Mamma Mia (2008)

Just the other day, I found myself at a bit of a loose end and so I went to the cinema to cure my boredom. From the many films that were being shown, there wasn’t much that really appealed to me at the time. And without a second thought, I decided to go and see the movie release of Mamma Mia. Read more

Biography on Beyonce Knowles

Biography on Beyonce Knowles, she was born on 4th September 1981, Beyonce is a R&B singer and songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, fashion model and actress. She was raised in Houston, Texas, where she was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child. Beyonce Knowles rose to fame in the late 1990s as the lead singer of R&B girl group Destiny’s Child, which is the best selling girl group of all time. Read more

The Sex Pistols Discography - English Punk Band

The Sex Pistols - If you dont know who the Sex pistols are, where have you been? The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. The band originally comprised vocalist Johnny Rotten, guitarist Steve Jones, drummer Paul Cook and bassist Glen Matlock. Read more

Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)

Pink Floyd The Wall, Feature length music video? Bad acid trip? Good acid trip? The Wall is one of those interesting experiments where I can imagine many people walking away, shaking their head, and saying “What the hell was that?!?” It is not a traditional narrative film by any definition, and yet it is not without some power from it’s combination of images and music. Read more

Son of Rambow (2007)

Son of Rambow, set in 1980’s England, tells the story of two young schoolboys making a home-video addition to the Rambo series. This promising theme gives rise to one of the most hilarious comedies in recent cinema, memorable not only for countless laugh-out-loud moments but also for its engaging and unexpectedly moving story. Read more

Mamma Mia (2008)

Mamma Mia is made for the sheer fun of it all. True, it is banking on the immense popularity of the stage musical, which I have seen and thoroughly enjoyed.  I am giving away no secrets here - the plot of “Mamma Mia! is flimsy at best. If you can call it a plot, that is. The basic premise - a young girl trying to find out who her real dad is on the eve of her wedding - is merely an excuse to string along a whole number of ABBA songs. It was so in the stage musical and it is the same in the movie. Read more

The Dark Knight - Batman (2008)

The Dark Knight is the latest instalment of the Batman saga, the second of Christopher Nolan’s masterful re-working of the comic book hero. Following on from the brooding darkness of Batman Begins, Nolan sets about recreating the gloomy underworld of Gotham, but this time it is more complex, more terrifying and somehow more believable. Read more

The Wackness (2008)

The Wackness - The movie grabs you from the start and doesn’t let up until it ends. Set in New York 1994 it is a story about a troubled drug dealer Luke Shapiro(played excellently by Josh Peck) who has struck a deal with his therapist Dr.Squires(Ben Kingsley in one of his best performances in many years) in which he will trade him weed in exchange for sessions. Along the way he falls for Dr.Squires’ step-daughter Stephanie(played by the extremely talented Olivia Thirlby).

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Hidden Depths - Grandmaster Flash, The Glimmers, The Unabombers, Richard Sen

Back for a second time around San Miguel Hidden Depths hit Manchester on 10^th July 08. This time it’s the turn of Belgian electro/ punk/ funk duo The Glimmers to curate. While also playing themselves, they pick a diverse line-up to entertain the crowd at Joshua Brooks. Read more

Appraisal joke for work

Robin, my assistant manager, can always be found

hard at work in his cubicle. Robin works independently, without

wasting company time talking to colleagues. Robin never Read more

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