Popcorn Post: *Insert "Watching The Watchmen" Pun Here*

N.B. I'm reviewing this movie from a point of view where I haven't read the graphic novel, or researched many of the characters or any of the plot beforehand. So this may sound noob-ish. You have been warned.Nixon is in his third term in office. America has won the war in Vietnam. Cold War tensions between Russia and the United States escalate.One false move and the world could go up in a pile of...

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Popcorn Post: The Ugly Truth? More Like An Ugly Movie.

So here we are. This years' "Men are from mars; women are from venus"- type movie is upon us. The setting for this film is the among wonderful glitz and glamour of the American TV Scene. The male, sex-crazy, chauvinist character in this movie is played by the ever-increasingly-irksome Gerard Butler. Named Mike Chadway, he "anchors" [or to put it more accurately, just rabbits forever through what...

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Popcorn Post: The Simpsons Movie. D'OH!

Ten years of expectation; six years of preparation; all for 87 minutes of diabolical, yellow-skinned celluloid. Yes! That's right! “The Simpsons Movie” has hit our screens with a resounding “D'OH!” Now - I know what all my budding film critics will say - “We knew it would happen, blah blah blah, TV shows never really successfully make it to the big screen, yahta yahta yahta, what did you expect?”...

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TechTalk: I'm a real twit for a tweet or two

What is Twitter? Launched in 2006 as FriendStalker, twitter has changed the internet, and the various types of communication and microblogging that exist. Celebrities like Stephen Fry, Pete Wentz, and Ashton Kutcher have since created a bandwagon, and where you used to hear "What's twitter!?" after you've brought it up, you now hear "YEAH, @REPLY ME!!!!" Twitter is essentially a microblogging platform. You're given 140 characters in which to say whatever you like. The site provides "what are...

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