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Richie Caldicott is occasionally referred to as Roachmiester C and is... no, that just sounds stupid. If I write this whole thing in the third person I'll just sound like an idiot.

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Entertainment > Movie Genres Best movies ever: 3 of 52

Bestowing the credit of "Best Movie Ever" on a singular movie is near impossible due to the fact that there not only many great movies to have been made in cinema's history of over a hundred years but also there are many genres of film and to choose a film of one genre above another film of another genre seems a little harsh...
Entertainment > Hollywood & Movie Industry Has Hollywood run out of ideas: 2 of 24

Some narrative theorists have argued that all stories fit into at least one of eight basic story types but that still doesn't excuse the continued film-by-numbers approach of modern Hollywood (and Pinewood and Bollywood) blockbusters. Though there are some great and very original writers and filmmakers in the motion picture ...
Society & Lifestyle > Racism Why is racism acceptable for some races?: 1 of 11

The issue of racism being seen as acceptable for certain races is indicative of a far larger problem; that of protected groups vs non-protected groups. The same societal way of thinking that considers making fun of a "cracker", "honky" or "white-bread" acceptable while considering similar references against blacks unacceptab...
Hobbies & Games > Role Playing & War Games Is Dungeons and Dragons really satanic?: 7 of 75

When the fantasy role-playing game (RPG) Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) was released in 1974, it really was unlike anything that had come before it. Not because of its finely tuned yet free-flowing style or its incredibly rational yet open combat system but because it was a game that was played predominantly by Satanists w...
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Battlestar Galactica: 4 of 27

I remember watching the original Battlestar Galactica as a child and even though I was too young to understand the complex ins and outs of the entertainment industry I was still savvy enough to view it as a cheap and camp copy of the Star Wars franchise. I might have found some of the episodes entertaining enough to warrant ...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Star Wars series: 1 of 5

To review Star Wars is a particularly daunting task for two major reasons. Firstly the Star Wars universe is incredibly vast with multitudes of characters, locations, species and cultures. Secondly there is an army of fans that know every intricacy of these characters, locations, species and cultures and who are not shy abou...
Religion & Spirituality > Atheism & Agnosticism Why are athiests so curious about religion: 4 of 17

An atheist, as opposed to an agnostic, is one who after studying the case for the existence of a God, Goddess, or groups of such has come to the conclusion that none exist. I am such a person and I as the title of this article suggests am still curious about religion. If I said that I knew everything there was to know about ...
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Band reviews: Nine Inch Nails: 3 of 12

Though Nine Inch Nails is a band, in that it has a drummer and a guitarist etc, the vast majority of creative musical and lyrical input currently comes from the group's front man Trent Reznor, however, the Nine Inch Nails debut album Pretty Hate Machine was almost exclusively written, performed, recorder and produced by Rezn...
Entertainment > Music (Other) Mosh pits: The pros and cons: 1 of 4

The mosh-pit is perhaps the last bastion of the human being's base animalistic nature. If ever you needed convincing that we are little more than animals with clothing then just watch a group of people thrashing themselves and everyone else in time to some truly cathartic music. Yes they're aggressive, yes they're dangerous ...
Entertainment > Characters & Performances Johnny Depp or Gene Wilder's version of Willy Wonka: 9 of 30

I first saw Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory when I was a small child and I therefore grew up with Gene Wilder's brilliant portrayal as the only point of reference (I hadn't read the book at that point but have since). Even now, as an adult, I find Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka to be brilliant and paradoxically both...