Daily Archives: October 26, 2009

Is M really short for Colonel Mustard?

  By Will | October 26, 2009 - 11:38 pm | Games, The Culch
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Controversy in the world of board games sounds like a storm in a teacup, but when Hasbro updated Clue (the UK and Ireland are the only places where is still called Cluedo) last year from a tale of murder in an Christie style English country manor in the 1940s to a mansion on the Hollywood Hills filed with starlets and celebrities there was a (small) kerfuffel. Well expect a shout. And a way for Hasbro to squeeze money out of its players after the game is sold. By the way, I’m pretty sure I should be mucking this up with tm and copyright notices, shall we just assume that they are there for legibility? OK? In the new Hasbro game CLUE : Secrets and Spies, only available in the US for what will soon be obvious reasons, all the characters have become a but younger, sexier and the political correctness … There’s more →

Colonel Popcorn’s Movie Munchies

  By Colonel Popcorn | October 26, 2009 - 8:03 pm | Random Whimsy
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Skittles Wanna get super duper hyper during your movie night, and wreck everyone’s head? With these timeless lumps of coloured sugar, you can do just that. Skittles are the way to go but remember if you don’t colour co ordinate and eat them in order of the rainbow colours your family will die. It’s also not a well known fact, but every 3rd packet purchased comes with a free check up at the dentist.

SJ McArdle “Why”

  By Lottie | October 26, 2009 - 7:51 pm | Music, The Culch
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I have become a gradual conformist to RTE Radio 1, in part for it’s tendency to avoid trash pop of the Pixie Lotts and Daniel Merriweathers currently offending our ears so many other channels but more importantly for supporting new eclectic Irish music. Which brings me to the new single from Drogheda singer/song writer SJ McArdle which aired on Brendan Balfe’s show yesterday evening. A cover of the beautiful Annie Lennox song “Why” it’s perfect nostalgia music for driving through the rain soaked streets of Dublin on a dark winters evening. Follow SJ on Twitter or check the Tumblr blog for gig info and updates.

The Thing From Another Decade

  By Stan | October 26, 2009 - 3:15 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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“It’s weird and pissed off, whatever it is.” John Carpenter’s The Thing was released in 1982, but I saw it first in the mid-1990s. It hooked me right away. The opening caption: Antarctica, Winter 1982; and the scene: a helicopter chasing a dog, its passenger shooting at the animal sprinting across the empty snow towards a remote research station. The set-up was thus swiftly established, the mystery deftly embedded. What followed that strange opening chase was a science-fiction horror film as tense, atmospheric and imaginative as any I had seen in years, and one to which I have returned several times. John W. Campbell’s ‘Who Goes There?‘ was published in Astounding Stories in 1938, and was first adapted for film in 1951, as The Thing From Another World. The politics of the age gave this quirky B-movie classic a strong flavour of Cold War distrust, and though it offers melodrama, wit, … There’s more →

We love it when a plan…

  By Niall | October 26, 2009 - 11:02 am | Movies & TV, The Culch
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A little bit of movie news to brighten up your Monday. Here is the first official look the all new A-Team line-up featuring Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. “B.A.” Baracus, Sharlto Copley as Capt. “Howling Mad” Murdock, and Liam Neeson as John “Hannibal” Smith. The new A-Team movie will be directed by Narc and Smoking Aces helmer Joe Carnahan, and also stars Jessica Biel. The movie will hit cinemas on June 11th 2010. In a word? AWESOME!