McDonald’s Monopoly

April 11, 2012

In a world of marketing and advertising there are very few things that actually pull me in, but one thing that never seems to fail is McDonald’s monopoly.  Something of a lottery for unhealthy eaters, you basically get a sticker (or two or three) on most McDonald’s food products.  The stickers are the collectable game [...]

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Greatest Lyrics Ever – Fast Car by Tracy Chapman

April 11, 2012

There are two songs in the world that bring a tear to my eye.  One I posted a while back, which is ‘Yesterday’ by The Beatles.  The other is this.  It is literally one of the most beautiful and heartbroken songs ever written.  Before leaving for Australia I was going to post the last line [...]

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The Walking Dead – Comics versus TV

April 11, 2012

Fads have come and gone but something his remained pretty constant for a few decades now – zombies.   Not quite as historic as vampires or werewolves, but like the former two have origins in superstition and religious belief, and complete something of an unholy trinity in the fantasy world. A much delayed blog on the [...]

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Excuses

April 10, 2012

Something I wrote back in November, still valid today at the end of March/beginning of April 2012, which just goes to show how lame I’ve been at updating this.  Apologies to anyone that cares.  I’ve edited my own blog in italics..  However, suffice to say, I am in a much better place now than I [...]

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Moving Home, a.k.a Living With Parents

January 18, 2012

This is an elongated version of an article I submitted to Ideas Tap for a columnist application.  Sadly due to website issues (on their part) they didn’t accept the application, despite the fact I submitted it before the deadline.  Which makes a hat-trick of rejections from applications with them.  Oh well, it makes an alright [...]

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Ghostbusters 3

January 7, 2012

One of my favourite movies of all time is Ghostbusters, and I am one of the few fans who actually prefer the sequel (along with my mate Chris).  I remember being a kid and being jealous of my friends who had Ghostbusters merchandise.  My dad went through a weird religious phase for a while and [...]

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Grumpy Old Man letter to The Metro

December 9, 2011

One thing I love about London is the free newspapers – The Metro and The Evening Standard, both of which I believe possess a high quality of journalism, are easy to read, and (I believe) are not owned by Rupert Murdoch. However, like with most papers, you always get some grumpy old git writing in [...]

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Return of the Planet of the Apes

December 9, 2011

Many years ago I was at Center Parcs with a friend, and for whatever reason we stayed in one day, all day, watching a Planet of the Apes marathon.   By the end of the day I think we’d watched the 5 Apes films and seen more of Roddy McDowall then his own family probably did [...]

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Most disturbing moments in (non-horror) films

December 1, 2011

An article I wrote for Empire film magazine last month during my work experience, which has not been published to date (and is unlikely to be).  I did email the editor who okayed the article asking for feedback on it, and got no reply, so figured I might as well publish it on here.. Two [...]

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The best and worst Halloween movies

October 31, 2011

To some people it’s sinister, to some it’s just a bit of fun, to some it’s a genuine holiday with a history.  Much like Valentine’s Day or even Christmas people either love it, or hate it for various reasons, usually commercialism. Personally, I love it, and actually wish it would become bigger.  While I don’t [...]

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