Name: Maura McHugh
Weblog: babblogue.com/blog
Articles: 53
First Published: Thursday, May 29, 2003
Last Published: Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Currently listing articles 53-1:
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DVD Review: The Company of Wolves— "Never stray from the path, never eat a windfall apple, and never trust a man whose eyebrows meet in the middle"
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130 years later, a new Dumas book— A previously-unknown Dumas book is released, and its sequel is in the works.
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Review: The Descent— An atmospheric and scary horror film about six women who undertake a caving expedition and encounter more than just bats.
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On A Clear Day— A dark comedy set in Glasgow, Scotland about a unemployed man's desire to swim the English Channel.
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The Dying Gaul— A dark and compelling film about LA, seduction and Internet chat rooms.
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Nothing So Strange— A documentary that investigates the assassination of Bill Gates in 1999.
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As She Climbed Across the Table— Physics, relationships and a surreal examination of how a woman can fall in love with an idea.
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Starfish— A sf novel that examines a future where our greatest hope, and worst fears, come from the bottom of the oceans' floor.
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Ae Fond Kiss— A film about the difficulties of crossing cultural divides for love.
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Bubba Ho-Tep— The King of Rock vs The King of the Dead
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The New Brain— How the Modern Age is Rewiring your Mind
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Warchild— A SF novel by Karin Lowachee that explores the difficult dilemmas caused by a war between humans and an alien race.
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Freezer Burn— Joe R Lansdale's book charts the downward spiral of a dumb guy intent on making dumb decisions.
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Death to Smoochy— A dark comedy about the rhino-eat-rainbow world of children's entertainment.
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Shaun of the Dead— A romantic comedy. With zombies.
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Dawn of the Dead
— A review of the original movie by George Romero
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Nip/Tuck— A TV drama about the lifestyles and dilemmas of two plastic surgeons in Miami.
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A New Survey on Internet Usage— Despite what we might think, blogging, and the reading of blogs, is still confined to a speciality group.
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Code Reading: The Open Source Perspective— A book for computer coders who are serious about their craft.
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top 10 movies— The top ten films I watched in 2003.
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The Gamers— A short film about the joys of role-playing, which will amuse those who have played in fantasy role-playing games.
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In America— A film about hope, love, grief and struggling to maintain your family while being immigrants in 1980s America.
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The Two Towers - Extended Edition— A review of the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers on DVD.
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Spirited Away by the work of Hayao Miyazaki— A look at 4 different anime by the Japanese master.
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cyberactivist's blog: not for the squeamish— An ex-worker in the slaughterhouse recounts his experiences of chicken factory farming.
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MTV Upholds the Status Quo— MTV's reality show, MADE, helps people achieve their ambitions, but berates them mercilessly throughout. If you want to succeed in something in life, don't
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Juicing up your life— Jason Vale's two books on the benefits of changing your diet to incorporate juices and live foods is a must-read for those interested in boosting
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hoping for peaceful tomorrows— Events marking the second anniversary of the attack on the WTC and the Pentagon.
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Bubba Ho-Tep on release— The new Bruce Campbell movie has Elvis, JFK, and a mummy: coming soon on limited release in the USA.
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OpenOffice.org 1.0 Resource Kit— Escape the MS trap and start using the open source, and free, altenative to Microsoft's Office programs. This book explains it all.
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If Chins Could Kill— Confessions of a B Movie Actor: the thrills, spills, and chills of Bruce Campbell's quest to be an actor.
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Hulk vs Freud— looking at the Hulk movie through Freud-tinted glasses
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Intermission— A soon-to-be released film about love, money and crime based in Dublin's heartland.
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The Way Home— A South Korean movie about a grandmother's acceptance and love for her grandson.
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Chihwaseon— Art, sex and alcohol: a film about nineteenth century Korean artist, Jang Seung-up.
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Goodbye, Lenin!— A humorous film about the fall of the Berlin wall, and the social and emotional changes it brings for one family.
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Hukkle— A film that conveys the small town life, and a sinister mystery, of a Hungarian village without any dialogue.
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Bl,.m— An extraordinary film adaptation of James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
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Day of the Beast— A loony priest, a death metal head, and a TV psychic attempt to locate the Antichrist in Madrid.
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Gaiman's new comics projects— Gaiman's new 1602 series is generating quite a lot of buzz.
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Long Time Dead— Enjoyable horror romp in which a group of friends use a ouija board and inadvertently summon a Djinn; much fiery carnage ensues.
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Deathwatch— A horror film set in the trenches of World War I that misfires.
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The Ballad of Halo Jones— Alan Moore's comic-book heroine Halo Jones is a blue-collar hero struggling to get out from under in the 50th century.
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Book Review: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn— Love, revenge and assassins in an imaginary feudal Japan.
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Clay Pigeons— What do you do when your best friend finds out you're sleeping with his wife, and he's got a gun pointed at you?
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Comic Book Villains— This supposed black comedy is populated by cardboard cutout characters and an obvious plot.
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25th Hour— Spike Lee's memorable new movie examines human foibles and desires.
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Horror in the Attic— A David Lynch-wannabe horror movie, that doesn't fulfil its great expectations.
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AFI's top 100 Villains & Heroes— ...
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Shock Movie Massacre— ...
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Rabbit Proof Fence— Rabbit Proof Fence: an extraordinary examination of the "Stolen Generations" in Australia.
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Animatrix— The Animatrix: great anime, pity the stories aren't always up to scratch
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Carrie - the Mini-Series— Carrie is a classic horror novel and movie - but the mini-series lacks any frisson.
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