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Review: The City & the City

Posted on June 19, 2010 by James

I was reading Snow Crash on the bus ride home from work when the girl sitting next to me recommended China Miéville if I liked Neal Stephenson. I take word of mouth recommendations pretty seriously so I picked up The … Continue reading →

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Review: District 9

Posted on August 15, 2009 by James

Twenty years ago an alien race landed in South Africa, stranded. They become unwilling refugees, trapped in a slum known as District 9. The people of Johannesburg don’t want them around and the aliens, or “prawns” as they are called, … Continue reading →

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Bond returns with a vengence, shows human side

Posted on November 15, 2008 by James

The Bond trilogy had been getting stale and boring until Daniel Craig took the role of James Bond in Casino Royale. The previous movies had been self-contained with little connection between them so there wasn’t much to be said in … Continue reading →

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Minutes To Midnight

Posted on May 19, 2007 by James

Linkin Park released their first new album in three years a few days ago—four years if you don’t count Collision Course. Minutes To Midnight is different from anything Linkin Park has done in the past I think. A lot of … Continue reading →

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300

Posted on March 24, 2007 by James

I finally gave in and saw 300 yesterday. I think it might be one of the goriest movies I have seen in a long time, but it rocked. It wasn’t overly gory considering how far they could have taken it … Continue reading →

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