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Benefit cap defeated

So today the Government unbelievably lost their attempt to cap benefits to £26,000 a year.  Let’s just stop and think about this a second.  £26,000 a year.  Remember, benefit isn’t taxed.  So that is income in...
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Carnage

First time I have ever entered a cinema on my own, as I normally would rather wait for the Blu-ray than do so, and it was not helped by the lady from Sky saying “are we alone tonight, Sir” as I gave her the ticket. ...
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Sky High

A couple of years ago I was sent Sky High on Blu-ray to review and I gave it a high mark, being very surprised with how good it actually was.  This morning, we needed something to keep all of us entertained and I started off ...
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The King’s Speech

The King’s Speech is one of those films that has been so universally praised and loved it actually ends up having the reverse effect on me and ends up making me avoid it.  I know that’s a bit sad – but there...
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Underworld : Awakening 3D IMAX

The original plan was to watch The Darkest Hour 3D  but when we sitting in Nandos before the start, Dave stated that he was keener to watch Underworld : Awakening.  Bad things had been heard about the former so we decided to ...
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Howson agrees personal terms

Just days after saying that they wouldn’t sign anyone, Lambert would appear to have closed in on a signing that some are saying could be the coup of the window.  Jonny Howson from Leeds has agreed personal terms, and the...
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Season of the Witch dispatched

Latest movie to dispatch is Season of the Witch which will be with me tomorrow (Saturday).  I suspect it will be cheezy as hell – but will it be fun or just rubbish?  With Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman in it, it could g...
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downtime : apologies

Just a quick apology for the downtime over the past couple of days – it was down to my bandwidth cap being exceeded.  Quite a surprise to be honest – I’ll need to get to the bottom of what is going on by anal...
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Battle : Los Angeles

I wasn’t expecting much and I got exactly what I was expecting.  An interesting concept (Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day) ends up failing badly – the film clearly wants you to treat the emotions and dilemmas...
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11.22.63 enhanced edition started

I had been hoping to put off the purchase of this, and wanted to force myself to read Stephen Fry’s autobiography which is sitting on my iPad – but I made the mistake of downloading the preview of Stephen King’...
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