All articles from: March, 2009

Sherlock Holmes Poster

I’m not sure whether this poster should be filed under positive or negative in the case for this years release of Sherlock Holmes. Currently the list stacks out as such:

Positive
Negative 

Robert Downey Jnr. as Holmes 

Jude Law as Dr. Watson

Robert Downey Jnr. as Holmes 

Guy Ritchie directing

Robert Downey Jnr. as Holmes 

A heavily stylised look

Robert Downey Jnr. as Holmes 

Jude [...]

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Blogosphere Fail

When ever the likes of Ryan Tubridy ask bloggers who regulates the bloggers. Bloggers say oh we are self regulating and people will pull you up in the comments section if you post something wrong. Alas the case of the last week and #picturegate should that this is wrong. Bloggers were collected in a massive herd [...]

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‘Lost’ (Season 5; Ep. 10)

‘He’s Our You’

Spoiler Heavy Review below the break

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Top 6 Friday: Trailer Round Up

6. Transformers 2
Looks like a darker ‘Transformers’ with the mandatory more explosions required in any Michael Bay directed sequel. Shia LeBeouf, how you have fallen since I saw you in this. Mutt Williams indeed.

5. Termination: Slavation
Will be the film that revealed to the world that Batman is a drama queen. Looks like ‘Transformers’ but with [...]

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‘The Wire’ on BBC2

The trouble with calling anything the greatest of all time is that its too huge a statement and there are two many grounds to find fault and disregard the consensus. I’m working my way through Season 3 of ‘The Wire’ at the moment and while I’m not going down the ‘greatest of all time’ route [...]

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Flight of the Conchords Movie?

As with so many stories, this is mere speculation generated on a simple comment. News, at least that surrounding movies and dare I say it celebrity, seems to be about what could happen as much as what is happening. So cast your eyes to the post title and note the ‘question mark’ is there for [...]

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Honey and Sesame Duck

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Donal over at the Good Mood Food Blog has posted a gorgeous looking recipe for Honey and Sesame Duck. The mans photogrpahy is excellent, and could quite possibly make a a burnt pizza from a box look appetising. The flavour combination of sesame seed oil, soya sauce and honey is a great mix. I have [...]

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We are now a laughing Stock

So begins another day of picturegate. So what have we learned today in the Newspapers. 
GOVERNMENT PRESS secretary Eoghan Ó Neachtain has said he did not consult the Taoiseach or anyone else before making a complaint to RTÉ about a news item relating to the hoax nude portraits.
Basically Cowen did not ask RTE to drop the show [...]

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Dublin: One City, One Book

How many figures of myth, infamy or notoriety have we experienced in countless mediums yet never known the origins of their characters. Dracula is surely one of the most recognised characters of fiction, yet its fair to say we may more immediately think of ghoulish turns by Christopher Lee or maybe even Gary Oldman when [...]

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