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2004/9/15

The bad news: middle-mind schmaltzmeister Steven Spielberg is planning a remake of War Of The Worlds, set in a modern setting and apparently starring ~~Will Smith~~ ~~Tom Hanks~~ Tom Cruise.

The good news: an unknown British director has beaten Spielberg to the punch, having completed filming on a version of War Of The Worlds, set in Victorian England (filmed under the cover title "The Great Boer War"), and starring unknown actors.

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2011/5/26

A few London transport map links: here there is a detailed, zoomable map of the London Underground and surface railways, showing the locations of stations (both operational and closed) and tracks. Meanwhile, the Green Party's

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2010/5/28

The Guardian reviews the new album by The Drums (the NYC86 band everybody's comparing to The Field Mice), isn't that impressed : Of course, to spurn the big, bad adult world in 1986 was implicitly political,

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2007/5/25

There's a rather good article in The Age on up-and-coming Melbourne indie-pop artist Pikelet : She's from Melbourne, she's 24, she sometimes works in a bar. Her name is Evelyn Morris and she calls herself Pikelet,

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