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The Speakeasy Is GO!

A nervous, exciting and fulfilling day for Clive and I on Monday. About these ads

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Announcing The X&HT Speakeasy!

An evening was had with Leading Man Clive last night. One of those big plan, wide focus, beer-fuelled discussions, an idea-cooker where great notions are born.

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Masked And Anonymous: Rob Saw Iron Man Three

If there's one thing I've learnt from many years of watching superhero movies, it's this: manage your disappointment.

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Bringing It All Back Home: Rob Saw The Place Beyond The Pines

If you’ve been told that Derek Cianfrance’s new drama The Place Beyond The Pines is Drive 2, then I’m afraid you’ve been misinformed.

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The Prisoner Of Soho: Rob Saw The Look Of Love

I have walked the streets of Soho for over twenty years. Of course I'm interested in a film about its King.

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…And This Is Me

Here’s something for all you new followers out there. 

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A Beating Heart Will Never Die: The Continuing Story Of Big Country

Always underestimated, Big Country have hit their 30th anniversary as a musical force that’s both reinvigorated and hungry.

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Thoughts On Record Store Day 2013

Soho on a Saturday morning is usually a quietly hungover place. Not on the 20th of April. 

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A Time To Shine And A Time To Die: Rob Read The Shining Girls

Harper Curtis is a serial killer. He focuses on girls with a particular quality; for him, they shine.

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Quiet Earth: Rob Saw Oblivion

It's been too long since we've seen a proper, unapologetic future SF movie in the multiplexes. Something with robots and aliens and spaceships.

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