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The Watchmen Trailer

Still a little skeptical-but less so after seeing this.

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All the Pieces Matter

Season 5 of The Wire is about debut on TV in the UK, so there is a mini-deluge of articles about hl’s fav, including this one on the role of architecture in the show.

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Iphone therefore I am

It’s been a crazy few days for anyone with a passing interest in the iphone. Indeed with one million sold over the weekend (and 10 million apps) it seems like the revolution which started last year has broken into the… Continue reading

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The first Generation Kill reviews

Can’t wait to see this.

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Posters for the 1972 Munich Olympics

Olt Aicher’s complete set of posters for the Munich Olympics from the flickr set of design shop blanka. via coudal

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Ed Burns talks Generation Kill

It hit me recently how much I’m missing the Wire. It’s the lack of something comparable that really smarts. Hopefully this will help But chances are, I’m gonna be losing my mind and signing Season 6 online petitions in six… Continue reading

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All Tomorrow’s Parties

So the reviews are in and it’s all good. At the time of writing GTA IV has a 99 on metacritic which is pretty unheard of. To be able to consistently meet and surpass expectations of this kind is really… Continue reading

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(Oh No!) Not the Beast Day

Photo via coops amazing toy collection We’ve been pretty excited about cloverfield ever since the trailer first leaked onto the internet. It’s probably enough to say that the film lives up to those seemingly impossible expectations and delivers a masterclass… Continue reading

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Air and Graces

Via somekind of rare astral alignment, the subject of today’s post and the track I’m most into are perfectly suited for each other. Usually, either we write something then search for the appropriate soundtrack or we are so excited by… Continue reading

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No Country for Old Men

(pic via) No Country for Old men is one of those films for which it’s very easy to start bandying around superlatives. It’s a contender for my film of the year (I saw it at the very end of 2007)… Continue reading

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