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The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 8 Review – ‘Party Planning’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams were tasked with putting together children’s parties, complete with entertainment, catering and goodies. Who would send the clients home happy? Last week, The Apprentice ploughed a well-known and zeitgeisty area of business – the discount store. This week, it was something entirely […]

Ryan Gosling circling Neil Armstrong role in Damien Chazelle’s biopic First Man

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Ryan Gosling (Only God Forgives) is in talks to play the iconic astronaut Neil Armstrong in upcoming biopic First Man, which is being directed by Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), according to Deadline. SEE ALSO: Ryan Gosling confirms he’s starring in the Blade Runner sequel SEE ALSO: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone rumoured for Damien Chazelle’s La […]

The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 7 Review – ‘Discount Store’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice, in which the teams struggled in their attempts to capitalise on the discount store boom… There was a sense of dust settling on this week’s episode of The Apprentice after last week’s boardroom bloodbath. This week saw the teams rebalanced as Lord Sugar sent them to […]

Trainspotting 2 is “a beautiful thing”, says Robert Carlyle

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Robert Carlyle (The Legend of Barney Thomson) has praised the script for Danny Boyle’s (Steve Jobs) upcoming drama Trainspotting 2 in an interview with NME, calling it “one of the best scripts I’ve fucking read”. SEE ALSO: Danny Boyle says Trainspotting 2 will shoot in the summer, won’t adapt Porno The actor, who played Begbie […]

The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Mystery Date Observation’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory’s ninth season, which foregrounded relationship faux pas and a pair of guest stars… After a solid episode last week, The Big Bang Theory continued to revitalise its rather slow ninth run with another stellar episode in ‘The Mystery Date Observation’. Like many of the […]

Remake in the works for Christopher Nolan mind-bender Memento

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Christopher Nolan’s (Interstellar) second film, reverse chronological thriller Memento, is set to get the remake treatment according to The Hollywood Reporter. SEE ALSO: Warner Bros. rumoured to be planning Akira trilogy with Christopher Nolan SEE ALSO: Christopher Nolan’s next film set for 2017 Released in 2000, Memento put Nolan on the map as a filmmaking […]

The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 6 Review – ‘Handy Man’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice in which almost all of the candidates proved utterly useless at manual work and Lord Sugar’s firing finger got a hell of a workout… It’s no secret that Lord Sugar likes it when his potential business partners show that they can get their hands dirty. This […]

The Big Bang Theory Season 9 Episode 7 Review – ‘The Spock Resonance’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory, which finally injected some life into a season that had been variable at best… Finally! After weeks of bizarre skits and some rather tedious storytelling, the ninth run of The Big Bang Theory has hit its stride with ‘The Spock Resonance’ – a very […]

The Apprentice Series 11 Episode 5 Review – ‘Children’s Book’

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Tom Beasley reviews the latest episode of The Apprentice. This week, the world of children’s literature floors the teams as they try to separate their onomatopoeia from their alliteration… Candidates on The Apprentice are seldom short for words. This week, however, that proved to be a good thing as the teams were tasked with producing […]