By Marty Mulrooney
It cut to black. This sprawling, modern day mafia epic was over. But just why was The Sopranos so successful?
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ALTERNATIVE MUSINGS – Where It All Began: Alternative Magazine, 2009
By Marty Mulrooney
A little bit of trivia for AMO’s readers: it all began as a project for my BA Degree in Media and Film, specialising in Print Journalism and Advanced Screenwriting. That’s right, Alternative Magazine began as an actual physical, printed magazine. Previously only seen by friends and family (and the moderators, who gave it a splendid mark I might add!), you too can now finally see how it all started…
Filed under Alternative Musings, Film, Television
ALTERNATIVE MUSINGS – Alternative Magazine Online: 2009 Roundup/Awards
By Marty Mulrooney
With 2010 now upon us whether we like it or not, I realised that it would probably be a good idea to look back at what made 2009 such a special year. Sure, it saw the birth of AMO, but where would we have been in the first place without so many great games, books and films to review? I can’t claim to have seen everything out there worth seeing last year, but I tried my best during the course of running this site to pour over as much cool stuff as possible. I would therefore be delighted to share the cream of the crop with you based on my foray into the world of online journalism during 2009. Read on!
Filed under Alternative Musings, Books, Film, Games, Music, Television
TV REVIEW – A Nero Wolfe Mystery (A&E)
By Stewie Sutherland
With Sherlock Holmes taking over the big screen, I decided to re-watch one of my favourite shows that first got me into mysteries. If Holmes and Watson were the classical-persons detectives, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin were the more modern representations. Well, to a degree. Set 80 years ago, A Nero Wolfe Mystery was a short run (2 series only) show of the famous detectives created by Rex Stout.
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