Movies and TV Archive

  • It took me a while to get around to buying and watching The Men Who Stare at Goats as I do with a lot of movies that get heavily promoted. Sadly, I tend to ignore films that get a lot of big name actors as the films are usually quite...

    Off the Shelf – The Men Who Stare At Goats

    It took me a while to get around to buying and watching The Men Who Stare at Goats as I do with a lot of movies that get heavily promoted. Sadly, I tend to ignore films that get a lot of big name actors as the films are usually quite...

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  • It has been a long time that Jason Vorhees has been scaring the living daylights out of audiences with his hockey mask and machete. Strangely enough, he was not the scary perpetrator in the original flick that gives credence to the theory of six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon....

    Off The Shelf – Friday the 13th

    It has been a long time that Jason Vorhees has been scaring the living daylights out of audiences with his hockey mask and machete. Strangely enough, he was not the scary perpetrator in the original flick that gives credence to the theory of six degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon....

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  • Downfall covers the fall of the thrid reich under Hitler during World War two and was made famous by its use on Youtube for many parody videos. The joke revolved around a scene where Hitler was very angry about what his generals are telling him and people were replacing the...

    Off the Shelf – Down Fall

    Downfall covers the fall of the thrid reich under Hitler during World War two and was made famous by its use on Youtube for many parody videos. The joke revolved around a scene where Hitler was very angry about what his generals are telling him and people were replacing the...

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  • The Big Lebowski is one of my all time favourite movies and has one of the best storylines of any movie as well as an amazing cast. Jeff Bridges is great as The Dude who unfortunately shares a last name with a rich guy whose young wife seems to be...

    Off the Shelf – The Big Lebowski

    The Big Lebowski is one of my all time favourite movies and has one of the best storylines of any movie as well as an amazing cast. Jeff Bridges is great as The Dude who unfortunately shares a last name with a rich guy whose young wife seems to be...

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  • Cloverfield had so much hype when it came out it was just screaming and screaming like it was the new Godzilla… well it was Godzilla just called cloverfield for which reason I am still not sure. To be really honest I am kind of bummed out I even bought this...

    Off the Shelf – Cloverfield

    Cloverfield had so much hype when it came out it was just screaming and screaming like it was the new Godzilla… well it was Godzilla just called cloverfield for which reason I am still not sure. To be really honest I am kind of bummed out I even bought this...

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  • Dinner for Schmucks is an amazingly funny movie based around an aspiring executive named Tim who manages to get that promotion he always wanted. Corporate life being the boys club that it is requires that he find the most idiotic person he can and bring them to dinner (hence the...

    Off the Shelf – Dinner for Schmucks

    Dinner for Schmucks is an amazingly funny movie based around an aspiring executive named Tim who manages to get that promotion he always wanted. Corporate life being the boys club that it is requires that he find the most idiotic person he can and bring them to dinner (hence the...

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  • With the Hangover 2 well and truly released and not as good as the first I thought it would be a good time to look back at the original. This was a classic bucks party, guys wild night out type of situational comedy that may not be intelligent but it...

    Off the Shelf – The Hangover (Original)

    With the Hangover 2 well and truly released and not as good as the first I thought it would be a good time to look back at the original. This was a classic bucks party, guys wild night out type of situational comedy that may not be intelligent but it...

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  • With the new Torchwood Miracle Day series three shows in it is a good time to recap and see how the adventures of Captain Jack Harkness have been spanning out. The new series has a good premise, that a ‘miracle’ has occurred in which nobody dies anymore and interestingly the...

    New Torchwood Miracle Day – Good?

    With the new Torchwood Miracle Day series three shows in it is a good time to recap and see how the adventures of Captain Jack Harkness have been spanning out. The new series has a good premise, that a ‘miracle’ has occurred in which nobody dies anymore and interestingly the...

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  • Akira is a classic Japanese animation movie that explores the usual themes of futurism expected by these movies. The movie has been out for a long time now but has not aged too much but may seem a little over dramatic. Akira came out in 1988 and has enjoyed cult...

    Off the Shelf – Akira

    Akira is a classic Japanese animation movie that explores the usual themes of futurism expected by these movies. The movie has been out for a long time now but has not aged too much but may seem a little over dramatic. Akira came out in 1988 and has enjoyed cult...

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  • With U.K hit tv show the It Crowd into its fourth season is not to be missed as a better alternative to the Office. Much like The Office it has also been remade (badly) by Americans! But, not to worry I think it never caught on so no suffering there....

    Off The Shelf – The I.T Crowd Gets Better

    With U.K hit tv show the It Crowd into its fourth season is not to be missed as a better alternative to the Office. Much like The Office it has also been remade (badly) by Americans! But, not to worry I think it never caught on so no suffering there....

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