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A Cock And Bull’s Paedophile Charter
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Winterbottom’s Cock And Bull Story is, as you would expect from the director of Nine Songs, happily explicit when it comes to both bulls and cocks. And whilst the bulls come into it near the end the cocks are liberally peppered in the film. The[…]

An Open Letter To God
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And clearly using this hotline to God for good purpose, Robert Kirkman demands that the Transporter 3 be made.
Shows an admirable judge of priorities.[…]

A Tale Of Two Restaurants
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I have a rule, not often tested, where I won’t go to two restaurants in one day. It is mainly a rule based on financial prudence, but yesterday when I broke the rule other things became apparent. You eat out twice in one day it stops being spec[…]

Best Opening Conversation In A Film Ever
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(Only slightly spoiled in that it was originally a play).
From Possible Worlds, an artsy fartsy sci-fi film which I really rather enjoyed, though it never gets quite as good as this three-liner:
COP: Looks like a murder and robbery.
HIS BOSS: What wa[…]

Why The Man Is In The Moon
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I caught the first half of Man In The Moon last night, but we were too tired to stay up. So in answer to the “what did Andy Kaufmann die of” question, I websearched.
I did not imagine I would actually find his DEATH CERTIFICATE ON THE WEB[…]

The Decade Of The Smugs
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Mr Busy, the slightly gossipy insiders view of the movie industry page of Sight And Sound wanders into a minefield this moth. In trying to define a cultural mindset, a move away from direct arthouse snobbery into what he describes as “Smug&#822[…]

Quiz Night Hustler
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The new quiz season at the Three Compasses started last night. This is a twelve week season, unlike the six week one which we walked just before Christmas. And out team is understrength, having lost members to the 21st century malaise that is traveli[…]

New York Was In The Arctic Circle In The 1930’s
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Grand conspiracy theory I know, but finally in the recent Peter Jackson production of King Kong I HAVE PROOF. See below:
Proof 1: There is snow everywhere. In particular Central Park is so cold that an iced over lake is strong enough to support the w[…]

Worrying News For Web Designers
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People judge websites quality in about a twentieth of a second. Which IS FASTER THAN WE ACTUALLY THINK. This is the reality of the interwebworld, first discovered almost five years ago when it was discovered that people could tell if a website was us[…]

Memories Of A Geisha Girl
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I went to see the Memories of Geisha Girl Film yesterday and was surprised at the things I learned.
a) Geisha Girlz were all Chinese.
b) They can juggle fans, which to Japanese men are irresistible.
c) They play very out of tune ukeleles.
d) Everyon[…]

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