Posted on March 3, 2019
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It’s been rather an emotional week for Celtic supporters, the upshot of which is that I have been moved to write a blog, which should tell you something about the severity of the situation. Brendan Rodgers, perhaps the club’s most successful manager of the… Continue Reading “Neil Francis Lennon’s Ten in a Row (ft Ronny Deila and Brendan Rodgers)”
Posted on January 18, 2018
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I’m a little late with this one, due to having other stuff going on in my life. (Not really, I’m just a bit slow.) Having gone along with pre-prepared book challenges the last couple of years, in late 2016, my pals Simon and Tom… Continue Reading “Reading Challenge 2017”
Posted on September 17, 2017
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In which I am surprisingly positive about things and don’t give out as many Oh-No-Nos as usual.
Category: Emmys, Media, Non-Fiction, Opinion, TelevisionTags: A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Alec Baldwin, Alfred Enoch, Alfred Molina, American Crime Story, Anthony Anderson, Atlanta, Aziz Ansari, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bette Davis, Better Call Saul, Better Things, Big Little Lies, Bill Camp, Black-ish, Bloodline, Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad, Carrie Coon, Chris Geere, David Thewlis, Donald Glover, Ellie Kemper, Emmy Awards, Emmys, Evan Rachel Wood, Ewan McGregor, Fargo, Feud, Feud: Bette And Joan, Freaks And Geeks, Grace and Frankie, Great News, House Of Cards, How To Get Away With Murder, Jackie Hoffman, Jane Fonda, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Lange, Joan Crawford, John Michael Higgins, John Turturro, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Liev Schreiber, Lily Tomlin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Master of None, Matt Walsh, Michael K. Williams, Michael Stuhlbarg, Milo Ventimiglia, Modern Family, Neil Patrick Harris, Nicole Kidman, Orange Is The New Black, Pamela Adlon, Primetime Emmy Awards, Ray Donovan, Reese Witherspoon, Riz Ahmed, Robin Wright, Shailene Woodley, Silicon Valley, Stanley Tucci, Sterling K. Brown, Stranger Things, Susan Sarandon, Television, The Night Of, The West Wing, This Is Us, Tituss Burgess, Tony Hale, Tracee Ellis-Ross, Tracey Wigfield, TV, Twin Peaks, Ty Burrell, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Veep, Viola Davis, Westworld, Winona Ryder, You're The Worst
Posted on December 31, 2016
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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
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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
by Colm Currie
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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.
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