Ayrton Senna Quotes: The Straight-Talking Racer

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‘And suddenly I realised that I was no longer driving the car consciously. I was driving it by a kind of instinct, only I was in a different dimension.’

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Eleven ‘Money In The Bank’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Eleven. You can read chapter one,  two and three here. On Thursday morning Ann found herself once again sitting opposite William Johnson. She was both nervous and excited about what he was about to say. She was hoping she wouldn’t have to fight to get a decent redundancy package

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How Hollywood’s Sexism Is Killing The Movies

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There is an invasive problem in Hollywood which has become almost intrinsic in western cinema. This is the unforgiveable focus on youth in women’s roles to the detriment of talent and acting ability. While employing such tactics may result in having superficially attractive, aesthetically pleasing talent – cinema and the movie-going audience are suffering as

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Bridesmaids Film Review: A Movie That Justifies Its Hype

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Director: Paul Feig. Cast: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd and Melissa McCarthy. Bridesmaids is a highly entertaining film that is peppered with comical incidents, providing a very enjoyable cinematic experience. The movie centres on Annie, a thirty-something year old former cake shop owner, who is undergoing a difficult period in her life. Her best

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Tree Of Life Film Review: Easier To Destroy Than Create

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Director: Terrence Mallick. Cast: Brad Pitt, Hunter McCracken, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. Tree Of Life is an engrossing film, with a good story at its heart, but is pockmarked by being bookended by pretentious self-indulgence on the director’s behalf.

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Blackadder Quotes: The Best Of The Black Comedy

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‘Blackadder: To you, it’s a potato. To me, it’s a potato. But to Sir Walter bloody Raleigh, it’s fine estates, luxury carriages and as many girls as his tongue can handle! He’s making a fortune out of the things: people are smoking them, building houses out of them… they’ll be eating them next!’

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Star Trek Quotes: Words From The Best Space Series

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‘Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.’ Spock. ‘Trip: I don’t like pushing the engines to 110%. T’Pol: They are rated for 120. Trip: My underwear’s flame-retardant, but it doesn’t mean I want to set fire to myself to prove it.’

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Ann’s Story: Chapter Ten ‘Good Fortune’

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Yellow Magpie’s Saturday Serial continues with Chapter Ten. You can read chapter one,  two and three here. As Ann was cleaning the house she began work on clearing out an old sideboard. She hated this dated piece of furniture which was too heavy and old fashioned for her liking. It had belonged to her mother and

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