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Gaming hits highest gear
10:04 - 27 November 2008

Gears of War 2 Format: Xbox 360 Price: £39.99 THIS game could be quite easily reviewed in under a sentence but that just wouldn t do justice to how great a sequel this is. Likewise, I could write a small novel reviewing the game but I fear even that would... Full Story »

Resistance 2
Resistance 2

12:34 - 26 November 2008

Publisher: Sony Price: £44.99 Format: PlayStation 3 Age rating: 18+ HAVING laid waste to Britain and Europe in the previous game, Resistance 2 ratchets up the action as the invading Chimera set their sights on blasting America to kingdom come. To help st... Read More »

News: Hitting the bumpers

12:33 - 26 November 2008

TO celebrate the imminent launch of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix on Xbox Live Arcade and PSN, an Street Fighter II-themed pinball table has been released on XBLA. The new table costs 200 Microsoft Points to download and sports original Street Fi... Read More »

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Bob The Builder: Never Mind The Breeze Blocks
09:03 - 03 December 2008

EVERYONE S favourite builder returns with a new album just in time for Christmas. Bob the Builder: Never Mind the Breeze Blocks is the latest album from children s cartoon character, Bob (voiced by Neil Morrissey). He gained pop stardom in 2001 with his n... Full Story »

Kanye West 808s & Heartbreaks Roc-A-Fella/Mercury Records

10:00 - 27 November 2008

NOW he s graduated, all eyes were on where this superstar would go next. But few could have predicted this. The sudden death of his mother and the end of a relationship seem to envelop the atmosphere of these 11 tracks. Doleful six-minute opener Say You... Read More »

Neil Young Sugar Mountain: Live At Canterbury House 1968 Reprise

10:00 - 27 November 2008

THIS CD/DVD set was recorded at the intimate Michigan venue just six months after Young left Buffalo Springfield. The experiment to see if audiences would embrace Young alone, is a resounding success – evidenced by frequent snatches of engaging banter wit... Read More »

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Lemar The Reason Epic Records
10:09 - 04 December 2008

COMMENDABLY escaping the clutches of Fame Academy s contract requirements, Lemar has earned respect as a genuine UK pop-soul star with three strong albums, two MOBO awards and two BRIT Awards. The Reason is more Lemar than anything previously – he wrote... Full Story »

The Killers Day & Age Vertigo Records

10:07 - 04 December 2008

THREE albums in, you should know what to expect from a Killers record – generous servings of nonsensical pomposity, bad suits and synthesizer-heavy pop-rock. Eager not to disappoint their public, the 12-million-selling Las Vegas band have put together an... Read More »

HANCOCK (12A)

10:06 - 04 December 2008

HANCOCK (Will Smith) is a boozy, lecherous superhero who wreaks havoc with his powers while trying to do the right thing. Generally sneered at, he begins to turn his life around after saving the life of a PR man who gives him some lessons in public relati... Read More »

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STEPHEN FRY IN AMERICA by Stephen Fry
10:03 - 04 December 2008

THIS is the travelogue of comic genius Stephen Fry, as he travels across the 50 states of America in a black London cab. He begins his journey on the east coast and zig zags across America, stopping in every state to speak to residents, to listen to music... Full Story »

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

09:06 - 03 December 2008

THIS book is essentially a history of the German occupation of the Channel Islands, recalled in letters between a London reporter and an eccentric group of Guernsey Islanders. It is presented as cozy fiction about comfortably quirky people but you quick... Read More »

WHY DO I SAY THESE THINGS? by Jonathan Ross

09:58 - 27 November 2008

THIS laugh-out-loud page turner is a must read for all Jonathan Ross fans. Written in his own unique style, it is a collection of memoirs of his life from his sex life and quirky dress sense to his career which has been full of ups and downs. The first ch... Read More »

 

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