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• Movie Review – Shinjuku Incident (2009)

  Director: Tung-Shing Yee Stars: Jackie Chan, Naoto Takenaka, Daniel Wu, Jinglei Xu, Masaya Kato, and some others Steelhead (Chan) left China in search of his... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Saga Vol. 3 by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

  

  Yes, I have now caught up with the current releases and have to wait until November for vol. 4 of the excellent Saga (I don’t buy individual issues). Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

  

  Dolores Claiborne was housekeeper to a wealthy woman who died. Now she has a confession to make, and it’s not one the police are expecting. Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Call (2013)

  Director: Brad Anderson Stars: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund Jordan (Berry) is a 911 call operator who experiences a traumatic... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Replacements (2000)

  Director: Howard Deutch Stars: Gene Hackman, Keanu Reeves, Orlando Jones, Faizon Love, David Denman, Jon Favreau, Rhys Ifans A number of players for the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Rust and Bone (2012)

  Director: Jacques Audiard Stars: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts Ali (Schoenaerts) is a primal, tempestuous man who goes to live with his sister after... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

  Director: Rowan Joffe Stars: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff Christine (Kidman) suffers from amnesia. Every night when she goes to slee... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

  Director: Josh Boone Stars: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Sam Trammell and Willem Dafoe Based on the popular book by John Green, The... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale

  

  Batman: Dark Victory is a sequel to the excellent The Long Halloween, in which a serial killer known as Holiday murdered people over the span of a year, and... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Troll Hunter (2010)

  Director: Andre Ovredal Stars: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud,, Johanna Morck, Hans Morten Hansen, Tomas Alf Larsen Troll Hunter is a Norwegian film... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

  

  The Catcher in the Rye is a book that’s been constantly talked about, and is a work to study in a number of literature courses. I, however, have not managed to... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• The Thrill of Creating a New Character – Embarking on Dungeons and Dragons 5th...

  I’m fairly new to Dungeons and Dragons. I played a few games when I was a teenager but I and my friends didn’t get heavily involved in it and we only played a... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – World War Hulk by Greg Pak & John Romita Jr.

  

  World War Hulk is the explosive graphic novel that shows what happens when you make the Hulk really, totally, incredibly angry. It follows on from Planet Hulk,... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Let’s Be Cops (2014)

  Director: Luke Greenfield Stars: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D’Arcy, Keegan-Michael Key and Andy Garcia Ryan (Johnson) is a 3... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Sex Tape (2014)

  Director: Jake Kasdan Stars: Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Rob Lowe, Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper Jay (Segel) and Annie (Diaz) used to be fuelled by sex but after the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – The Science of Sleep (2006)

  Director: Michel Gondry Stars: Gael Garcia Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, Emma de Caunes, Stéphane (Bernal) is a frustrated creative person... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Saga Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

  

  Saga is the story of Marko and Alana, two soldiers on opposing sides of a galactic war who fall in love and desert their respective armies. Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Book Review – Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

  

  Tess of the D’Urbervilles is a classic critique of Victorian society and the position of women, and has lent itself to a number of adaptations over the years.... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Bad Meat (2011)

  Director: Lulu Jarmen Stars: Mark Pellegrino, Dave Franco, Elisabeth Harnois, Tahj Mowry, Jessica Parker Kennedy A bunch of delinquents get sent to a boot camp... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES

• Movie Review – Alter Egos (2012)

  Director: Jordan Galland Stars: Kris Lemeche, Brooke Nevin, Joey Kern, Danny Masterson, John Ventimiglia, Christine Evangelista Alter Egos is set in a world... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2014 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, HISTORY, MOVIES