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Christian Bale uses social media by accident

Movies, Social Media on February 4th, 2009 No Comments

Hollywood actor Christian Bale used social media to its maximum potential yesterday, purely by accident, after losing his cool on the set of the new Terminator film. I (along with millions of others) was shocked by the sheer anger in the man’s voice but also amused by the variety of accents he slides through during [...]

Amusing viral: New Apple Wheel MacBook – with no Keyboard!

Amusing, Movies, Social Media on January 16th, 2009 No Comments

Here is another entertaining viral, which has been created by The Onion an online satirical newspaper. The clip is basically about Apple launching the Apple Wheel MacBook a brilliant invention that replaces the keyboard making emails take only 45 mins each. My favourite comments from this video are: “Everything is just a few hundred clicks [...]

Star Wars Gym – Something to cheer you up

Amusing, Movies on July 11th, 2008 1 Comment

Todd Defren made my morning today when I started reading his latest post. Unfortunately, he has just had to have an operation on his shoulder so he is recuperating at home and one of his friends sent him a video to cheer him up. Now I am a big Star Wars fan, so the video [...]

A brilliant spy gadget and becoming an international man of mystery

James Bond, Movies, Public Relations, Social Media on February 28th, 2008 No Comments

I know what you’re thinking – why the title? Well, two reasons firstly because its tenuously linked to James Bond – I realise it’s really Austin Powers and extremely sad – and secondly because of the gadget which I had to write about as it made me both laugh and cry at the same time. [...]

HD DVD about to die a death

Consumer Technology, Movies on February 18th, 2008 No Comments

As predicted it seems Toshiba is about to throw in the towel with its HD DVD format. The BBC article reads: “”There have been media reports that Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD business,” a Toshiba spokesman said. “In fact, Toshiba has not made any announcement or decision. We are currently assessing our business strategies, [...]

Blu-Ray dominates and begins to look like VHS

Consumer Technology, Movies on February 12th, 2008 No Comments

A while ago I wrote on my blog that I felt Sony had got it right with Blu-Ray and they would win the battle of the two high definition DVD formats.  Well as the battle has hotted up, it now appears that Blu-Ray really is beginning to dominate. According to reports Best Buy, which is [...]

Cloverfield – hit or a miss???

Movies on February 3rd, 2008 No Comments

Well after hearing a rave review from Chris Moyles and comedy Dave on  Radio 1 last week, I  decided to buy myself two tickets and venture out into the cold February night with my wife to watch the new Cloverfield movie – which started on Friday. You can watch the trailer first by clicking here. [...]

Penguin and MySpace search for new James bond theme

James Bond, Marketing, Movies, Social Media on January 29th, 2008 No Comments

Bond fans are getting the chance to become part of 007 history by getting the opportunity to write the music to the new Bond movie. Unfortunately, I think my musical talent doesn’t stretch this far but I am sure there will be a lot of people out there who would be interested. I am a [...]