Formula 1: Hungarian GP Overview

Hamilton emulates his hero Senna with his third Hungarian GP winMcLaren celebrate their third win of the yearThe 2012 Hungarian Grand Prix may not have had the outright excitement and lavish amounts of overtaking we have come to cherish about this season but there is one thing it did have; tension. It was an edge of your seat thriller that burned until the very last lap; with such rapid tyre degradation, the big question was would Lewis Hamilton...

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Formula 1: German GP Overview

Alonso seals it with a kissFernando Alonso put in a sublime performance around Hockenheim to win his third race of the season and extend his lead at the top of the standings to 34 points. He didn't put a foot wrong all afternoon, beating Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen to the finish.Starting from pole position as he did in Silverstone, Alonso's fortunes were a lot better in Germany and he managed to hold Button and Vettel at arms...

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Film Review: The Dark Knight Rises

"When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to die"This review may contain some minor spoilers.Eight years on from the events of The Dark Knight, Batman (Christian Bale) returns to the city that branded him a criminal to save them from a new enemy, terrorist Bane (Tom Hardy). Christopher Nolan's first two Batman films are seen as something of a benchmark as superhero films go; 2005's Batman Begins reintroduced The World's Greatest...

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Verdict: Life's Too Short

Life's Too Short features stars like Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant; the comedic geniuses behind landmark television shows like The Office and Extras, An Idiot Abroad, The Ricky Gervais Show, a plethora of podcasts and stand-up tours. Now, they're back with a third slap of comedy in Life's Too Short; but how does it stack up alongside it's predecessors?Initially it might seem that Life's Too Short...

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Formula 1: Mid-Season Report #2

Part 2 of my Formula 1 mid-season report details the remaining seven teams from Sauber through to Hispania. On a team by team basis, I look at who has impressed and who hasn't so far. For Part 1, click here. Sauber F1 Team: C+Drivers' Championship: 9th - Perez, 14th - KobayashiConstructors' Championship: 6thSauber have had a great first half of the season; their car has been consistently quick in both qualifying and the race and they have two talented,...

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Formula 1: Mid-Season Report #1

2012 has been one of the best for action, drama and surprise.Nine races gone and 2012 is shaping up as the binary opposite of last year; by this same time last year, Sebastian Vettel had all but won the championship, and anyone who said otherwise was either a fool or an blind optimist. Fast forward 12 months and the drivers' and constructors' championships are wide upon, with little indication of who will prevail when the chequered flag falls on...

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Film Review: The Amazing Spider-man

Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-manHow soon is too soon for a re-boot? Five, ten years? When Sony Pictures announced back in 2010 that a reboot of their lucrative Spider-man franchise was on its way, many people reacted with despair, proclaiming it too soon for Spidey to given the a rework since Spider-man 3 had only been in cinemas 3 years previously. Now, two years later, The Amazing Spider-man swings into cinemas a mere decade after the...

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Formula 1: British GP Overview

Webber races to victory around historic SilverstoneA last minute dash to the finish saw Mark Webber zip past Fernando Alonso to win his second British Grand Prix in three years. The story of the race was Red Bull vs. Ferrari, with Lotus not far off and Mclaren well off the pace. Mark Webber has been a fairly quiet achiever in 2012; a consistent start to the year followed by wins in Monaco, and now Britain, has put him in the picture for this...

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Film Review: Snow White And The Huntsman

Fairest of them all? - Kristen StewartIt all starts with once upon a time, weaves it's way through familiarities like an apple, an evil queen with a black heart and a heroic huntsman, but Snow White and The Huntsman gives fresh life to an old fairytale, albeit not completely convincingly. In what seems like a growing trend, Snow White and The Huntsman offers a darkened and twisted take on an age old fable that is full of angst and moodiness....

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