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So we’re all getting quite excited around the North-East of England.  The sky is dark and storms are looming and I’m sure the Etihad Stadium is waking up for the coming battle. Guardiola’s run-away Premiership leaders, champions-elect, in fact, are on the wrong end of the results in the Champion’s League, however, with a 3-0 deficit to make up after the vicious mauling they received in the first leg at Anfield.  It has only happened 7 times before in the history of the competition, and that gives City something like 5% chance statistically. Guardiola is bowed but unphased, happy to talk about making and taking opportunities, and this they will for sure.  If any team could do it this team could, and with Aguero fit they will have an even stiffer and potent forward line with which to probe and stab the Liverpool defence. The sound here won’t be as loud as the raucous clamour of the Kop end last time around of course, but I’m sure the fans will give the...

Is it a sign of a lack of mental fortitude to get angry at a movie?  Is it wrong for me to be blazing with rage at 3 am because something I watched didn't meet my expectations?  Is it okay to reboot a franchise by stealth, choosing to destroy its future for everyone and ruin the memories of the people who made it famous in the first place rather than facing the facts and admitting that you have no new ideas at all and are forced to reboot, but you are terrified you'll lose the fanbase and profit, that cowardice and dishonesty is your only option Disney, you scum? There's some bad structure there but I'm too angry to even care.  Does she look like she cares or does she have the shits like me? Luke and Leia and Chewy are in it, so it must be Star Wars.  They're trying to create a new generation of fans so the old guards are introducing the new.  Fair enough.  No problem with that.  I'm sure my nephew cheered when the Death Star was destroy...

There's a joke going around that due to City's new sponsorship deal with Tinder they have got f*cked twice in 4 days.  It's funny to be sure, but is it accurate? Well come Wednesday when our red gladiators line up again versus the boys in sky blue, we'll be delighted to see Jurgen demonstrate how to finish the job not only with a holding game as others may try - and fail, but with the usual lightning fast attacking flair that has become Liverpool's trademark this season.   BUY MANCHESTER CITY SHIRT ON EBAY As for the other side of the city, where their 'auld enemy' are still pulsing with years of rage at this upstart neighbour I am sure there is not a little delight at the way Mournho's team came back almost magically from another raping by the monster from the middle east.  United pulled off a super escape, thanks to the skill of an underused Pogba and the manager suddenly finding the minerals to fight the City behemoth o...

update - City Are Staggering A minor bit of overly enthusiastic welcoming aside, the atmosphere outside Anfield pregame was electric and raw to match the players' welcome as they entered the pitch for this first leg of the Champion's League quarter-final.  City have been dominant in all competitions so far this season, and though confidence had been running very high, there had been the slight problem of Liverpool being the only team to beat them in the league and manager Jurgen Klopp's record against Pep Guardiola being slightly better in their historical matchups. BUY LIVERPOOL SHIRTS FROM EBAY Liverpool had their twelfth player as the crowd as ever, and the roar was loud enough to put the earlier thunderstorms to shame as a mere accompaniment. The Liverpool manager had called on his players to not only stand firm in the face of the beast that is City but to behead the monster and finish it. While Guardiola had said this game would be a terrific con...

Having already appeared in Band of Brothers and Black Hawk Down 2001, he came to prominence in Star Trek Nemesis 2002, which was the end of the Next Generation period of the show.   He played a clone of Picard and is young enough to be almost unrecognisable in that role.  Youthful of countenance but already showing that he could punch his weight with the big boys.  BUY TOM HARDY MOVIES He continued to work through the early 2000's with stand-out performances in Bronson 2008 (utterly compelling, must see) and Layer Cake 2004.  While not yet taking Hollywood by the vitals, he was building his portfolio of work with A-List stars and directors. It was Inception 2011 that made his breakout role.  It garnered 8 Academy Awards and is one of the top 25 highest grossing movies of all time.  This film pushed him clearly into the A-List and has made him one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood today.   L...

It took me a while to get it - see 'get it' in my dictionary later - but after watching the full, and woefully short three seasons, I'm now beginning to join the same crowd as many websites who put it in the top ten TV shows of all time.  I still won't go that far, not on principle against it, but on general extinct that most top tens demonstrate a limited knowledge of history as well as a bias to what is current and or popular right now. BUY DEADWOOD COMPLETE SET Therefore I will not put it in my top ten, which in itself is a silly idea by me anyway; it is too short for that, through no fault of the show so the arcs don't develop as they might, and I absolutely hate everything about drunken Calamity Jane I'm sorry to say. I would be hesitant to name a top five or three or even one actually, even The Wire is not god. This is not about me. BUY IT AT AMAZON They called Ian McShane's character a Limey in what could be the very first...

Baby Driver is a 2018 crime heist caper movie written and directed by Edgar Wright, who also directed such gems as the Hot Fuzz trilogy thing with Simon 'I know Tom Cruise' Pegg. The opening is very good and introduces the characters with depth.  As primarily a heist movie it follows the formula of a rote action reveal along with the introduction of a suitably motley crew of criminals.   In this iteration of the same old story -is that unfair?- the characters are interesting,  with Baby Driver himself certainly memorable, fleshed out and well played by Ansel Elgort. You may recognise him from The Fault in Our Stars. The crew has its own interesting conflicts and generally believable motivations, as well as Jamie Foxx in an excellent role for him as the token psychopath.  With Jon Hamm (Madmen), Jon Bernthal (The Punisher, The Walking Dead) and the ex-director of The Old Vic theatre in London who was in Seven too.   WALKING DEAD REBOOT...