Daily Archives: 15/10/2004

Of competitions and McDonalds

Posted on 15/10/2004 by mrBen

Call me old fashioned, but when a company wants to promote its product by running a competition/giveaway I don’t expect it to cost me money. Post and packing, ok I might stump up the cash for that. But what I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Bourne Legacy

Posted on 15/10/2004 by mrBen

Hold on a minute, I hear you cry, Robert Ludlum died 3 years ago, and the Bourne Trilogy is just that, a trilogy! (“Trilogy is three” to quote Sean Astin). The Bourne Legacy is not a Ludlum book; it is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Adaptation

Posted on 15/10/2004 by BigAl

Starring: Nicolas Cage (Charlie Kaufman), Meryl Streep (Susan Orlean) & Chris Cooper (John Laroche) Director: Spike Jonze Adaptation is a brilliant, if weird, film about 3 people: John Laroche (an obsessive orchid hunter), Susan Orlean (journalist for the New Yorker) … Continue reading →

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