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I am a retired Helium steward covering movies in the entertainment channel, I find myself with little free time on my hands at present, but am more than happy to lend a hand where needed.

Without any training or previous experience I stumbled upon review writing

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Once: 1 of 8
Unbelievable to believe I guess but I'm always happy to entertain what are considered to be "modern musicals". Recent cinema release Once certainly falls under this category, it's not a conventional musical by any means, but it's the most featured part of this movie. Once is a baffling film in the sense that its neither good ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Cloverfield: 6 of 45
It all started with the big summer movie of 2007 was Transformers but unbeknown to anyone about to attend cinema screenings something bigger was on its way and that would be tested in the trailers that accompanied this blockbuster. Shot with video cameras Transformers audiences got to see a trailer showing a party in honor of... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Match Point: 1 of 7
Minor Tennis legend Chris Wilton arrives in London; with finances rather thin on the ground he quickly manages to find himself work as a tennis coach at Wimbledon. It's during this tutorage that Chris meets Tom. One day after a game of tennis the two share a drink and discuss a love of opera. Tom invites Chris to the opera th... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Turistas: 1 of 7
Ah Turistas! Or you might know it as Paradise Lost; however it's known it is certainly one of those movies that will stick in your head. Turistas was praised when nobody had heard of it, and as soon as that acclaim became big enough for the movie to be seen around the world, the world's response was one of hatred. In Brazil t... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Silent Hill: 1 of 7
Often video games are made off the backs of successful movies, Silent Hill is the reverse a movie made off the back of a successful video game. Silent Hill is possibly one of the most disturbing video games made of all time, its movie tie in proves to be equally as chilling.Prior to the beginning of the movie Rose and Christo... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: P2: 1 of 7
Metrodome Tartan's big UK release for 2008 is the simply, but unusually titled P2. Prepare to see the media vehicle that is P2 with 500 TV spots purchased, trailers in most major cinema releases during the first three months of 2008, and a whole horde of newspaper and internet ads. The key thing here of course is will P2 add ... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Your earliest memory: 46 of 310
My earliest memory is a strange one, well it's more like a series of memories linked together all from the same place in time.I remember a wet wintry day, and on this day I'm travelling down a hill, I know it's a hill because I'm slopped down slightly, as the journey continues I slide further down. All the time this most beau... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Grindhouse: 5 of 32
Amid a wave of controversy Quentin Tarentino and Robert Rodriguez released their movie Grindhouse to American audiences. This star studded spoof of 60's and 70's low budget movies (which became known as "Grindhouse" back in their popularity heyday) tries to replicate a popular genre of movie history. Two action packed movies ... More..
Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues The negative health effects of caffeine: 3 of 18
Caffeine has worked its way into our lives in many ways, into our drinks, our remedies, and sometimes our food. But it was not until this year that I realised just how serious the effects of Caffeine can be on our bodies.In the early 1990's on a night out I was stabbed in the head during a freak accident with a gang I had nev... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Epic Movie: 2 of 12
A year ago I was submitted to a pain that was so excruciating I felt that my life had been scarred to such an extreme that I might never recover, I was quick to put pen to paper so to speak and inform the world of this atrocity that had occurred in my relatively decent life. The terrible offence was the utter sh!tfest known a... More..