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by Martin Mulrooney | 12/05/2011 · 5:45 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Plugged by Eoin Colfer

By Marty Mulrooney

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Plugged marks a major departure in both subject matter and tone for author Eoin Colfer. Known mostly for his bestselling Artemis Fowl series of children’s books, here Colfer turns his gaze towards a strictly adult audience. Plugged is the story of Daniel McEvoy (Dan to his friends), an Irishman in New Jersey who works as a bouncer at a seedy strip club. When one of the club’s hostesses is murdered, a bizarre chain of events is set into motion that sees Dan stepping outside the law into a world of crime, deception, violence… and black-market hair transplant ops.

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BOOK REVIEW – Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart)

By Stewart Sutherland

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It used to be that outside of simple joke books, comedy was a medium reserved for TV and radio. A fickle industry, it requires timing, shamelessness and that unique grain of truth to make it believable. To capture these elements and print them in a book is no easy task, but in 2004, the writers and talent of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart added their entry with the successful mock-encyclopaedia America (the Book): A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction. A satirical telling of America’s founding, structuring and possible futures, it stands to reason the best way to top that would be to cover everything else in the next book: Earth (The Book): A Visitor’s Guide to the Human Race.

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FILM REVIEW – Hanna

By Marty Mulrooney

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Hanna is a European action thriller directed by Joe Wright (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement), starring Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, The Lovely Bones), Eric Bana (Chopper, Hulk) and Cate Blanchett (The Lord Of The Rings, Babel). It tells the story of a 16-year-old-girl named Hanna (Ronan), a killer trained from birth by her father (Bana), who is released into the real world after years of living isolated in the snowy wilderness of Finland. Her mission: to find and kill corrupt CIA agent Marissa Wiegler (Blanchett).

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by Martin Mulrooney | 09/05/2011 · 9:00 pm

Mini Interview – Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 4: Double Visions (What Does AJ LoCascio Think?)

By Marty Mulrooney

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He’s back! Following on from our recent review of Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 4: Double Visions, AMO is proud to present our fourth exclusive monthly mini interview with Marty McFly voice actor AJ LoCascio!

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