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Not So Hard Anymore
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Most of the reviews of the terrific pedophilia two hander Hard Candy have made reference to the lingering castration scene. It is a wonderful scene, both playful and horrific, tastefully done tastelessness. However what most of the reviews have faile[…]

Proven By Pseudoscience
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How Kyrptonite Works.
Featuring Red Kryptonite. Streaky the Super-Cat and other ropey ideas which really should have been forgotten a long time ago.[…]

Its All Gone See Hear
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When it came out, Its All Gone Pete Tong got very middling reviews. A half arsed stab at a dance music Spinal Tap, six years too late and about a Ibizan scene that had almost died. A comedy with a serious plot, which then undermines both the comedy a[…]

RoboCup
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Yes, yes the football World Cup. But also in Germany concurrently as if to cash in on the interest in football in that country we have the Robot Soccer World Cup. A great idea, and one which suffers slightly from Robot Wars syndrome. ie You say the n[…]

Bath (Social) Science
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I think I first got a scientific urge from when I was allowed to take baths on my own as a child. Luckily my urges tended away from the biological and towards the chemical, as my main source of experimenting would be with the various shampoos, soaps,[…]

Bob Mitchum for the noughties
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While watching the first half of Down In The Valley, I remembered a couple of reviews saying how much Edward Norton reminded them of Robert Mitchum in this film. I was surprised, and then impressed by their perspicacity, as it is neither resemblance […]

Poor Mia Maestro
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Not only has her regular on-going TV series (Alias) been cancelled, but she gets the non-white treatment in Poseidon. And then, nary a week later she gets kidnapped in Caraccas in Secuestro Express. Though you do get a feeling that this film with the[…]

Contemptorators
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So the World Cup is here and with it, some generally quite dull games so far. Angola Portugal lacked the colonial fireworks that, sensibly, both managers tried to play down. The most exciting game so far has been a 0-0 draw (good work Trinidad &#8211[…]

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JABOF Watch – Sport Edition
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The coupleing of Alistair Campbell and “Just A Bit Of Fun” seem unlikely, but that is exactly what the BBC have found. And what fun it is as seen from Campbell’s world cup blog itself. A untrustworthy photo which seems to emphasise […]

Sex In The City: Ten Years On
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FRIENDS With Money is a film with Jennifer Aniston in it. Not to be confused with FRIENDS a sitcom with Jennifer Aniston in it. In FRIENDS With Money Aniston plays the FRIEND of three other women, all of whom in some way or other are pretty well off.[…]

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