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My Top 3 of Everything in 2011

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

I’m currently sitting in the livingroom with the xfactor final about to start. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to get my usual end of year post done.

I present to you my favourite things of 2011

My Top 3 of Everything in 2010

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

Media Junkie

This year has probably been the biggest of my life. Married, in a new house, St Lucia, business being busier than ever. Along the way I’ve managed also to take in some time with the worlds media. Here is my favourites!

Movies

1. Inception
2. The Social Network
3. Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Books

1. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Atonement by Ian McEwan
3. The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen

iPhone Apps

1. Twitter
2. Reeder
3. iPicasso

TV Shows

1. Community
2. House
3. Lost

Most Visited Internet Sites

1. Torrentleech.org
2. Facebook
3. Goodreads

Songs

1. The Sunshine Underground – Coming To Save You
2. Richard Ashcroft – C’mon People (We’re Making It Now)
3. Foo Fighters – Wheels

Bands

1. The Sunshine Underground
2. Codeine Velvet Club
3. Radiohead

Podcasts

1. The Skeptics Guide to the Universe
2. Slash Film
3. Astronomy Cast

Games

1. Bejewelled 2 (iphone)
2. Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 (PC)
3. Mario Kart (Wii)

Favourite YouTube Video’s

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Never Let Me Go

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Just finished reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro . It was pretty special and I’m therefore really excited about the prospect of the forthcoming movie. Screenplay is by the guy that wrote Sunshine and 28 Days Later and directed by Mark Romanek who is renowned for beautiful visuals and originality. I think it is a perfect combination for what this book deserves to be on the big screen.

Have a look at the trailer and featurettes of the movie. You’ll definitely be intrigued.

Tags: 28 days later, alex, featurette, garland, ishiguro, kazuo, mark, nev er let me go, romanek, sunshine, trailer
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I’m Still Here

Monday, September 20th, 2010

Joaquin Phoenix

I really want to see this. In a nutshell, it is a documentary following Joaquin Phoenix around for a year, during what people are calling, a ‘tumultuous year’. He renounces acting for a rap career and generally goes way off the rails.

Of course there is a lot of discussion going on as to weather this is actually real. Did Joaquin Phoenix take a year long 24/7 acting role on and fool the worlds media? I’ve loved Joaquin as an actor thus far. Sign, Two Lovers, We Own The Night, Walk The Line have cemented him as one of Hollywood’s greats. I can see him being enough of a method actor to pull this off. I have some reservations, but I can’t wait to see the movie to make up my own mind.

Watch the trailer. It has one of the coolest voice-overs I’ve ever heard.

Also here is a youTube video of an appearance on the David Letterman show where he first showed his new persona.

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Superhero!

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Today I watched an amazing movie. It is called Defendor. Rough jist is that it’s about a guy, played by Woody Harrelson, who has a learning disability and has taken it upon himself to clean up the prostitution problem in his home town. It is a really dark comedy. Harrelson plays it to a tee. This wouldn’t have been the movie it was if not for him. Absolutely bitchin’ soundtrack too. Watch the trailer below:

You may or may not be aware that there is another similar type movie coming out soon called ‘Kick Ass‘. The movie has been getting rave reviews so far, but I have a hard time imagining it being any better than Defendor.

Anyway, on the back of this movie, I was watching the new trailer for Kick Ass and noticed a really nice text effect going on in it. Thought I would try and recreate the effect myself. Here is the result using a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop:

Kick Ass text effect

Didn’t take long to do. I might do a tut on it if anyone is interested?

Tags: 3d, defendor, effect, illustrator, kick ass, photoshop, text, trailer
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