Movie Review: Warrior (2011)

I still don’t really “get” MMA (mixed martial arts) — whenever I see it on TV it reminds me of a prison shower — but Warrior, starring Aussie Joel Edgerton and Inception‘s and soon to be The Dark Knight Rises’s Tom Hardy, has convinced me to give the sport a second look. Warrior is, without a doubt,
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My Obi-Wan Encounter in Berlin

I’m way behind in my Travel Diary entries, but I thought I’d post this little bit of celebrity news. We spent the day travelling around Berlin today, and the last person I expected to see was Mr Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Ewan McGregor! We had just started off our city walk, and the first attraction was
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‘Getting Started as a Freelance Writer’ by Robert W Bly

Robert W Bly is one of the most successful freelance writers in the world. He earns over US$600,000 a year and was a self-made millionaire whilst still in his 30s. And according to his book, ‘Getting Started as a Freelance Writer‘, you can too. Well, maybe not to that extent, but Bly believes even an
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Yep. I'm Ryan Gosling and I can do no wrong.

Top 10 Films of 2011!

It had to be done. My list of 10 favourite films of 2011. Actually, I cheated. It’s really 11 films because I didn’t feel it was right to leave one of them out, so I made them both equal 10th. In the end, after going through all 110 films I watched from that year, I
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