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Life Imitates Tharg part 374
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— 23 Jul 2008 Tom 1 comment

Can Electronic Cigarettes Beat The Smoking Ban?
“I think people need to be cautious,” warns Dr Roberta Ferrence, director of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit. “It’s an unknown.”
“The concern is that the product wi[…]

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Comics: A Beginner’s Guide: SF
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— 23 Jul 2008 Martin Skidmore 7 comments

I guess the place to start for SF comics, particularly on a British site, is 2000AD. Its title now makes it sound very unlike SF, but it’s been running future adventure stories for decades. It’s never been consistently great, but it&#8217[…]

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MAMMA MIA IS AW(ful)SOME!!!
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— 23 Jul 2008 Pete Baran 4 comments

The tonal shifts in Mamma Mia are unsettling. The range of acting styles, from mugging through to camp are far broader than any film I have seen in years. The cinematography only occasionally lifts its head above competent and Meryl Streep should nev[…]

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