by | 12/12/2011 · 10:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – 50/50

By Adele MacGregor

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Inspired by a true story, 50/50 follows the painful journey of a 27 year old man who discovers he has a rare form of cancer, leaving him with a 50/50 chance of recovery. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) plays Adam, a good law abiding citizen working at a Seattle radio station with his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogan, Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin), living an ordinary existence until a doctor’s appointment turns his whole life upside down. Almost overnight Adam’s life becomes consumed by the alien world of hospital appointments, chemo and therapy sessions.

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by | 09/12/2011 · 2:20 pm

FILM REVIEW – The Three Colours Trilogy (Blu-ray)

By Marty Mulrooney

The Three Colours Trilogy (Blu-ray)

The Three Colours Trilogy is the collective title of three multi award-winning films – two made in French, one made primarily in Polish – directed by Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski. Available for the first time in the UK on Blu-ray, the films – co-written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz – explore the French Revolutionary ideals of freedom (Bleu), equality (Blanc) and brotherhood (Rouge).

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by | 08/12/2011 · 8:35 pm

GAME REVIEW – To The Moon (PC)

By Marty Mulrooney

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To The Moon is an indie RPG/adventure game created by Freebird Games. Set at an unspecified point in the near future, the player controls two doctors – Dr. Eva Rosalene and Dr. Neil Watts – whose job it is to traverse through the memories of dying clients and fulfil their final requests. Their latest assignment: rewrite the memory of an elderly man named Johnny before he draws his final breath. His last wish: to go to the moon…

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by | 07/12/2011 · 9:30 pm

BOOK REVIEW – The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

By Marty Mulrooney

The Midnight Palace

The Midnight Palace is a novel written for young adults by Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Originally published in 1994 as El Palacio de la Medianoche, this new edition from Orion books – available both as a young adult edition and in a collector’s adult edition – has been faithfully translated into English by Lucia Graves. It is May 1916 and an exhausted man is being pursued through the dark streets of Calcutta, sheltering two newborn babies beneath his jacket…

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