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Im a sports writer from England (mostly summer sports)and would like to write screenplays. At the moment cricket and athletics is all I have managed to tell the world about. Im here to say hi to America and demand another series of BakersfieLd PD!

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Blood Diamond: 1 of 34
There's nothing more irritating than an 'issues' movie that also tries to be a Hollywood blockbuster. These two bedfellows do not mix. The topic of the West African conflict diamond trade explored here is credible and worthy for a big budget movie, generating discussion on a nasty business, but once you cast it all wrong it l... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Most overrated movies of all time: 1 of 28
We have all been there before. The big or much talked about movie is in the local cinema or on the DVD player, only to be a big disappointment as the over-rated yawn grinds on and on and on as the evening falls flat.The film press and magazine reviewers have talked it up because everyone else has- freebies on offer from the p... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: 30 Days of Night: 1 of 24
The Lost Boys aint lost anymore..30 Days of Night is a great description for this film as there are few bright moments. I think it's fair to say that this used one of the oldest tricks in the book to get momentum and so lots of people went to see it-a cool trailer. The DVD dust-cover proclaimed it to be the 'best horror film ... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Best shows on television: 4 of 90
My top ten programs are the ones that I want to see come back and so able to be made with the principal characters who are still alive today. That would rule out Dads Army and Rising Damp etc. The cast must be ready and willing and probably not doing as much as they used to do after these show made them famous, the chance to ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Pursuit of Happyness: 2 of 33
Will Smith, more than any other actor working today, loves to take on roles where he is the movie, and on a screen for most of it. He is the type of charismatic star that can carry that off, turning average movies like Bad Boys and I-Robot into good movies. He does it to great effect in 'Ali' and is doing it again in 'I Am Le... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Stranger Than Fiction: 2 of 26
Losing the Plot!Guys (as in guys and girls), I think I might have the film for you. Yes you! I know you're fed up with all these patronizing Hollywood dramas, soppy chick flicks and dumbass shoot em ups. Well, this is a rarity from Tinsletown: a movie that treats the audience with intelligence. Now I have got your attention!A... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Hot Fuzz: 4 of 40
What's all the fuzz about?After the runaway comedy success of Shaun of the Dead, which saw comedians Nick Frost (he's the fat one more recently in the BBC2s enjoyable Hyperdrive) and Simon Pegg (alongside Frost in the cult C4 sitcom Space' fame) sending up and paying homage to the classic zombie horror genre of the grizzly se... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Perspective on class in modern society: 2 of 20
I look down on him because he's studying media studies. He looks up at me because he's wearing a replica shirt.You learn early in life that you are pretty much destined to do us your parents did unless you rebel at the right time. If you don't, and even if you do, you pretty much end up where they were at 40. I decided in my ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Flags of Our Fathers: 1 of 10
Saving Ryan's Privates.After Bush's racist invasion of Iraq on behalf of the Israeli and oil lobbies in Washington we forget just what a gallant and brave fighting force America once were in World War 11 .When I have been to American I have always paid my respects at the various war graves and memorials around the country and... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Host: 1 of 10
Reading out the cast list for Korean movies is like singing the Crazy Frog ring tone, all manner of ding bong dangs...! Watching their movies, on the other hand, is anything but banal. There's a new world opening up to western film fans from this part of the world right now and I have yet to see a duff movie coming out of it.... More..