The Social Network– The Rise Of Facebook

I was intrigued by The Social Network. There had been a lot of media attention around the film which is based on the creation of the social networking site, Facebook. I was aware that Mark Zuckerberg had created the ever popular website but was unaware of the circumstances it was created in and the amount [...]

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The Time Traveller’s Wife – Novel And Film

  I do love a good book. Unfortunately i rarely have the time to indulge in a good novel and for years i hated even the thought of sitting down and reading, probably due to the fact that it was forced on me for two years of A-Level English. Despite a lack of time and [...]

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Lady GaGa – The Fame Monster

A self confessed exhibitionist, Lady Gaga is always in the newspapers whether is be for her outrageous outfits, amazing shows or her crazy behaviour. She has pretty much taken the world by storm with her debut single reaching number one in around 6 different countries and charting in over 20 different charts across the world. [...]

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Breathless

Breathless is a film centred around two main characters. These are Sang Hoon and  Youn Hee who both lead difficult and complex lives. Sang Hoon works as a debt collector. If the people cannot afford to pay the money back, he violently attacks them until they are left unconscious. Throughout the film it becomes clear [...]

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Shinjuku Incident

The Shinjuku Incident, a film directed and co-written by Tung-Shing Yee, is a powerful story about the problems faced by both illegally working Chinese emitrants in Japan and the Japanease authorities trying to stop the Chinease emigrants entering the country. The star of the film, Jackie Chan, is well known across the globe for his [...]

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Wordshaker – The Saturdays

The Saturdays are a five piece girl band who formed in 2007.  The band consists of  Una Healy, Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman and Vanessa White. Their first album, ‘Chasing Lights’ went platinum and produced 6 top 10 hits. After supporting Girls Aloud on their ‘Tangled Up’ tour and Take That for a couple of dates [...]

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BBC Introducing…Beds, Herts and Bucks Christmas Party – 11.12.2009

They say it’s the season to be jolly and one thing that did make me jolly over the Christmas period was knowing that i would be able to hear some live music from some of the best emerging talent from the Three Counties. This was the BBC Introducing…Beds, Herts and Bucks Christmas Party held at Esquires [...]

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‘Hello Wembley!’

You may know him as the highly successful comedian whose  DVD was the biggest selling debut ever. And now Micheal McIntyre is back! After recently completing a massive tour which sold out 54 shows and was seen by 500,000, McIntyre has just released his new DVD of the tour. Sadie Harrison, 18,  Bedfordshire, went to [...]

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“Kakera – A Piece Of Our Life” – A Review

Before going in to watch the latest instalment of the Coventry University East Asian Film Society, i decided to do some research to see if i was actually going to enjoy this film, if it was going to be gory, or if it was going to bore me. After finding it difficult to find any [...]

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