Posted on 11 February, 2008 by kevinboatang
Last night’s BAFTA awards had me shouting ‘Thank fuck!’ as soon as the big jobs were dished out.
This was for one massive reason: Keira Knightley.
I cannot stand Knightley. Not because of her mildly anorexic hunch, or a stupid bloody pout that owes more to a freaky jawline then any ability in front of the camera. [...]
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Posted on 3 February, 2008 by JohnDemetriou
I’ve had more set-tos with folks on discussion forums, blogs and other online arenas than I can care to remember. I usually find the ad hominem attacks and poor, desperate attempts to put me down quite amusing. Though it is usually quite irritating when people decide to tell me I am something that I am [...]
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Posted on 30 December, 2007 by JohnDemetriou
I am Legend did not disappoint. It did not blow my balls off or stimulate me in the same way as the seminal ‘28 Days Later’, but it was a good film. I hasten to add, it was the first Will Smith film that may be given the stamp of ‘good’, and that says much, [...]
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Posted on 4 December, 2007 by JohnDemetriou
The old animated TV series from the mid-80s; not the crappy role play geeks go mad for, even though they may be pushing 30 with receding hair and a Ford Fiesta with more rust under the chassis than a Japanese frigate bobbing on the sea bed by the Midway Atoll.
I loved that show. It filled [...]
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