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Review: Shutter Island, Directed by Martin Scorsese (2010)

Gossip, Movies, Op Ed, Review // 27.02.2010

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Review: Shutter Island, Directed by Martin Scorsese (2010)

From the moment the curtain rolls back Scorsese sets the scene for the next two and half hours, it is dense, tense, dark and supposedly a bit scary.

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Australia Day Ride – 2010

Computing, Movies, Technology // 23.02.2010

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Australia Day Ride – 2010

Since 2006 a group of us have been hitting the road on the Australia Day weekend and enjoying three or four days of riding Australia’s high country.
This year the group expanded to 11 people, which dropped back to 10 on day one when poor old Robbie put his BMW K1200 over the side of a [...]

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Review – The Wolfman, Joe Johnston

Op Ed // 21.02.2010

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Review – The Wolfman, Joe Johnston

From the moment the credits completed and the actual film started I knew it.
The first sign of the beast kept me interested but still I knew it.
The lashings of blood splatter made me jump first time but I knew it.
This film lacks any real atmosphere. The look and feel is there, the stylised 1890s backdrop [...]

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How will the iPad fit into your digital life?

Communication, Computing, Machines, Op Ed, Review, Social Media, Technology // 30.01.2010

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How will the iPad fit into your digital life?

I was asked to write up my initial thoughts on the iPad on 27 Jan when it launched for my work blog, so rather than repeat anything here, please follow the link to the Telstra Exchange blog where you can read my opinions and have your say.
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Review: The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson

Movies, Op Ed, Review // 04.01.2010

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Review: The Lovely Bones, Peter Jackson

I heard great things about this movie but it just failed to light up the screen for me right from the get go.
I found it sitting on a fence and it never really got anything; scary, eventful, worrysome, nervous, trippy, stimulating or otherwise it just sat on the fence not really saying anything about the [...]

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Review: Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie

Movies, Op Ed, Review // 29.12.2009

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Review: Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie

The big struggle for top spot this year would have to be between Avatar and Sherlock Holmes, and what Guy Ritchie has done here probably won’t outrun Cameron for top billing but it sure will please fans of the action thriller genre and every Robert Downey Jr fan.
Now I must say that I am no [...]

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