Archives – 2007 – October – 19  

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never off
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— 19 Oct 2007 mark sinker 10 comments

what film is most often shown on UK TV? i vote tremors — and i know bcz i watch it EVERY TIME (and so does my dad)[…]

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He’s Not A Kid, And Its Worse Than Heartbreaking
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— 19 Oct 2007 Pete Baran 1 comment

The problem with The Heartbreak Kid is the problem of nearly all US black comedies over the last twenty years. US mainstream film-makers genuinely seem unable to construct dislikable leads. Not necessarily anti-heroes, but charismatic yet despicable […]

Shall We Get It Wrong
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— 19 Oct 2007 Pete Baran 2 comments

Jeremy Paxman looked awfully smug last night. Not that he never doesn’t look smug, smug is his metier, but there was a combination of factors. Firstly he’d had a good Newsnight, with a few zingers and the odd “come-off it”. Se[…]

Poptimism – Lesson Forty Six
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— 19 Oct 2007 Alan 6 comments

Careless Whisper – The Gossip
I Got It From My Mama – Will.I.Am
Headstrong – Ashley Tisdale
Call The Shots – Girls Aloud
Dead Drummers – The Rogue Element
The World Is Outside (Stellasound Remix) – Ghosts
Amigo Vul[…]

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