Here’s a brief look over the year that was. Best Book Fun & Games – Duane Swierczynski I read this book within days of buying it. It helped I was on holiday, with a bit more time on my hands, but be damned if this thing didn’t rock my socks off. Swierczynski is a household [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2011 by ryan
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It is taking me some serious time but I’m catching up on The Wire – one episode at a time. I flew through the first season over 3 years ago and it’s taking me longer than your average bear. Guess that’s what happens when you spend most of your time playing family and writing. Justifying [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2011 by ryan
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I’m a little behind in the watching of plenty of tv shows but I asked for the 2 season Mad Men box set last Xmas and got it. Only now have I gotten around to finishing the first season. Mad Men struck me, initially, as a good show. The production value was high, the actors [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2010 by ryan
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Alright, I love this show, it’s true. I love it and I think it’s nigh on perfect but I’ll try not to be swayed by my bias when writing this review, I need to take the show on its merits, and there will be some suggestions for improvements made here. For those who don’t know, [...]
Posted on July 12th, 2010 by ryan
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As I’ve said previously, it’s been six years of my life. I was there at the start and a natural disaster wouldn’t even keep me from being there at the end. I sat down to watch the entire finale and these are my random thoughts on the whole shebang. And, now, with SPOILERS! I liked [...]
Posted on June 1st, 2010 by ryan
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It’s the end of the year and I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you’re gonna hear about them. Yes, I’m celebrating Festivus, as usual, and the feat of strength is to find a top entrant for each arbitrary aspect of the year I feel like grieving about. Well, what are we [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by ryan
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I’m not looking for the leads on this one, I’m talking background gold. I want the unsung heroes that nail every episode with a single look in a scene or one line between the constant flapping of the actual stars. These are the ones that make it worthwhile sticking around and watching every episode. These [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2009 by ryan
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I am an avid LOST fanatic. I have stated many times that it is the greatest show ever created, in my opinion. I even spent some time on the weekend drinking and arguing that point with my friends. LOST has absolutely everything I could ever want from a television show. It is the ultimate. But [...]
Posted on July 9th, 2009 by ryan
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I’ve been waiting for this series for months now. I didn’t realise there’d be a new episode each day, that’s pretty wicked. For those who don’t know, Ed Brubaker is the guy who currently writes Daredevil, and is doing a wickedly great job at it, he also writes Criminal, which is currently on hiatus for [...]
Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by ryan
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That title is a swipe from a line of Stephen King’s Hearts In Atlantis. He is referring to picking up the chicks that you don’t want to, if you get my drift. I, however, am referring to a multitude of sins. Writing, always first and foremost, I just felt like I was slopping the hogs [...]
Posted on January 22nd, 2009 by ryan
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