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2011: A Year in Movies (Part 1 of 3)

At the beginning of the year we ran through a list of films we were looking forward to in 2011. If you fancy it, you can read it here and here. Well, it turns out some of them weren't that great, it turns out some of them were, and it turns out I haven't even seen some of them. Sorry, it's hard to get in all these 'real' movies in between Zombie Nun Hedge-Trimmer Massacre and Revenge of the Mega OctoDog - give me some slack. Let's go through the list and see what went down: The Beaver - Well, good start ...

M & Ms – Mylo and Madeon: A Review

Last week we waxed our teef off about the new kid on the dance scene - Madeon. We also mentioned the old veteran, Mylo. They played at the same night last Friday, and we went to see them. But who was better? There's only one way to find out... FFFAAAAARRRTTT!! FIIIIIIGGGHHTT!!! We'd spent all evening beforehand listening almost solely to Madeon and Mylo, and we'd come to the general consensus that both were as good as each other (although Madeon might have had a slight edge because HE'S ONLY SODDING 17). I was ready for a battle of epic proportions. So I downed ...

Xmas Radio suggestions?

We've been listening to WE7.com Radio a lot this week. They have a Xmas Radio Station which - apart from the one by Christina Aguilera - makes a brilliant change from the Phil Spector or Hanson Christmas albums that e previously had on repeat. Try it here WE7.com has free, personalised radio stations. You put in a genre/band or song title and they come up with a station just for you. We've been enjoying "disco", which has brought to our attention the dance remix of Olivia Newton-John's Xanadu. Not sure if it's the seasonal rum and mulled wine which has helped with liking this ...

Soho Cabaret Nights at Floridita

January can be an unforgiving month. One easy way to cheer yourself up is at Cabaret Floridita, 100 Wardour St, on a Wednesday. You can wander in for a cocktail and watch what's going on up on the stage, or stop and have dinner. The Havana-influenced venue has seen some of the greatest Latino musicians in the world play there. We went to see legendary pianist Chucho Valdes, and there's always a calendar of live acts to enjoy. We are delighted that Floridita are sponsoring a prize at the Popbitch Pop Quiz, being near neighbours of us at The Player. This ...

BBC Sports Personality shortlist is rubbish

No disrespect to Mark Cavendish, Rory McIlroy et al, but this year in sport belonged to another star. Genre-defining superstars don't come along often. Tiger Woods... Muhammed Ali... Ayrton Senna - just occasionally you get a superstar who just seems to do things differently - better - than the others in their sport. 2011 belonged to Frankel. We barely know one end of a horse to another, but just watch him run, watch his stride. It's so good, so perfect, it's almost as if you are watching a cartoon horse. You just don't get tens of thousands of people queuing to just ...

What has Example been up to?

Kickstarts was probably popbitch's tune of 2010. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk91Dvhjg6I A year later, we sent two junior reports (aged 14 and 15) to see Example's gig at Plymouth Pavillions and report back. This is what we learned: * It was brilliant * There was a rap duo on when they first got in, who were good * But not as good as the next support act, Fenech Soler, who were much louder and dancier than their records * Then a DJ came on. Everyone was going mental in the crowd. Especially when he played Daft Punk's One More Time * The crowd went mental when he opened with Last ...