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180 posts in 'Britain'

Severance movie review

by Chris   ⋅   May 24, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

It’s no secret. The American horror scene is all but dead. The ultra corporatization of the horror film has stuffed our cineplexes with remakes, sequels, and tired “re-imaginings” on a near weekly basis. Take The Hills Have Eyes 2, Black-Christmas, Hostel, and Rob Zombie’s upcoming empty-headed Halloween remake for instance. The British horror [...]

Bye Bye Blair

by Kris   ⋅   May 10, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will resign on June 27th. He is the only one in UK history besides Margaret Thatcher to last a full 10 years in office. Even though most of the country distrusts him (similar to our country’s leader’s falling popularity rating) he holds steadfast to [...]

British al Qaeda inspired bomb team sentenced to life

by Kris   ⋅   April 30, 2007   ⋅   Comment now

Five members of an al Qaeda inspired team were sentenced to life today in Britain. It was one of the lengthiest jury deliberations in British history and with good cause. In addition to planning new attacks targeting nightclubs, trains and shopping malls, the team (Omar Khyam, Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar, Waheed Mahmood, Salahuddin [...]

Amy Winehouse — Back to Black — music review

by Kris   ⋅   April 11, 2007   ⋅   Comments [5]

In Britain, there’s no escaping Amy Winehouse, the saucy crooner with the nouveau-retro backdrop. She’s finally being welcomed to the States with open arms with her album Back to Black debuting at #7.
Raised by jazz musicians and inspired by Salt -n- Pepa, Winehouse is sultry oldschool kitch with a hardened criminal-esque edge. To [...]

Would you steal a public urinal?

by Kris   ⋅   January 5, 2007   ⋅   Comments [2]

A man walks into a bar.. and steals a public urinal. No joke. He went right up, ordered a half pint of brew in a UK Southampton pub, and began his privy privation. The thief made frequent trips to the little boy’s room and upon successful removal of the unit, stuffed it [...]

MOVIE REVIEW [Guest] . Shaun of the Dead

by Chris and Kris   ⋅   November 3, 2006   ⋅   Comments [5]

Shawn of the Dead is likely to be the zombie cult film of our age. While it falls under the category of horror-comedy, the film is fairly witty and pushes the main character through many emotions throughout the course of the story.
The approach toward zombies is quite realistic, as Shawn passes off the first [...]

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan // movie review // Screener!

by Kris   ⋅   October 26, 2006   ⋅   Comments [6]

Chris and I love gore gore horrorfests, but no scene ever made me want to shield my eyes and turn away as did a certain clip in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. It started out as a fair fight between Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Kazakh [...]

The Tulse Luper Suitcases — guest — movie review

by Kris   ⋅   November 10, 2003   ⋅   Comments [3]

This is from Robert, the lucky duck who saw this at the 2003 Chicago International Film Festival.
I’ll admit it; I’ve never seen a Greenaway film. Trained as a painter, it is said he became a filmmaker after seeing Bergman’s The Seventh Seal. From a distance, I’ve always gotten the impression that these were “difficult” [...]

The Last Minute dvd movie review

by Chris   ⋅   July 30, 2003   ⋅   Comment [1]

CHRIS LOVES EVERY SECOND OF “THE LAST MINUTE” Life is finite. You have a set amount of days, hours, minutes, and seconds that you’re spending every moment you’re on the face of this earth. The clock is counting down and there’s absolutely nothing you can do to stop it. It doesn’t help that you [...]

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