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Elite Troop 2
Bonkers Brazilan SWAT team movie, in the style of The Departed or Infernal Affairs.
19th Feb 2011
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Lipstikka
Poorly acted melodrama, as Lipstick Jungle meets Basic Instinct - via Palestine.
19th Feb 2011
Read more 2 star reviewsRT @radiohead It's Friday. It's almost the weekend.You can download The King of Limbs now if you so wish! http://rhd.cc/jw19 \#thekingoflimbs
18th Feb 2011
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Promo Promo: Radiohead - Lotus Flower
It seems to be UK only, so I haven't actually watched it here in Berlin - but I'm assuming the new Radiohead video for 'Lotus Flower' will be worth a few minutes of your time.
My copy of the new album will arrive in approximately 14 minutes. German WIFI. Bah!
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Off Beat
Easily the best Swiss-German-Gay-Hip Hop movie I've ever seen.
18th Feb 2011
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The Fountain
Devastatingly serious twoddle from Darren Aronofsky. Now I remember why he dropped off my radar.
18th Feb 2011
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Classic Saturday Night Live episodes airing Saturdays on Sky Arts 1. Young and tall Belushi, Ackroyd and Chevy Chase cracking me up.
15th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterSome interesting facts and figures about the prospect of digitally pushing Justin Beiber 2.0 into cinemas: http://bit.ly/hrAatH
15th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterI'm calling my lawyer. RT @chimpomatic @simeonfarrar hmm where did they get this idea? http://bit.ly/fyq6hc
15th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterJust pre ordered my copy of The King Of Limbs, Radiohead's new album, out for download on Saturday. The world's first Newspaper album. ?
14th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterJust got back from pop up restaurant \#meateasy in New Cross. Awesome burgers plus White Denim and Brakes on the jukebox. What's not to like?
12th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterRT @thecoldvein: The Fighter - entertaining if at times predictable bio-pic with some good/slightly overcooked performances
12th Feb 2011
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The Crazies
Decent, semi-plausible modern zombie tale. A remake of Romero's 1973 film.
12th Feb 2011
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Trailer Park: X-Men - The Mad Men Years
"Charles" and "Erik", not exactly the most badass superhero names you'll ever hear... Enjoyed Kick-Ass from director Matthew Vaughn so this might be ok; on the other hand, as Wolverine: The Wonder Years showed, there's very little peril involved in these prequels where we know who makes it to the later films.
11th Feb 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Babelfish in your pocket
Google's Babelfish gizmo now comes in app format for iPhone - allowing you to stick a mic in the face of some innocent Japanese person and translate what they are saying to you. Or vice versa.
Android version here.
10th Feb 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
RT @engadget: BBC iPlayer app coming to Android as well as iPad by the end of this week http://engt.co/fq2KDX
9th Feb 2011
Read on TwitterEngland battling back to a level playing field against Denmark. What brave troopers.
9th Feb 2011
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Your 'I'm Too Sexy' RT @simeonfarrar: Got to thinking today, \#KateMouse is shaping up to be our Creep, our Stairway, our Born In The USA...
7th Feb 2011
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Ad Nauseum: Superbowl Special
At $3m for 30 seconds (or something like that), a spot during the Superbowl ad break is advertising nirvana, with many advertisers creating special spots that air only once. Nothing particularly flashy about this one ...just a clever idea, well made. With a very large licensing budget.
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Crazy Heart
Entertainment by numbers as Jeff Bridges channels his inner dude as washed-up country singer Bad Blake.
6th Feb 2011
Read more 3.5 star reviewsLove that \#boardwalkempire starts with a vignette. Scorcese's still got balls.
3rd Feb 2011
Read on TwitterNever Let Me Go
Beautifully shot and art directed movie which unfolds as a painfully sincere companion to The Island.
3rd Feb 2011
Read more 3 star reviewsNew @Buck65 album out today, 20 Odd Years available here http://bit.ly/dk9A1s
3rd Feb 2011
Read on TwitterJust struggled through one of Sky Atlantic's flagship shows. 'Blue Bloods' was decidedly average.
2nd Feb 2011
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Invictus
Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela in a film about rugby directed by Clint Eastwood. What's not to like?
2nd Feb 2011
Read more 3 star reviewsHarry Brown
Hoodie-centric retread of Death Wish. Michael Caine should know better by now.
2nd Feb 2011
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Fleet Foxes Sighted
new Fleet Foxes album on the way, from the sound of Helplessness Blues it's more of the same, which is fine by me
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The Departed
Deeply flawed, but thoroughly entertaining moviemaking-masterclass from Martin Scorcese.
1st Feb 2011
Read more 4 star reviewsGangster No1
Showoff, cliched, superficial UK gangster flick. Like Goodfellas, but everyone is played by Joe Pesci.
1st Feb 2011
Read more 2.5 star reviewsSuburban Girl
Weak, empty romantic drama with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin. No redeeming features.
30th Jan 2011
Read more 1 star reviewsWhere The Wild Things Are
Disengaging attempt to expand a 10 line kids book into a 100m/£100m adult blockbuster.
30th Jan 2011
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Everybody's Fine
Touching drama as a widower reconnects with his 4 kids. Another small step along DeNiro's recovery.
28th Jan 2011
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