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Shaun of the Dead

Posted Wed, 11/02/2005 - 16:00 by John Breslin

Watched Shaun of the Dead on Hallowe'en night. It was great fun :)

TG4 showed their Irish language of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets on Monday; I was going to tape it but my TV reception wasn't great...

Celebrity Oddities: Cage's Super Son / Gandalf Dingle

Posted Thu, 10/06/2005 - 02:16 by John Breslin

Two strange stories that caught my eye from the entertainment world:

Nicholas Cage has named his new son Kal-El Coppola Cage. This is from the actor who was lined up by Tim Burton to play Superman some years back...

Ian McKellen, who has already starred in Coronation Street, is interested in playing a long lost relative of the Dingles in Emmerdale [Farm].

Last Day in San Francisco / Product Placement in Films

Posted Sun, 07/31/2005 - 00:27 by John Breslin

Mixed feelings on my last day in San Francisco: sad to be leaving one of the coolest cities I've been in, but looking forward to seeing home and family. I'm sipping my Starbucks Chantico hot chocolate and thinking of the things here I'll miss (that being one of them). Other things I'll miss:

  • Cheap prices of jeans and clothes in general, either in normal stores or outlets. I bought a pair of Levi's jeans for $10.84, including tax. $10.84; so good I said it twice.

San Francisco's 4th of July Celebration

Posted Wed, 07/06/2005 - 23:16 by John Breslin

San Francisco's 4th of July Celebration

Was a good one, the best fireworks I've seen. Everything from smiley faces, cubes, stars, and all in duplicate as there were synchronised versions of the fireworks on the west and east side of the City. I hope to add some photographs once I organise my collection.

Yesterday, we walked over and back across the Golden Gate bridge. It was slightly foggy, but still had some amazing views. My aunt brought us to Sausalito, a pretty little waterfront town just across the bridge.

Happy 4th of July

Posted Tue, 07/05/2005 - 03:39 by John Breslin

Greetings from Independence Day-celebrating USA!

Cops Toss Irish from LA Hotel

Posted Wed, 06/15/2005 - 19:06 by John Breslin

Tongue in cheek but fun ;)

Irish Voice, Wednesday, 18 May 2005

Cops Toss Irish from LA Hotel

by Sean O'Driscoll

AN Irish actor who was featured in Raging Bull and Titanic has hit out at Los Angeles cops after they aggressively broke up a sing song by Irish academics at the Beverly Hills Hilton last week.

Eye Cinema to Open Today

Posted Fri, 03/18/2005 - 21:03 by John Breslin

I read in the Galway Advertiser (last week's winner of the worst headline for the story "Galway to be world's first official anti-racist city") that the Eye Cinema in Wellpark is due to open today. I'm not sure is this a preview opening or an official opening, as their eyecinema.ie website seems a bit empty.

Edit: Scrap that, since I last typed the "Coming Soon" disappeared and there's now a full timetable! Cool...

Danny Boyle's Millions

Posted Mon, 01/24/2005 - 17:50 by John Breslin

I liked this film preview of Danny Boyle's new film "Millions" by Michael Dwyer in the Irish Times:

MILLIONS The new Danny Boyle movie deals with two young boys who find a stash of stolen bank money but - and here's the implausible bit - it's only seven days before Britain replaces sterling with the euro. March

Christopher Reeve Dies

Posted Mon, 10/11/2004 - 12:39 by John Breslin

I was sad to hear this morning that "Superman" actor Christopher Reeve has died aged 52. He had been quite ill for the past few weeks after suffering a cardiac arrest and then falling into a coma.

Reeve also starred in the TV series "Smallville" as Dr. Virgil Swann, and was replaced in a recent episode by his Superman co-star Margot Kidder due to ill health.