Monthly Archive: July 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger. Marvel Studios/Paramount Pictures.

Captain America: The First Avenger Dir: Joe Johnston Starring: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, Toby Jones, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Stanley Tucci Run-Time: 124 Mins   In 1942, weedy, sickly Steve Rogers dreams of enlisting in the army to do his bit for his country, but is continually refused by the …

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High Voltage Festival 2011

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One of England’s newest rock festivals, High Voltage (Victoria Park, London) is sponsored/endorsed by Classic Rock magazine, as well as Planet Rock radio – and that should give you a big hint as to what bands to expect. As High Voltage isn’t a camping festival, I decided to stay with a friend in Reading and …

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Update…

Apologies for there being a lack of updates lately. We have been moving to a new Fake Geeks HQ and have been without the internet until recently. However, to make up for it, we have a review of the recent High Voltage music festival for you imminently.

Sonisphere Festival UK 2011

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With the trip to Sonisphere UK still seared into my brain, he’s my personal diary/review of the acts, hot off the press!   Friday:   The best laid plans… A little too late to see Diamondhead and not particularly interested in Anthrax, then I saw Hounds (Jagermeister Stage) to open up the festival. Armed with …

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The Wheel of Time III. The Dragon Reborn

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The Wheel of Time III. The Dragon Reborn Author: Robert Jordan Published: 1991 Genre: High Fantasy Length: 675 pages + prologue The Dragon Reborn tells the the third part of the on-going saga of The Wheel of Time. As has now become the norm, we are treated to a prologue that bears little importance or …

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