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Category: Films

Posted on November 6, 2015November 5, 2015

The Martian Film Review

The MartianjpgWe all went to see The Martian and the local cinema this week so I decided to write a few words about it if you’re wondering whether to see it.  Spoiler-free review follows! Continue reading “The Martian Film Review”

Posted on July 31, 2015July 31, 2015

Pixar’s Inside Out Film Review

InsideOut1I took my daughter’s to see Pixar’s newest film at the weekend.  My (spoiler-free) thoughts are after the line. Continue reading “Pixar’s Inside Out Film Review”

Posted on May 1, 2015April 30, 2015

Avengers: Age of Ultron Review

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The family and I went to see Avengers: Age of Ultron at the weekend at the London IMAX.  Here’s some totally non-objective, fan-boyish thoughts.  It’s spoiler-free!

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Posted on January 19, 2015November 25, 2015

The Geek Lifecycle

I was thinking about how when I got into one thing as a child it often got me interested in something else.  So how to did I get from Lego bricks to System Design, PowerShell and Sci-Fi?

What we need, is a flow chart!  To the Bat-Publisher! (below the line).

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Posted on December 5, 2014

Interstellar Film Review

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Eldest Daughter and I went to see Interstellar at the weekend;  I’m a major Christopher Nolan fan-boy and I’d been looking forward to seeing this for ages.  Sci-Fi by the director of Inception, The Dark Knight and The Prestige?  Woohoo!  My daughter really liked The Dark Knight and Inception so I was keen take her too.

Thoughts below.

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Posted on August 9, 2014October 24, 2014

Birthday Awesomeness

Had a brilliant birthday celebration. As a renaissence man it ticked all the cultural boxes as you’d expect.

Continue reading “Birthday Awesomeness”

Posted on July 22, 2014

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The family and I went to go and see this at the weekend and it was brilliant fun.  Young sprog and I had re-watched the first one the night before and ratcheted up our excitement to fever-pitch and the sequel didn’t disappoint.  Here’s a few (spoiler-free) thoughts;

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