by | 25/01/2011 · 11:00 am

FILM REVIEW – Soul Men

By Marty Mulrooney

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Soul Men is a 2008 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. Louis (Jackson) and Floyd (Mac) play two former backup soul singers who have not spoken to each other in over 20 years. When their former band member and lead singer Marcus Hooks (John Legend) dies, the pair reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to attend a reunion concert in honour of his death. Soul Men was recently released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK.

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by | 24/01/2011 · 3:30 pm

DVD REVIEW – The Ricky Gervais Show (HBO, Channel 4)

By Stewart Sutherland 

What do you get when you take a comedian, an BAFTA Award-winning writer and an uneducated radio producer and put them in a small room with a set of microphones? The answer is the most downloaded podcast ever recorded. Over two hundred thousand people have tuned in to hear Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington gather for “pointless conversations” about everything from religion, travel, reproduction, charity and monkeys. After debuting on HBO and Channel 4 in 2010, the animated version of their first ground-breaking series, The Ricky Gervais Show, is now available on DVD.

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by | 20/01/2011 · 5:00 pm

FILM REVIEW – 127 Hours

By Marty Mulrooney

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127 Hours directed by Danny Boyle tells the extraordinary true-life story of Aran Ralston, a mountain climber who became trapped by a boulder in Robbers Roost, Utah, for more more than five days in 2003. James Franco stars as Aran in a performance that can only be described as a force of nature.

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by | 14/01/2011 · 12:00 pm

Alternative Magazine Online: The Best of 2010 Awards

By Marty Mulrooney

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Following the success of last year’s 2009 AMO awards, it only seemed fair to make them an annual tradition. This year, things are a little different: we’ve expanded our award categories to encompass a wider range of great products from the past year. So, without further ado, here are AMO’s top picks of the best films, games, books, graphic novels and music CD’s of 2010!

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