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“DON’T PANIC! DON’T PANIC!” DAD’S ARMY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

“DON’T PANIC! DON’T PANIC!” DAD’S ARMY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
I always struggle to answer when anybody asks me my favourite of any movie, genre, book, author etc. However, this comedy show is definitely my all-time favourite. Dad’s Army is a classic sit-com featuring the weekly escapades of a bumbling and mismatched British Home Guard unit during World War II. It was broadcast by the…
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Video Games: From Pixels To The Silver Screen, Is It Finally Working?

Video Games: From Pixels To The Silver Screen, Is It Finally Working?
With the rise of the popularity of video games since the 80’s, Hollywood has jumped on the band wagon and tried to successfully, and in most cases unsuccessfully, to adapt them into movies. There were films based on the video game genre such as Tron and The Last Starfighter, but nothing of an actual video…
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Star Wars The Last Jedi Review

Star Wars The Last Jedi Review
“THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO THE WAY YOU THINK” This review contains spoilers - lots of them. If you don’t want your enjoyment of The Last Jedi spoilt don’t read it. I will start by saying that this is my opinion – you don’t have to agree, you don’t have to like it. The…
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A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – ROXANNE 30 YEARS LATER

A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – ROXANNE 30 YEARS LATER
Before I tell you why Roxanne is a perfect comedy film I’ll give you my brief history of how I first got into the work of Steve Martin. “WOULD YOU LIKE TO SMELL THE BOTTLE CAP?” The only film I’d seen Steve Martin in before 1990 was The Muppet Movie as the ignorant, arrogant, condescending…
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Change, my dear. And it seems not a moment too soon.

Change, my dear. And it seems not a moment too soon.
Sunday 16th July 2017. I'm watching the Men's singles Final of Wimbledon (Federer and Cilic) and I'm getting more and more nervous. Not about the result, I was pretty sure that Fed would win, but about the announcement of the 13th Doctor casting. Lots of reasons to be nervous: I don't want Capaldi to go…
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It Was 50 Years Ago Today….Well It’s 25 For Me

It Was 50 Years Ago Today….Well It’s 25 For Me
How many times over the next few weeks will we see those lines as a heading to an article about Sgt. Peppers? This is because The Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers album turns 50 years old and it’s a play on the opening line of the of the song – “It was 20 years ago today Sgt.…
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The Magnificent Twelve

The Magnificent Twelve
“THE YEAR IS 1978 AND PALITOY BRINGS YOU STAR WARS!” Many things have changed in my life, some for better and some not so, but some things have pretty much stayed the same. The main thing that has remained a constant is my love of Star Wars. I’ve already recounted my first experience of going…
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Life’s a Blur

Life’s a Blur
Blur’s eponymous album hits twenty years Twenty years ago in January 1997 I had seasonal depression, much like 2017. But don’t let that stop you reading because in the midst of all the gloom I found Blur. I’d not been a huge Blur fan throughout the Britpop era. They came to my attention after winning…
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Jason Donovan Concert Review

Jason Donovan Concert Review
The age range of the women was 35 to 50 year olds. I can only liken the atmosphere to what I suspect would be a Tom Jones concert, I expect underwear to be thrown on the stage at any moment. I am a 39 year old man at a Jason Donovan concert. Not by choice…
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