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Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Return of the gang

What’s the story? Once the cream of light entertainment, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo the Great, Fozzie Bear and the rest of the Muppet gang have all gone their separate ways.

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Andersonstown News February 3, 2012

All heart and soul

What’s the story? Matt King (George Clooney) is a man with a lot on his plate. He’s a busy lawyer and father but he’s also a direct descendant of a 19th century Hawaiian princess.

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Andersonstown News January 30, 2012

Epic tale half-told

What’s the story? Ambitious, domineering and uncompromising, J Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a man married to the law.

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Andersonstown News January 19, 2012

The rough and tumble

What’s the story?

A knuckle-headed bouncer with a talent for physically hurting people, Doug (Seann William Scott) isn’t exactly the brightest chap in the world, much to the dismay of his intelligent and cultured father (Eugene Levy). But, if they handed out doctorates for violence, there’s no doubt that Doug would graduate with a distinction.

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Andersonstown News December 8, 2011

Hogmanay hogwash

What’s the story?As 2011 draws to a close, the lives of multiple New Yorkers collide as 2012 relentlessly approaches.

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Andersonstown News December 1, 2011

No justice from Cage

What’s the story?Mild-mannered high school teacher Will Gerard (Nicolas Cage) and genteel musician Laura (January Jones) are happily married and living a peaceful life.

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Columnists February 17, 2012

Terms of justice should not be left to victims

Al Hutchinson, who is no longer officially our Ombudsman but is keeping the seat warm until his successor is installed, has stirred the pot of the past in recent days.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

A time for great rejoicing?

GENERAL hilarity erupts in West Belfast, firstly at news that Rangers had applied to go into administration; secondly, at news that they had indeed gone into administration; and thirdly, that the inevitable 10-point docking had taken place.

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Why snack lovers are getting that old sinking feeling on this 100th anniversary

AWAY from the Occupied Six-Counties fry, another staple food of Noel ’n’ Alan was in the spotlight this week. In the research and development wing of Tandragee Castle, Tayto have…

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Chemical fly in the oinkment

A CORRESPONDENT – ‘Pig-Ignorant’ – texts the paper this week complaining about some bacon he bought for his Saturday morning fry-up. He’s unhappy first of all about the fact that the bacon had an irridiscent sheen when he removed it from the packaging

Andersonstown News February 16, 2012

Resilience a recurring theme, from Conamara to Ground Zero

That great hero of Conamara, Seán Ó Coisdealbha, was in the Cultúrlann on Saturday to launch his new poetry anthology Stadhan. A veteran troublemaker – in the best sense of the word – and the dynamo behind some of the best community ventures in the Gaeltacht,

Columnists February 15, 2012

Bitsa ramblings on travel – both time and otherwise

In the mid-90s I briefly took a break from playing Goldeneye on the Nintendo 64 and worrying about who would win the musical face-off between Blur and Oasis to watch children’s television.