In the tradition of this type of Christmas film as soon as I saw Matthew Broderick happily wander into the film, happy in his dull career and horrible house, I knew that he was in for trouble. Broderick clings to the edges of career obscurity playing an optometrist married to Charlotte from Sex and the City, which must be pretty confusing. They live in one of those giant plastic looking ...
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Christmas Movie Review: Jingle All The Way
Posted On Thursday, 29 Dec 2011 by shoutingatco.ws in Movies
This is a guest post from the Renford Rejects' fictional @Bruno_Di_Gradi
1996 then, eh? It’s difficult to believe that’s fifteen years ago, but it is. Where does the time go? Same place as my dad’s hair, I think. Anyway, in December 1996 I was ten years old, and I was very, very ...
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On the list of all-time worst screen ideas, up there with a proposed script for Jurassic Park 4 that saw the dinosaurs wielding guns, is the Star Wars Holiday Special. There has never been a more devastating example of something created from the title down, and I'm including Snakes on a Plane and Big ...
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Christmas Movie Review: Scrooged
Posted On Tuesday, 27 Dec 2011 by Peatree Bojangles in Movies
Scrooged (1988) Dir. Richard DonnerStarring Bill Murray.
Sorry, what? I have to write more than that? People need more reason than ‘Bill Murray’ to watch a film?! Bunch of dicks.
From the ...
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Happy Christmas
Posted On Sunday, 25 Dec 2011 by shoutingatco.ws in The World at Large
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The Week on the Telly: December 23 2011
Posted On Friday, 23 Dec 2011 by Hannah in The Week on the Telly
Extreme Christmas Lights, C4
Britain may be getting poorer, but it's certainly not getting darker. According to this Channel 4 documentary anyway, which poses the question, 'who will be the king ...
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Five films that make me laugh until I cry.
Posted On Thursday, 22 Dec 2011 by Peatree Bojangles in Movies
Comedy is very important to me, as I like to laugh. Yes, despite what you all may think, I am not a bitter old hag with dried up tear ducts ...
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Tool Academy Episode 8: The Final Tool Down!
Posted On Wednesday, 21 Dec 2011 by Hannah in Television
Well kids, it's been exciting, disturbing and sometimes touching. We've spent the last eight weeks laughing at their seemingly boundless stupidity and pitying their girlfriends. Now, however, one lucky Tool is going to be ...
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Best of the Daily Mail Caption Competitions
Posted On Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011 by shoutingatco.ws in The Media
For all the things that Daily Mail readers are known for - Goosestepping, irrational hatred and xenophobia - having a cracking sense of humour isn't one of them. So we ...
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The Daily Express: The World’s Greatest Newspaper
Posted On Monday, 19 Dec 2011 by shoutingatco.ws in The Media
This is a guest post from the brilliantly named @dailyexpresslol
The Daily Express prides itself on being the self proclaimed "World's Greatest Newspaper", with its motto clearly a self-parody.
Its front pages ...
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The Week on the Telly: December 16 2011
Posted On Friday, 16 Dec 2011 by Hannah in The Week on the Telly
My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas, C4
It is a truth universally acknowledged that you can never watch too many shots of a very young woman wrapped in 600 metres of tulle ...
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The X Factor 2011: The Actual Final Final
Posted On Thursday, 15 Dec 2011 by sel in Television
It’s the final Final! Two more hours of tedium and awfulness! Let’s do this!
There’s no dancing from Dermot but there is Tulisa wearing not only shoes she can’t walk in ...
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