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- "It's fine, he's entitled to launch a Sunday newspaper." - Ed Miliband. What a weird quote to have in Sun's OWN article touting new venture. 2 days ago
- Topol looks younger now than he did in Fiddler On The Roof in 1971. & it's #32 in Best Musicals Of all time etc. This list is such bullshit 4 days ago
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Emmy The Great’s Favourite Lyrics
British folk-pop singer Emmy The Great released new single Paper Forest from her second album Virtue this week and it’s very pretty indeed (though with a pointedly dark undercurrent). Anyone who knows her work will be aware of her lyrical … Continue reading
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Tagged bikini kill, Billy Bragg, blondie, emmy the great, Frank Zappa, kate bush, Luke Perry, rivers cuomo, saved by the bell, weezer
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Star Wars on Blu-ray…Plus Biggs Darklighter Speaks! (y’know, that guy with a ‘tache who gets shot down at the end)
I remember sitting in my cousin’s house in Tonbridge reading his Star Wars annual. It must have been about 1984. And I remember a picture – Luke Skywalker and another cool-looking Han Solo-esque bloke with a moustache and cape standing … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Quinn, biggs darklighter, garrick hagon, George Lucas, star wars blu ray, tatooine, The Empire Strikes Back
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Pop Culture Round-Up: New Thundercats, American sitcoms, Attack The Block DVD, Neil Diamond & Fright Night
Thundercats are ho! Or should that be hos, judging by the body on Cheetara, who’s drawn to look like a slightly feline Jessica Rabbit. Yep, the Eighties cartoon about a group of anthropomorphised cats on the distant planet of Thundera … Continue reading
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Tagged american pie, Anton Yelchin Fright Night, Attack the Block, Cartoon Network, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, community, danny dyer, Fright Night, Jodie Whittaker, joe cornish, kennedy center honors neil diamond, kill list, Meryl Streep, parenthood, Tara Reid, The Big Lebowski, thundercats, Yo-Yo Ma
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How To Make A Proper Royal Film (on a telly budget with no famous people)
So the reviews are in – William & Catherine: A Royal Romance is unsurprisingly a dud. To those who don’t know, this is the second telemovie about the prince and his new missus. It stars Dan Amboyer (huh?) and Alice … Continue reading
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Tagged fergie, Helen Mirren, Jon Favreau, Olivia Wilde, pippa hinchley, prince andrew, Prince William, sarah ferguson prince andrew, tv movie
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