I recreated all my favourite TV tropes, from crawling through pipes to being two kids in a trenchcoat
OUT THIS WEEKEND November 12, 2009 FILMCOLD SOULS Existential comedy about an actor who loses his soul, with Paul Giamatti. AMELIA Lacklustre biopic about the pilot Amelia Earhart, starring Hilary Swank. TAKING woodstock Comedy about the famous sixties music festival. DVDSTAR TRECK XI The greatest sci-fi franchise of them all gets a surprisingly good prequel. MOON Sam Rockwell stars in this [...]
The disaster film to end disaster films November 12, 2009 Film2012Cert: 12ABYTHETIME you come blinking out of the cinema, you’d be forgiven for thinking it is 2012, so long and exhausting is the latest film from large-scale disaster specialist Roland Emmerich. In Independence Day he had aliens lay waste to the planet until Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum fought back; in Godzilla the giant dinosaur [...]
Jerry’s in for Ireland November 11, 2009 JERRY FLANNERY has won his battle to be fit for Ireland’s crunch autumn opener against Australia on Saturday. The Munster hooker has been suffering with a calf injury but takes his place in the Irish XV alongside Test debutant prop, Cian Healy, of Leinster. Healy, 22, gets the nod in place of Marcus Horan, who [...]
Pumas try untested back trio November 11, 2009 ARGENTINA are to unleash an unfamiliar back division on England this Saturday following injuries to key players. The Pumas are without playmakers Juan Martin Hernandez and Felipe Contepmoi for the clash at Twickenham, while Leicester winger Lucas Amorosino and Harlequins’ Gonzalo Camacho are also missing. In their place, coach Santiago Phelan has called up London [...]
SPORT IN BRIEF November 11, 2009 GERMANY MOURN KEEPER ENKETHE widow of Germany goalkeeper Robert Enke, who committed suicide by running in front a train on Tuesday, has revealed he had been battling depression since 2003. Wife Teresa told how Enke failed to overcome the death of his daughter Lara, who died of a rare heart condition in 2006 at the [...]
Bosingwa out for three months after knee op November 11, 2009 PREMIER League leaders Chelsea have been dealt a hammer blow with the news that Jose Bosingwa could be out for up to three months after undergoing knee surgery. The Portuguese international, who signed in a £16.3m deal from Porto in May 2008, has been out since mid-October with the problem and may have to wait [...]
KP wont be rushed into England return November 11, 2009 KEVIN PIETERSEN touched down in South Africa to join the England squad yesterday – but warned he will not be rushed into a comeback. The Hampshire batsman has spent three months recovering from an Achilles tendon injury, but is now back to full fitness and ready to return against his native country. Pietersen flew into [...]
Pavlyuchenko demands exit from Spurs November 11, 2009 TOTTENHAM striker Roman Pavlyuchenko is plotting his route out of White Hart Lane after telling boss Harry Redknapp he wants to leave the club in January. The Russian is yet to start a Premier League game for Spurs this season and now fears for his place in Russia’s World Cup squad if he doesn’t play [...]
Boss Jonno dials ‘H’ for help against the Pumas November 11, 2009 ENGLAND boss Martin Johnson has called upon his “Triple H” big guns to tame Argentina at Twickenham on Saturday. Johnson’s men were badly exposed in their 18-9 defeat by Australia last Saturday, prompting the boss to make four changes for the visit of the Pumas. Out from the squad completely goes No8 Jordan Crane, while [...]
It’s mine and I’m here to stay November 11, 2009 POSSESSION is nine tenths of the law as they say, so few will begrudge the sight of Shane Geraghty running out at Twickenham in the famous all-white of England on Saturday. Rejuvenated by a move to Northampton from London Irish in the closed season, the stylish back impressed team boss Martin Johnson sufficiently enough to [...]
