DVD: Up In The Air
‘Tis the season to be Clooney. For all the reasons to love this talented actor, the charm, charisma, impeccable delivery, completely shaggable good looks; it’s his ability to take on fascinating roles in a variety of films that sets him apart. Up in the Air is a small film with a very simple plot, but Clooney gives it life. He plays Rya...
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DVD: A Serious Man
How can the Coen brothers follow up No Country for Old Men and Burn After Reading with this yawn-fest? Apparently it’s a black comedy, but it really isn’t that dark, and I don’t recall laughing even once. The best scene in the film occurs when the protagonist Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), stands on his roof and perves at h...
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DVD | The Wire: Season 5
This is god damn serious: The Wire is 
the best television show ever created. You like The Sopranos? This is better. You like Lost? This blows it out of the water. 
I could go on for decades, but before you lose interest in reading, let me reiterate: The Wire kicks the arse of anything you’ve ever seen. Call in sick tomorrow and marathon ...
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DVD | The Limits of Control
I waited for what felt like forever for this film to finally be released at the cinema. 
Was it worth it? Hells yeah it was worth it. It’s Jim-freakin-Jarmusch! Not many people can make a film about pretty much nothing, roll the credits without actually explaining anything and still produce a great flick reeking of über-cool. That&rsqu...
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DVD | Boston Legal: Complete Season
This courtroom drama is the epitome of everything that’s wrong with television. For starters, it switches from humour to serious drama far too quickly and too often. Most of the characters are completely fantastic, not to mention unbelievable. Plus, the storylines are generally pretty far-fetched and designed purely to sucker you in emotional...
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Mobile Macro Magic - how to hone your phone!
Ever wanted to take crazy closeup shots of cool random stuff in your day to day existance, but keep getting blurry bollocks because you left your high-end digital imaging system at home and all you have is the crappy camera on your consumer whore of a phone? Well just when you thought there wasn't much else you could do to your mofo of a blinged-...
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DVD | South Park: Season 12
After watching season 12 of South Park, you will need to pause for a moment to take in all the new worldly knowledge it packs in to each episode. For example, did you know that AIDS can be cured by injecting Magic Johnson’s cash directly into your bloodstream? And that driving female pop stars to commit suicide ensures a good corn harves...
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DVD | Dexter: Season 3
If you managed to catch the first season of Dexter on late night Channel Ten sometime last year, you have probably already discovered that Australia is two seasons behind. (Thus inspiring you to imitate everyone’s fave serial killer, and slice some free-to-air TV execs into pieces – and hopefully not stashing their remains in the Torren...
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DVD | Gran Torino
I really think that one of the best things you can say about a movie is: Shucks. That was real nice. Well, maybe without the 1850s prospector slang – but you get my drift. Not every movie can redefine cinema and the universe and everything in it (hat-tip to Mr Stanley Kubrick), so being solidly nice is a vastly underrated quality in filmmakin...
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DVD | The Reader
When a film this pointlessly boring comes along, normally frequent nudity and sex can continue to achieve viewer interest. The Reader has broken new ground my friends, it has managed to not only do the opposite, but also haunt me with constant nausea each time the scenes flash through my mind. A naked nineteen year old German boy reading novels to ...
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