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10 Years of Savoy Cinema Worksop

Wednesday 23rd March 2022 marks 10 years since the opening of the Savoy Cinema Worksop. It is the town’s only cinema. It has survived flooding and a pandemic. It has become Worksop’s commercial hub and the centre of the town, both economically and geographically. It’s been my local cinema since it opened. On this special…
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25 years of DRIVER

Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of DRIVER, my favourite video game series. The original DRIVER was released on this day, 25th June, twenty-five years ago in 1999. DRIVER 2 followed in 2000, as did DRIV3R in 2004, DRIVER: Parallel Lines in 2006 and DRIVER: San Francisco in 2011. In the past, I’ve reviewed DRIVER for…
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Alex Plays… Portal 2
Portal 2 draws from the award-winning formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music that earned the original Portal over 70 industry accolades and created a cult following. The single-player portion of Portal 2 introduces a cast of dynamic new characters, a host of fresh puzzle elements, and a much larger set of devious test chambers.…
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Alex Plays… DRIVER
Screech through sun drenched Miami, speed over the hills of San Francisco, slide across the rain-drenched streets of Los Angeles or cause chaos in the hustle and bustle of New York. Mission over? Sit back, relax, re-live those glorious handbrake turns and wave goodbye to the cops again and again in the unbelievable ‘film director’…
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Film Journal: “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!”

Director: Bill Melendez Date released: 27th October 1966 Written by: Charles Schulz Genre: Comedy Starring: Peter Robbins, Sally Dryer In It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!, Linus decides that – rather than go trick-or-treating like the other children – he’ll get his Halloween treats by spending the night in the pumpkin patch waiting for the…