Posted on December 31, 2016
by Colm Currie
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Another year, another reading challenge, and I’ve only gone and finished it again. Fewer categories this year, admittedly, but I still ended up reading more books. Go figure. Here are my thoughts on this year’s haul. Title: The Man in the High Castle… Continue Reading “Reading Challenge 2016”
Posted on September 18, 2016
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In which I attempt to get my points across using American sport metaphors
Category: Emmys, Media, Opinion, TelevisionTags: 68th Primetime Emmy Awards, Abbi Jacobson, Alfred Enoch, Amazon, American Crime Story, Anna Chlumsky, Awards, Aya Cash, Aziz Ansari, Better Call Saul, Bloodline, Bob Odenkirk, Bokeem Woodbine, Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chris Geere, Christopher Darden, Claire Danes, Courtney B. Vance, Cristin Milioti, David Schwimmer, Ellie Kemper, Emmy Awards, Emmys, Face/Off, Fargo, Gaby Hoffmann, Grace and Frankie, Hannibal Buress, Homeland, House Of Cards, How To Get Away With Murder, Hugh Laurie, Jane Fonda, Jeffrey Tambor, Jesse Plemons, John Travolta, Johnnie Cochran, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kirsten Dunst, Kyle Chandler, Lily Tomlin, Marcia Clark, Martin Sheen, Master of None, Matt Walsh, Modern Family, Mr. Robot, Netflix, Nick Offerman, O. J. Simpson, Olivia Colman, Orange Is The New Black, Orphan Black, Patrick Wilson, Paula Malcomson, Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmys, Rami Malek, Ray Donovan, Robert Kardashian, Sam Waterston, Sarah Paulson, Silicon Valley, Sterling K. Brown, Tatiana Maslany, Ted Danson, Television, The Night Manager, The People v. O. J. Simpson, The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Tina Fey, Tituss Burgess, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hollander, Tony Hale, Transparent, TV, Ty Burrell, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep, Viola Davis, You're The Worst
Posted on January 3, 2016
by Colm Currie
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In 2015, I smashed my 2014 record to smithereens, seeing no fewer than 107 films at the cinema. I know what you’re thinking: “That’s a lot of films!” Yes, it is. Well done me. It was tough going at times, but I had to… Continue Reading “My Favourite Films of 2015”
Category: Film, Media, OpinionTags: 2015, Alec Baldwin, Alicia Vikander, Cinema, Colin Farrell, Domhnall Gleeson, Ex Machina, Film, Fury Road, J. K. Simmons, Julianne Moore, Lucius Sweet, Mad Max, Mad Max: Fury Road, Matt Damon, Michael Smiley, Miles Teller, Oscar Isaac, Project Almanac, Still Alice, The Lobster, The Martian, Whiplash
Posted on December 29, 2015
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Having started reading for pleasure again in 2014 after much too long a gap, I decided to take on this reading challenge in 2015, in order to expand my literary horizons a little. I am pleased to say that I have successfully completed the… Continue Reading “Reading Challenge 2015”
Category: Books, Media, OpinionTags: Alan Moore, Amy Poehler, Bob Woodward, Books, Bret Easton Ellis, Carl Bernstein, Carsten Stroud, Charles Cumming, Che Guevara, Chinua Achebe, Colin Bateman, Dave Gibbons, David Sedaris, Ernest Hemingway, Gillian Flynn, Harper Lee, Iain Banks, Iain M. Banks, Irvine Welsh, J. Jefferson Farjeon, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jane Austen, Kurt Vonnegut, Leo Tolstoy, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Philip K. Dick, Philip Pullman, Reading, Reading Challenge, Robert Galbraith, Stephen Chbosky, Stephen King, Stuart David, Truman Capote, William Shakespeare
Posted on November 4, 2015
by Colm Currie
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I like my women like I like my vodka Martinis. Shaken, stirred, dirty, and preferably Vesper.
Posted on September 20, 2015
by Colm Currie
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You know the drill by now. What was good on TV, what was bad on TV, and various opinions on TV, all belonging to me, Colm.
Category: Emmys, Media, Opinion, TelevisionTags: 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Amazon, Awards, Better Call Saul, Bloodline, Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Emmy Awards, Emmys, Episodes, Girls, Girls HBO, House Of Cards, House Of Lies, It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia, Kenneth Parcell, Louie, Mad Men, Masters Of Sex, Modern Family, Netflix, Orange Is The New Black, Orphan Black, Parks And Recreation, Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmys, Ray Donovan, Silicon Valley, Television, The Newsroom, Transparent, TV, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep
Posted on September 20, 2015
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A supplementary post to my main Emmys spiel. Don’t read this first. That would be lawlessness. That would be anarchy. It would be the beginning of the downward spiral.
Posted on June 17, 2015
by Colm Currie
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A shummary of sheven Bondsh and 25 filmsh
Category: Film, Media, Opinion, Project BondTags: Daniel Craig, David Niven, Film, George Lazenby, James Bond, Pierce Brosnan, Project Bond, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, The Bondies, Timothy Dalton
Posted on June 13, 2015
by Colm Currie
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Posted on June 11, 2015
by Colm Currie
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In which everyone gets real mad and some people die in crude, unpleasant ways.
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