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The Dark KnightMost of my URGA friends were not available this week, so I went to see The Dark Knight with my brother in law at Marion ( Read more... )

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Batman: Gotham KnightNo, this wasn't a preview of the next Batman film "The Dark Knight", but a kind of Batmanimatrix. In other words, just like the Animatrix, this is a film consisting of several short animated stories bridging the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, giving some sideline stories in this new Batman universe ( Read more... )

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Kung Fu PandaIt's got to the point now with computer generated animated movies that they're so good you just don't notice the CG at all, except when it's bad ( Read more... )

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Get SmartWhen an old favourite of a TV show gets remade into a 21st Century special-effects laden movie, you've got to reserve judgement until you actually see the film (or read a reasonable spread of reviews). There's been some god-damned awful "remakes" in recent years, and then there's been some movies that pay decent homage to their ( Read more... )

Book review!

Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross ( Read more... )

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MongolAt the age of 9, young Mongol Temudjin, is taken by his father Esugei (Khan of their clan) to select his bride. He catches the eye of Borte, and so they are betrothed. On their journey home, his father is poisoned by some enemies, and one of Esugei's men, Targutai takes over the clan and steals everything from Temudjin and his ( Read more... )

Clare Bowditch - Winter Secrets Tour - Jive Bar ( Read more... )

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Speed RacerTo be honest, the current crop of movies this week didn't really inspire - my choices were between Prince Caspian, The Incredible Hulk and Speed Racer and I didn't have any amount of enthusiasm for any of them ( Read more... )

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullGU City stuffed up... we showed up for their advertised 6.50pm session (as per their website last Thursday) to find out it was now a private session and the next one would be at 8.40pm. So we jumped in a taxi and went to Wallis Piccadilly for the 7pm session instead ( Read more... )

Yup, this is late. Saw the film on Tuesday but I've been so bloody busy I've not had time to write this until now.

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21This film is a "based on a book based on a true story" movie - here's the basic premise: Ben Campbell is in his final year at MIT and wants to get into Harvard Medical School - but he has no money for the degree, and his ( Read more... )