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Looper

Movie Review | Ali | 10th September 2012

I saw Looper on Friday last week, and rather than frantically post a knee-jerk reaction review as soon as possible, I thought I'd attempt something a bit different. I loved it and immediately wanted to froth about how it was the best sci-fi of the year and a genre classic in the making, but these sort of labels can only be correctly applied with time. Thus, I'm posting this feature with a blank space, in which my future self – 30 years into the future, as in the film – can write his considered opinion, discussing the longevity of Looper and whether it stood the test of time. Hopefully by 2042 time travel will have been invented and the Ali Gray in 30 years will be able to send back his review, giving us a unique insight into how Rian Johnson's film held up. Fingers crossed it works!

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DVD weekly: Covert Affairs – season one

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 22nd June 2012

Covert Affairs: like a cross between 24 and 90210. Wait a second ... multiply one by the other and you get 2,165,040. Somewhere within that number lies the meaning of existence, doesn't it? Doesn't it? (*covers bedroom walls with scribbled calculations, causing alarm to friends and family*)

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Because I Said So

Movie Review | Lady V | 20th February 2007

As open as you may be to all genres of film, you should never expect too much from a chick flick. Many are as sickly sweet as a pink wedding cake drizzled in honey and just as appealing. Step forward Because I Said So, the latest offering from director Michael Lehmann. Not necessarily a film you'd expect from the director of ...

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