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About Martin Mulrooney

I am a professional writer and editor from the UK. I graduated with a B.A. (Hons) degree in Media and Film in 2009, specialising in Print Journalism and Advanced Screenwriting. I created Alternative Magazine Online soon after.

GAME REVIEW – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (PlayStation 3)

By Marty Mulrooney

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The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a video game based on the film of the same name (reviewed here), developed by Ubisoft Montpellier and published by Ubisoft. Tintin and Snowy must team up with Captain Haddock as they travel the world in search of the secret of the Unicorn, in a loose retelling of the film.

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FILM REVIEW – One Life (DVD)

By Marty Mulrooney

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One Life is a major feature length production from BBC Earth Films, narrated by actor Daniel Craig and directed by Michael Gunton and Martha Holmes from the BBC Natural History Unit. More than four years in the making and put together from over 10,000 hours of incredible animal footage, the film has been created for a family audience and reveals the universal bonds that connect all living creatures on our planet.

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BOOK REVIEW – Gig Posters Volume 2 by Clay Hayes of GigPosters.com

By Marty Mulrooney

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Gig Posters Volume 2 features 700 incredible posters from the archives of GigPosters.com, the Internet’s premier destination for rock-show poster art of the 21st century. It also includes 101 perforated and ready-to-frame posters promoting such acts as The Black Keys, Flight of the Conchords, Ice-T, Norah Jones, Queens of the Stone Age, Wilco, and many, many more.

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BOOK REVIEW – Allison Hewitt Is Trapped by Madeleine Roux

By Marty Mulrooney

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Allison Hewitt Is Trapped is the debut novel from Madeleine Roux, which originally appeared online as an experimental fiction blog (and can still be found at http://helptheyarecoming.wordpress.com). It tells the story of Allison Hewitt, who finds herself trapped along with her co-workers at a Brookes & Peabody bookstore when a zombie apocalypse breaks out. Working together, they must survive attacks from both the undead and their fellow human survivors, finding their place in a dark new world…

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