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December 18, 2013 Dire DVDs: Christmas Shoes
You’ve heard the song I bet. Someone’s sent you a link to either what they think is the most beautiful Christmas song, or the most painfully terrible Christmas song. I’m firmly in the “painfully terrible” camp on this one, so it’s with some trepidation I load up the Christmas Shoes DVD. I did ask a […]
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December 11, 2013 Dire DVDs: A Christmas Romance
I’m not going to accuse this movie of being predictable, but the title pretty much tells us what’s going to happen, it’s just a matter of getting through the wacky misunderstandings first. This is why I can’t really “do” Romantic Comedy – I know everyone’s going to end up together and waiting for them to […]
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December 4, 2013 Dire DVDs: A Different Kind of Christmas
Friends, it is upon us. We are now in December and there’s nothing you can do about it. The year is hurtling to a close, and all those New Years Resolutions you made last year can be recycled for this year because let’s face it – you didn’t stick to them. The other thing about […]
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November 27, 2013 Dire DVDs: Anaconda III
Last year, the Australian version of Celebrity Apprentice featured David Hasselhoff. He had a “shock” exit, claiming he had sudden family commitments to attend to, but it turned out it was planned and he was only signed on for three weeks anyway. The question is: Why did they bother? Australia, believe it or not, has […]
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November 20, 2013 Dire DVDs: Broken Lullaby
This week’s Dire DVD comes to you from the good people at Mills and Boon. You might know them better by the name Harlequin. They print approximately 9,000 skinny romance novels every month and while they claim there is no “formula” for a romance novel, there is. A friend of my late Grandmother wrote one […]
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