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    Aug 26 2008
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    Curse these human feelings ...

    By Dan Asides
    I still fully expect to dance down the street singing "Ding dong, the witch is dead" when she finally snuffs it, but I was still quite moved when I read…
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    Aug 25 2008
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    It's the same wherever you go

    By Dan all blacks, Asides, Literature, Sport
    It's the same wherever you go - that desperate search for a pub when the All Blacks are playing. Even if you are Archbishop Desmond Tutu: We meet the irrepressible…
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    Aug 23 2008
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    Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wanted and two more ...

    By Dan Cinema, Reviews
    From the first bars of John Williams' famous fanfare, played on a 1000 kazoos, you know The Clone Wars is going to be a cheap and cheerful, Saturday morning cartoon…
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    Aug 19 2008
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    Review: The Bank Job, The Edge of Heaven, Charlie Bartlett, Apron Strings and Prague

    By Dan Cinema, Conflict of Interest, Reviews
    One of the pitfalls you try and avoid in this gig is reviewing the film you wish you were watching instead of the one that is actually in front of…
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    Aug 15 2008
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    What have I learnt this week?

    By Dan Asides
    What have I learnt this week? During study, when noting an important part of a book, write the page number beside it. You know, so you can find it again…
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    Aug 12 2008
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    Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, Closing the Ring, Smart People, Married Life, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and Journey From the Fall

    By Dan Cinema, Conflict of Interest, Reviews
    Forgetting Sarah Marshall is an ideal post-Festival palate cleanser: a saucy comedy fresh off the Judd Apatow production line (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up). Here he gives the…
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