Films
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THAT time of year
Casting a wary eye over my calendar for the next month or so, given that we are now only a calendar month away from that day which tends to dominate things at this time of year, I realised that, as usual, my weekends are slowly melting into a morass of shopping trips, nights out and…
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Up
Last night we went to see the latest movie from Pixar.. er.. Disney.. er Pixney… Disnar? Whatever.. it’s a Pixar movie through and through. We chose to see the version being shown in 3D (Real-D as per copyrighted technology) and all in all it was an excellent movie with a silly story underpinned by some…
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Bad bad bad
The other day, as I was off work with a bad back, I found myself on the sofa aimlessly surfing the channels for something to distract me. I must have channel hopped for about 20 minutes before I realised it was approaching the hour and there might be a movie starting on one of the…
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When not to laugh
You know those things you already know, that you don’t really need a lesson about? Yeah, those things. The things life sometimes likes to throw at you, like that annoying teacher who would randomly ask you a question just to make sure you’ve been awake for the past hour. That. Hmmm I should maybe be…
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RIP John Hughes
Being off ill, and spending most of my days dozing, means I’m slightly behind on some things. So I was very sad to hear that John Hughes had died. I wouldn’t say I was a big fan, but given that I grew up with such movies as Pretty in Pink and Ferris Buellers Day Off,…
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I am rubbish
At being ill that is, completely and utterly rubbish. Admittedly my current ails leave me little to no choice but to mope around, thwarting any effort to do pretty much anything. Take, this blog post as an example, I’m already feeling light headed and my arms are heavy and I really just don’t have the…