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Quick review update thingamabob for movies and games for the month of June.

Title	Rating
Hoodwinked
Book of Eli
Hot Tub Time Machine
Kick-Ass
Halo:ODST
Toy Story 3 (3D)
500 Days of Summer

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Oh boy, it’s been almost half-a-year since last I bothered updating this blog. It’s shocking really!

You know how it goes. You kind of lapse into a non-update period, and then it all seems like too much effort to update and explain yourself. That’s where I was. Can’t say I feel awfully guilty, although I probably should.

So, what’s been happening on my end? Not really an awful lot. Watched a bunch of movies,  played a lot of games, and finally managed to start and finish LOST. That in itself is quite an achievement I would say!

Looking to the future. Friday the FIFA World Cup starts. I’m sure it’ll be lovely, but I’m not a sports person as such. I hope South Africa manage to showcase everything that’s great about this country though.

In August we’re going to the UK and France for our vacation. Everything’s in place except for our Visas, but we’ll be getting those sorted soon. Then it’s just a matter of waiting it out. Can’t come soon enough, that’s for sure.

Work-wise… I moved to Sandton, still doing the same work, just in another place. Traffic’s much worse, but one gets used to it. However, with the launch of the Gautrain, I might finally be able to use public transport to come to work. Will give it a bash and see how it goes.

And that’s pretty much all I have for now. I might go into detail on some things as time goes on, we’ll see.

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I’ve been lazy, and have neglected my blog. Bad boy! Here’s an update though.

Title	Date	Rating
Movies
Sherlock Holmes	16/01/2010
Natural Born Killers	17/01/2010
The Lovely Bones	21/02/2010
Jurassic Park III	26/02/2010
District 9	27/02/2010
Alice in Wonderland (3D)	07/03/2010
Inglorious Basterds (Blu-ray)	07/03/2010
The Invention of Lying	14/03/2010
Surrogates	27/03/2010
Gamer	28/03/2010
The Hangover	28/03/2010
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs	04/04/2010
Zombieland	04/04/2010
Labyrinth (Blu-ray)	25/04/2010
Iron Man 2	01/05/2010
1408	02/05/2010
9	06/06/2010
TV
LOST Complete Series	30/05/2010
Games
Darksiders	19/01/2010
Bayonetta	24/01/2010
Mass Effect 2	11/02/2010
Bioshock 2	20/02/2010
Heavy Rain	28/02/2010
F.E.A.R. 2 – Project Origin	14/03/2010
God of War III	22/03/2010
Battlefield Bad Company 2	27/03/2010
Splinter Cell: Conviction	02/05/2010
Alan Wake	06/06/2010

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Quick update before the year ends. Brief and to the point:

14 November – Death to Smoochie 

29 November – Spirit

29 November – Sunshine

30 November – Adventureland

5 December – Monsters vs. Aliens

6 December – The Prestige (Blu-ray)

20 December – Avatar 3D

27 December – Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

27 December – In Bruges

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This is pretty neat: Actors Reprise Their Iconic Roles, Without Costumes.

Click the link for more!

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11 October 2009 – Sunday

Nightmare Before Christmas is a movie that needs very little introduction. Pretty much everybody is familiar with the tale of Jack Skellington and his taking over of Christmas. The Blu-ray edition of this movie is pretty much the definitive release, features gorgeous hi-def imagery accomplished by outstanding surround sound. This is the way to experience this movie. It’s also no slouch when it comes to features, it’s stuffed to the brim with all manner of interesting material. If you’re a fan of this movie, you really should get the Blu-ray version! Score:

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Another one of those catch-up review posts. Bad me, I know.

28 June	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
04 July	Transformers 2
05 July	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
11 July	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
12 July	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
14 July	You Don’t Mess With The Zohan
15 July	Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince
18 July	Bourne Identity (Blu-ray)
19 July	Bourne Supremacy (Blu-ray)
24 July	Bourne Ultimatum (Blu-ray)
26 July	Knowing
31 August	Final Fantasy VII – Advent Children Complete
02 August	Angels & Demons
10 August	G-Force 3D
16 August	The Punisher – Warzone
22 August	Dark City (Blu-ray)
23 August	The Wrestler
05 September	Equilibrium
06 September	Ice Age 3
12 September	Planet Terror (Blu-ray)
13 September	Total Recall
20 September	Across the Universe

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Wha-hey!

Long time, no post. Some eventful things have happened since last post, but overall things have been going along as normal.

Personal
The biggest thing happening has been Gwyneth’s shoulder operation. For some time now she’s been having a pain in her right shoulder, and eventually after a couple of doctor visits it was deemed that she’ll need a shoulder operation. So a month back into the theatre she went for the operation. Everything went well, but now it’s the long rehabilitation of the shoulder, these things don’t suddenly start working like normal again it seems. So, lots of exercises from the physio, but we’ll get there eventually. She can’t do any strenuous work with the arm, and can’t sleep on it, which is a bit of an inconvenience, but that’s the price one has to pay I guess! At least we’ve got to the point where she can bath instead of showering, so we don’t have to go to my parents place every night to use their shower.

Movies
In movie news, watched a bunch of movies which I haven’t reviews, click here for a quick overview and my ratings. Started watching the Harry Potter movies last night in preparation for the 6th movie to hit. Harry Potter’s one of those things that I just like…

There’s quite a few movies in the coming months to get excited about though. Eager to see the new Transformers movie first and foremost.

Music
Went through quite a few Nine Inch Nails marathons, I guess with them now on their last tour in quite some time, one needs to stock up on as much NIN as one can get. Been downloading a lot of the live shows they’ve been performing, this will probably be the closest I’ll get to them ever. But hey, can’t complain, 20 years of NIN is a long time. And I’m sure Trent Reznor wants to change the pace a bit, especially seeing that he’s now engaged to get married (that was a bit of a surprise!)

VNV Nation has a new album out, will have to get that. Placebo has a new album out, ditto. See Muse are recording their new album as well. Does look like 2009′s the year for new albums. Not that I’m complaining!

Over the weekend we went to the Doors to watch The Black Hotels and Die Heuwels Fantasties. The Black Hotels played a lot of new stuff, songs that aren’t on their latest album. This sucks, as I’ll have to wait till next year when they release a new album. I want it now! Die Heuwels Fantasties were surprisingly good. Afrikaans rock music has come a long way, that’s for sure.

Games
Been playing a lot games, as usual! I finished The Witcher, which was a great game, definitely one worth playing if you have a capable PC. Currently I’m playing Infamous on the PS3, and enjoying it a lot. It reminds me a bit of Crackdown, which is definitely not a bad thing.

So, there’s the state of the nation as it stands at the moment.

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Extreme lax as of late, haven’t done any decent reviews for the movies I’ve watched. So, there’s a synopsis of what was watched over the last two months.

3 May 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=274] Resident Evil: Extinction (Blu-ray)	10 May 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=272] Eagle Eye	16 May 2009 – Saturday [singlepic id=271] Coraline 3D
24 May 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=268] Twilight	31 May 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=269] X-Men Origins: Wolverine	31 May 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=265] Synecdoche, New York
6 June 2009 – Saturday [singlepic id=267] The Day the Earth Stood Still	7 June 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=270] Bolt	14 June 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=264] Rocknrolla
16 June 2009 – Tuesday [singlepic id=266] Terminator: Salvation		21 June 2009 – Sunday [singlepic id=273] Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Blu-ray)

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