Lee on May 30th, 2009

Seems Natalie Portman is set to star in another film shot here in Northern Ireland. This isn’t long after the announcement that George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire HBO Series is to be shot here too. It’s great to see the Movie and TV market heating up here, and [...]

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Seems that the TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones is to be shot here in Northern Ireland, during the third quarter of the year. The books are amazing, and this could easily be up there with LOTR, so that’s very cool. Bit worried that Tom McCarthy is directing [...]

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Lee on April 5th, 2009

I saw Knowing the other day, and thought it worth posting a review, to save people endless pain.
Given the big budget and big names, I feel entirely justified in calling this the worst movie ever, relatively speaking.
Where can I start? Well, the beginning of the movie is slow and childish. It literally felt like watching [...]

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Lee on March 22nd, 2009

Seems ABC have approved the pilot for a remake of ‘V’ (a great 1980’s sci-fi mini-series, for those who don’t know). I watched it again a year or so back, and it actually held up pretty well.
So… in the tradition of remakes, this could either be a great update of a classic, adding more [...]

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Lee on March 17th, 2009

The UK Intellectual Property Organisation (being one of those governmental organisations which I’m ashamed to have associated with my country), is conducting a so-called consultation on the future of IP, and the forming of a new so-called Digital Rights Agency. This seems to be a further step based on Digital Britain Report.
What they seem [...]

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