Like many people I’ve been steadily moving away from consuming broadcast TV and radio. Instead I get my entertainment through dvd box sets and podcasts. I love the fact that I have the opportunity to select my own evenings programming rather than being forced to swallow whatever lowest common denominator…

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I finally found somewhere where Thor was playing in 2D at a reasonable time. This wasn’t my usual cinema – Huddersfield Odeon, who in their wisdom didn’t have a single showing other than overpriced 3D. For shame Huddersfield Odeon, for shame. Anyway, I went to Showcase cinema in Leeds and…

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I went to the cinema to see Fast Five yesterday (or Fast and Furious 5: Rio Heist as I think it’s known in the US). It’s a completely ridiculous movie. It has massive gaping plot holes, completely unnecessary supporting characters, and some action sequences which were so ludicrous that they…

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Kerry’s taken Amy and Evan to Spain this week and so I’ve got the entire house to myself for six days. Their absence has only confirmed what I already knew – my life is uncountably more rich and wonderful with them in it than without them. However despite me missing…

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If truth be told I’m a bit rubbish at watching TV. I tend to binge on particular shows rather than watch them as broadcast, and I’m generally around two or three years behind on my viewing, playing eternal catchup with DVD box sets. While I like this way of consuming…

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As a result of the snow Evan, Amy, and I have spent the last three days locked up together. While this was a bit of an adventure initially, it wasn’t long until we started bouncing off the walls and by last night I was seriously considering introducing both of them…

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A week or two I received a review copy of the new Doctor Who Wii Game: Return To Earth. It’s taken me a while to write about it, mainly because I wanted to get a decent enough way through the game before giving an opinion on it. Well, I’m afraid…

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I don’t mind admitting it, but this movie made me cry. Ramona and Beezus is a film based on a series of books written in the 50′s, 60′s and 70′s by Beverly Cleary. I’m not sure if they were ever as popular over here in the UK as they were…

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So, being the superstar in-demand blogger that I am, this morning I was invited down to Pinewood Studios in London. Yes, that Pinewood Studios. The one where they film Bond, Harry Potter, and Tim Burton’s Batman. Plus King Ralph! It doesn’t get much better than that. Anyhow, I was invited…

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I’ve said it before, but there is too much CGI in modern kids entertainment. In itself I don’t object to CGI animation. In fact some of the finest films of all time were computer generated – specifically every single film produced by Pixar: Up, Wall-E, Incredibles, Monster’s Inc, Finding Nemo,…

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