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Sunday 28 February 2010

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Wanna laugh and feel uncomfortable at the same time? Don't mention it.

One-Shot (27/02/10)

Sorry about the delay. What? You didn't think I'd pass up the chance to report on Ireland's victory over England yesterday just because I wasn't in, did you?

Come on Ireland!

Friday 26 February 2010

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March's Empire magazine contains a feature on actors undeserving of Oscar denial. It lists Zach Galifianakis (for The Hangover) and Peter Capaldi (for In The Loop) amongst these names. This is the reason why I consider not getting the magazine anymore and why I continue to read it, respectively.

Thursday 25 February 2010

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Today sees the release of another trailer for A Nightmare On Elm Street, the film that looks set to bridge the gap between good remakes like Evil Dead/Evil Dead II and Gus Van Sant's Psycho.

The good news is that it's a big step up on the truly woeful first trailer (which I'm deliberately not linking to.) It does a much better job of building a suitably menacing atmosphere and masking the amount of overly-familiar moments it seems to have to the original (bath bother, unwanted levitation.)

The "micronaps" guy has a serious, most likely intentional, hint of the Pattinson's about him. I'm not feeling Haley's voice at all. The "no, just me" was so Rorschach it sucked me right out of it. This was even worse than usual, as I was really enjoying it up 'til then. That kind of gruffness worked for that character, but it just seems really overblown for this sort of role. Too "scary badman" by far.

One-Shot (25/02/10)

You can't get it on iTunes. You can't get it from the PlayStation Store. Either they really want me to fork out for the BD/DVD or they're trying to drum the obvious into me.

I'm talking about Halloween 2, of course.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

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You have more chance of successfully defending Hitler, Stalin, and Gordon Brown combined online than you do with Kevin Smith.

One-Shot (23/02/10)

Sorry I'm late. I was so busy co-ordinating with Chris to bring you the second Back-Talk special, Josh-Talk: The Metro Station Question, that I temporarily forgot to blog. I hope this mammoth podcast that ranges from political to personal matters and back again (by way of unsolicited homosexual advances) goes some way to atoning for the wait.

Monday 22 February 2010

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Today's announcement that Mark Strong, Lord Boreington in this winter's Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Missing Interest, has joined the cast of the highly anticipated Green Lantern is not good news. Not even for people who like bad news.

No, that's not a Modest Mouse reference I tried to shoehorn in. Not that I don't admire some of their work. I just don't Gett Off on wedging references to music I like into posts.

Anyway, Green Lantern - good. Mark Snore.

Sunday 21 February 2010

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Biffy Clyro aren't cool, apparently. If you start a thread about them in a forum's music section there's an excellent chance of tumbleweeds. That doesn't mean they don't have a few fistfuls of great songs, though.

Thursday 18 February 2010

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Everyone too busy Tweeting fat jokes over the last week should take an hour and a half to listen to SModcast #106. Not that it'll make a button of difference for most of them anyway.

Wednesday 17 February 2010

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Jack Whitehall sucks. If Andy Parsons and Topman had a baby, essentially.

Tuesday 16 February 2010

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The President's Neck Is Missing: Team Back-Talk assembles to solve a particularly alarming mystery.

Monday 15 February 2010

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Back-Talk, this blog's podcast, will be releasing a series of specials, in addition to regular episodes, from here on out. The first of these, a Valentine's Day Special, was recorded yesterday.

Back-Talk presents...

Love-Talk: Potato Trackstar

Listeners unaccustomed to candid pedophile, rape, and serial-killer discussion are advised to consume this podcast with extreme caution.

Sunday 14 February 2010

One-Shot (14/02/10)

9 hour shift on Valentine's Day. Sought out Halloween II (2009) on break. Questioned sanity (alone.)

Saturday 13 February 2010

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While others are talking about their proposed weekend plans, I am thinking about how best to acquire Halloween II. Not the original, nurse-scalding, Pleasence-sporting Halloween II... Rob Zombie's Halloween II.

What happened to me?

Friday 12 February 2010

One-Shot (12/02/10)

This week's Question Time came from Belfast, home to myself and many other disgruntled citizens. Something else we're known for - sarcasm - is in bountiful evidence during the show. Witness the open hostility between Jim Allister and Gerry Kelly, culminating in the latter's deployment of the phrase "political dinoasur."

Get your laugh on right here.

Thursday 11 February 2010

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On recent evidence, I'd be entitled to say "this blog is in danger of becoming a podcast blog." I won't, though, because this is far from a bad thing.

Wednesday 10 February 2010

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EdHocken's eponymous podcast demands your ears. Here resides Episode 2.

Tuesday 9 February 2010

Monday 8 February 2010

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The first of the SModcasts I mentioned yesterday, "Alpha Male & Beta Boy", is great. "Better to reign in the sex dungeon..." is one of my all-time favourite unfinished sentences.

Sunday 7 February 2010

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I can easily gauge how busy I am. There are now two SModcasts I haven't listened to yet.

Saturday 6 February 2010

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We simply don't live in a world where I don't link to an Ireland victory.

Friday 5 February 2010

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If there's a game out there (any game... ever) that doesn't have an online option marred by the cheapest of cheap players, I'm yet to play it. Latest offender: FIFA 10.

Thursday 4 February 2010

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This blog has a podcast, in case you've managed to miss that. It's called Back-Talk and two new episodes were released yesterday. They can both be found here.

A good friend of and contributor to Back-Talk, Ed Hocken, now has his own podcast. The Ed Hocken Show's great first episode can be found here.

Wednesday 3 February 2010

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Sometimes it's better not to finish a movie (Jason X.) Others, it most definitely is. Don't let the boring opening fool you; All The Boys Love Mandy Lane belongs in the latter camp.

Tuesday 2 February 2010

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New SModcast layout, how I love thee. In case there's any doubt left, I consider promoting a new SMod in much the same way as I might "pimping" a friend's play or Girl Scout cookie drive. The more folks to listen to and fall in love with this show the better.

Monday 1 February 2010

One-Shot (01/02/10: B)

Like any right-minded individual, I saw the word "Ghost" and automatically expected Ghost Rider 2: I Still Got One Last Ride In Me info. However, the article I found in its stead didn't prove too bad after all. The idea of Brosnan as a movie ex-Prime Minister just works and Kim Cattrall further cements her cougar credentials.

One-Shot (01/02/10: A)

Idlewild's 100 Broken Windows has aged rather well. It also reminded me that sometimes it's best never to see a video. It's not bad, just nothing special.