio Commentary!** Revolution – Series 1, Episode 1.
A couple of months ago, I wrote an article pre-emptively complaining about Revolution, the new post-apocalyptic drama that premièred on NBC last night. Having now finally seen a full episode of the show, I thought it fun to do a … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, fantasy, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction
Tagged Abrams, Favreau, Pilot, Revolution
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We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
An unspecified time after a terrible tragedy hits a small-town American community, Eva Khatchadourian (Tilda Swinton) begins her new job in a menial travel agency, a poor facsimile of her previous career as a globe-trotting journalist. Ostracised from her community … Continue reading
Shattered Glass (2003)
Stephen Glass (Hayden Christensen) is a promising young reporter and assistant editor on The New Republic, a Washington-based magazine boasting an 80-plus-year heritage and ‘in-flight’ status on Air Force One. He has managed to gain popularity and acclaim within the … Continue reading
Four Reasons Why ‘Revolution’ is Annoying
This is annoying. I was initially reluctant to talk about the upcoming NBC sci-fi serial drama Revolution, primarily as it’s not out in America until the autumn and goodness knows when it’ll hit the UK. Any criticism would either become … Continue reading
Posted in fantasy, Horror, Popular Culture, Review, science fiction, Television
Tagged J.J. Abrams, Jon Favreau, NBC, Revolution
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Rock of Ages (2012) – Hair Metal Sucks
Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) is just a small-town girl, livin’ in a lonely world. She took the midnight train going for ehhh-neee-wheeeerre. Well, not anywhere, it’s LA’s Sunset Strip. And it’s a coach, not a train. Could be a midnight … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Film, Music, Popular Culture, Review
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The ‘Doobedy-DOO-DAH’ – A Modern Pop Melody You’ve Already Heard Far Too Much
I doubt this phenomenon began here but for the purposes of this article, let’s use it as the locus classicus. I’m referring to the particular five-note motif that happens to be part of the driving melody of The Scientist, by … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged 4 chords, Alicia Keys, axis of awesome, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Empire State of Mind, Kate Nash, melody, The Scientist, The Script, The Wanted
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012) – A Beano comic come to life.
Based on the series of all-ages novels by Gideon Defoe (who also has a writing credit on the movie), The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists tells the story of The Pirate Captain and his band of similarly literally-monikered cohorts. … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Comedy, fantasy, Film, Popular Culture, Review
Tagged Aardman, Charles Darwin, David Tennant, Hugh Grant, Pirates, Queen Victoria, Scientists, Sony
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