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March 28th, 2009

Requiem for the Nearly Departed

I watched the Late Late Show last night. Well – you never know what strange or startling things you might miss? At the end of the first segment, which was so boring, I can’t even remember what it was about, Plank gave one of his witty little teasers – ‘I have something to tell you [...]

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March 19th, 2009

Clean up television

I have a simple plan to clean up the standard of programmes on television. Ban any program that in any way promotes the use of a mobile phone or any other kind of phone in. Just think – no more of those cheap and tacky ‘celebrity knockout’ type programmes?  No more eejits dancing on ice [...]

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March 14th, 2009

My first ever reviews

I’m not one usually for commenting on films, as by and large, most modern films do nothing for me. In the last couple of weeks however, I have seen two films which impressed me. The first film was one Herself wanted to see - “Lars and the Real Girl”. I wasn’t particularly anxious to see it, as [...]

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March 12th, 2009

What culture?

Writing for Culch.ie should be interesting. Why? Well, for a start, I have never been to the movies or even seen a movie. I have been to the cinema a lot and have seen thousands of films, but that’s a different story. Nowadays, I don’t go to the cinema much, if at all.  I tend [...]

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