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The most famous film best known for the death of Heath Ledger since The Dark Knight.  If it had been any other film maker than Terry Gilliam, or any other film for that matter, this would most likely have meant either a re-casting or abandoning altogether.  As it is, the surreal nature of Parnassus lends itself pretty nicely to some guest appearances from Depp, Law & Farrell. Read more »

Based on the best-seller by Alice Siebold, The Lovely Bones is narrated by Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan), a teenager murdered by her neighbour in Pennsylvania, 1973.  Unable to move on until her killer is caught and her family are at peace, she remains trapped in the in-between world between life and death. Read more »

#5 - Therapy? - Infernal Love (1995)

The Thing



The fifth album released by the Irish alto-rock metallers, led by Andy Cairns, in 1995, the follow-up to their breakthrough Troublegum.  That's the one with the guy throwing up a bin or something.

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What are we?  Who are we?  As the general public, I mean.  I wasn't asking you reading this to individually tell me one-by-one; that would be too noisy.  It was a rhetorical question.   Read more »

I was born, I am led to believe, on April 21st 1976.  Less than a year later, the film Network was released.  Coincidence?  You decide.

OK, I'll decide for you.  It isn't.  But Network is probably the most influential and important film you've never heard of.  And yet, at the 1977 Academy Awards, it won 4 Oscars and was nominated for a further 6.

Howard Beale is the Trevor McDonald of his day, only white.  Fired from his job - the only thing in his life he can feel good about - he decides to kill himself on his last day, live on air.
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People often ask me, to whom or to what, do you owe your success?

Fresh fruit, and HATE, is my answer.

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Not only is Muni Waste frontman Tony Foresta suitably punk-as-fuck in his mega-touring crossover thrash pack but he's also gone and got all Floridian on us with total No Idea Rex worship in the form of his 'other band' No Friends. Summer is coming, it makes us wanna skate (actually, I value my bones so maybe not, but you get my drift), so this is a perfect band of the day. Sticking with the punk rock ethic the band have posted their new EP, 'Traditional Failures' for free download. Read more »

Excuse me while I be a bit sick. I'm so fucking excited about this tour. I've got a bit of hot love for the Swedes in Enforcer. You may have noticed from reading the mag or my blog that I've got a massive wide-on for men in spandex, especially if they sound exactly like Razor or Angel Witch, or even WASP and Warrant. So Portrait, Armour, Ram - I want your babies. But Enforcer - fuuuuuck, that's my bag and they're only bloody coming to the UK aren't they. Read more »