Why Celebrities Annoy Me

This post is merely a recycled entry from my other blog. However, I feel like it is a lot more relevant on this blog, and also, it is still very relevant to my feelings on what still goes on in our celebrity feeled world. Enjoy. “A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized” I think that with the end of Celebrity Big Brother, it is only fitting that I address the world of celebrities, and explain exactly what is wrong with it. We all love gossip, and hearing rumors...

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New Facebook - A Step Too Far?

[If you enjoy this post, please check out my main blog for more updates and news on social media] Ever since Facebook launched its new design, there have been a number of complaints from its users. Of course, these are the same people that complain every time a change is made, yet they still stick with it. However, is their anger and frustration justified this time? After all, these weren't just minor tweaks to the layout, or a new look to the chat feature. Facebook has undergone a big makeover. A makeover that has once again made the experience...

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The Inbetweeners Movie Review

The Inbetweeners has been a huge success ever since it debuted on E4 bck in 2008. It captured not only its target teen audience but also a huge number of adult viewers. Thier was bound to be fear that The Inbetweeners would struggle to make the leap from tv show into full blown movie. In the past we have seen many great tv shows suffer 'tv special syndrome' where the attempt of a full length feature falls flat on its face. Luckily, this transition was pulled off with great success, and many will view it as a fitting end. While...

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Hanks Hints at a Toy Story 4

When interviewed by the BBC, voice of Woody - Tom Hanks has hinted that thier may be a 4th Toy Story in production. During an interview promoting his new film ';Larry Crowne' , Hanks was asked whether thier would be another sequel to the animation. He replied saying "I think there will be,", and further added that "They're working on it now". Would you want to see another Toy Story film? Or do you think it would be better to leave to leave the franchise with the great ending it was given in Toy Story 3? Meanwhile, early reviews suggest...

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Death of the Video Tape...How long until DVD's are next?

Well, it's safe to say RIP to the video tape. Over the year, video players have been disappearing across my university to make way for top quality DVD players. Let's face it, they've been dead for years now, nobody uses them anymore, at least not very often. Back home we still have a huge pile of video tapes of great films ranging from Disney classics like The Lion King and Jungle Book, to Eastenders videos and some wrestling ppvs. In a way they show a bit of our history and for people my age, they show our childhood. I remember the days before...

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Super Powers - Super Speed

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? Super Speed is one of those powers that often gets mentioned when discussing what abilities we would love to have. I guess because it creates a sense of...

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Super Powers - Healer

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? Being a 'Healer' is necessarily the most impressive super ability, but i'm sure it would be considered the most useful by a lot of people. Healing the most...

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World of Film - What's the deal 2011? Part 3

'Latest Upcomings' Amazingly, we've now entered May, and yet I have not been to the cinema once this year. I haven't really encountered any films so far that have made me desperate to see them. That doesn't mean that I haven't seen a trailer and though 'that looks pretty good'. Because I have. In fact there are a number of films coming out this year that I would like to watch, but (for the majority of them) I can easily wait until they're out on DVD or shown at my university cinema. There is nothing to drive any urgency so far. I mean last year...

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The Power of Twitter - Part 1

I recently made a post regarding Facebook, and a comment made that if it was a country, it would be the third biggest one in the world. And it got me thinking as too how it might work out if Facebook really did become a country. Well in this post i'm going to take a look at Twitter and question what sort of country it would form. Before I go into Twitter as a country,...

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Super Powers - Breathing Underwater

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? Positives Can't drown Nobody would like to drown obviously, and this wuld be the only way to garuntee it never happens. Explore the deep sea it would be...

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Cereal Killers

Gotta have my bowl, gotta have toys in cereal! Remember the days when you bought your box of cornflakes, or coco pops, or whatever it may be. And the big exitement was the toy inside, thats what everybody always wanted. I think the British were a lot different to Americans in how we gained 'the glorious prize'. Americans saw it as more of a prize 'that will choose its owner'. And therfore the prize belonged the whoevers bowl it fell into. Here in Britain we took a very selfi...different approach. It was simply first to open the box and dig out...

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Super Powers - Laser Vision

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? Laser vision is a bit of an odd one. It's not one that many people would claim to want when given the option to have a super power. But it is a power...

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The Power of Facebook - Part 1

Last month I asked my followers to tweet my some random facts. One that really caught my attention came from @TomCallan. He said that 'if Facebook was a country it would be the 3rd biggest in the world.' Now this really fascinated me. It's a lot of people. Lets put it into perspective. China has over 1.3 Billion people, making it the highest populated country in...

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Wierd World 1

The world is a wierd place. We're always talking about wanting to meet aliens, and trying to make new great discoveries. But thiers so many great things that happen around us that we know very little about, simply because it's not given that much coverage. In this series of blogs i'm going to just give you few bits of information that i thought were interesting, or just a bit odd. Some are odd stories that you may not know, others are just wierd world records that show some of the strange things in our world. Hand Amputations Some guy from New...

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Super Powers - Super Strength

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? Everybody wants to be a winner, particularly when it comes to fights. We all want to be the fastest, the smartest, and the strongest. Strength is what...

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World of Film - What's the deal 2011? -- Part 2

'Being Positive' In my previous blog you saw me rant and moan about 2011, and at the end of it I promised to be more positive and upbeat for the next one. Here we are - My attempt at being positive. Let's start with the fact that filming of 'The Hobbit' has finally got underway. There have been a lot of setbacks, and it has lead to a lot of people dubbing 'The Hobbit' as "cursed". But it's great to hear that it's now up and running. The lineup looks good, with a solid British cast. Even though part 1 of the film isn't expected...

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Twitter - Changes in Values

I'll admit it took me a little while to fully adjust to Twitter and truly understand what it was and how it should be used. However, now that Twitter has gone 'mainstream' with loads of media hungry celebrities and companies jumping on the bandwagon, I can't help but feel that some of the soul of Twitter has been snatched away. Twitter used to be about following people (usually complete strangers) that you find interesting. And through this you would form bonds and friendships that you otherwise never would. It was a chance to let out your...

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New Banner

Ok, so it doesn't look amazing, and it's not that big a deal. Just thought i'd post my smallest blog ever about it. Go me....

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The class system - How strong is it?

Me and my housemates had a discussion yesterday regarding the class system. We were wondering whether it is still going strong. Obviously, they aren't as clear as they were many years ago when you had chimney sweepers and 'gentlemen' walking around with top hats. But I feel there are still distinctions between those further up the ladder compared with the ones sitting at the bottom. Or are there? An exaple i'm going to use is shopping. You always see the richer(usually elderly) people entering into Marks and Spencers for thier knitted jumpers...

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Super Powers - Invisibility

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? From Harry Potter to Spongebob Sqaurepants, we've seen invisibility explored in many different ways and by many different people. I suppose invisibility...

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I Am Sam Review

This has become one of my all time favourite films. I admit thier are some flaws in the story and thier can be some confusion over who you should side with. But it's such a beautiful film and comes with a great message. (I'm starting to worry that i'm going to get get really soppy in this review). This film shows that when it comes to being a parent, nothing is more important than love. At the start of the film we are introduced to Sam(amazingly acted by Sean penn) who has the mental capacity of a 7 year old. We soon discover that he...

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Japan deserves our help

While the tragic events of the earthquakes and tsunami's still haunt the people in Japan, i can't help but feel we are currently seeing a slight crossing of charities with Red Nose Day now upon us. It will certainly be expected that we dig into our pockets and donate to both charities with each recieving quite a lot of coverage in the UK. This leads to the common problem of having so many charities that need our support. Who do you give your spare moneuy too? And with the struggling economic state of our country, it's become even harder to scrape...

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It's Friday! - We So Excited...?

I don't want you to base your judgement on what i've said in this blog. So if you haven't seen it yet, try and watch this music video. Friday by Rebecca Black. I'm sorry. WARNING - The following music video is both annoying and addictive! Surely everybody has now heard the horrific song by Rebecca Black. Now i'm not going to dedicate this whole blog to insulting her and critisizing her song. Now, dont get me wrong, i'd love to do that. But I can't help but feel that would be a pretty harsh thing to do. Particularly as the song has continued to...

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Evolution

This is a very different film to the ones i have reviewed recently, in the sense that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It's all about the great special effects and the cheap but enjoyable humour. It follows two college professors (played by David Duchovny and Orlando Jones). They go to investigate a meteor rash in arizona and soon discover it is evolving at a rapid pace. Soon the governments gets involved and makes sure the two scientists no longer have a chance to investigate these strange creatures. While some of the humour was a bit flat,...

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Return of the Gameshow blog - What gameshow would you go on?

I'm sure everybody's thought about going on a tv gameshow, it's just one of those things that wed love to experience, the adrenaline, the excitement, the potential. Of course, we never picture ourselves losing, only winning. Although, we quite often see people come crashing down, defeated on tv gameshows, but we don't really pay too much attention to it, our focus is placed on the winner. We've seen a lot of great gameshows pass us by - Bullseye, Catchphrase, Supermarket Sweep, Playour cards right, blankety blank and so many more. Once great...

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Super Powers - Flying Ability

In this series of blogs I will be observing the various super powers that we'd all love to have. I'll look at the pro's and cons and see what we all think we could do with the powers. These powers won't necessarily be needed to act as a super hero, they could simply be thier to make your life easier. At the end of the each blog i will give a verdict on these abilities - Super? or Stupid? This is a very common response when asked what sort of super power you would like to have. Who wouldn't want to fly? Travel to the shops with ease...

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K Pax Review

I've already expressed my love for Kevin Spacey, so you can guess that he's going to get another ego boost from me in this review of K Pax a film which again shows him to be such a convincing and diverse actor. This film follows a man who believes he is an alien from the planet K Pax and calling himself 'Prot'. Within 5 minutes of the film, he is placed in a home, believed to be insane. It is at this point that we are introduced to Dr Mark Powell who is portrayed by Jeff Bridges. Up to this point, i don't think i had really taken much notice of...

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The Social Network

I immensly enjoyed this film, it wasn't full of action, but it was certainly full of drama. The plot progressed so smoothly that i never found myself bored. The subtlety of the humour was charming in a way. The star of the show had to be Jesse Eisenberg who did a very good job in the lead role as Facebook founder Mark Zucerberg. Having seen him in Adventureland, i was very unimpressed and was hoping that he would perform better in The Social Network, and it was a pleasant surprise. His acting wa spot on and I found him to be a very enjoyable character....

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Skyline - An Awful Film

I don't know how many people have seen this, it had quite small promotion as far as i was concerned, the only time i noticed it was when it was briefly featured on the front page of Youtube. However, when i was told that this was the film that i'd be watching at the cinema for a friends birthday I made sure to watch the trailer(as i always do before seeing a film), and it really looked bad. When i told my friends that while we waited to buy our tickets, they were a bit critical of me, saying i shouldn't judge it so soon. However, once the film...

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The Man in the Iron Mask Review

A Dated Review I've just been watching this film. If i'm completely honest, i don't think i had even heard much about it until the case was handed to me during a discussion with housemates over what film to watch. What immediatly caught my attention was Leonardo Di Caprio (or Leando Decarro as one non-film watching housemate would call him), and of course anything with him in is generally a decent film. This film was promising double the Di Caprio(again who my housemate thought was just another actor that just looked very similar to him). It...

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Princess Mononoke Film Review

A Dated Film Review Princess Mononoke is an anime film, and as such, it is not a style that (other than shows like Pokemon) i have not really seen much of. However, it's a genre that interests me because of it's very creative storylines. I was recommended this film by a friend a few years ago, but just never got round to it. Finally, i did(obviously, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this now). It was a good film, the animation was stunning and kept me captivated throughout. The storyline is exactly what you expect from an anime. It was wierd,...

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The Life of David Gale Review

Spoiler free Kevin Spacey is my favourite actor. I don't need any time to think about it, the man brings such intensity and life to his roles that he can make any film a joy. So when i purchased 'The Life of David Gale' featuring him as the star, thier was no doubt that i would enjoy it. On the dvd, Empire are quoted as calling it an 'Exciting race against time...' Now, while i somewhat agree with this statement, during the film, the race only seems to be the final half an hour, and during a 2 hour film, thats not really a very long time. For...

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