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300 (out of 10?)

Now we are fully aware that we have used a picture of 300 on this page at somepoint within the last few issues but I feel we can justify covering it again.

Getting its debut at the Berlin film festival this week, this adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel looks as if it is going to have an absolutely georgeous aesthetic to it.

We are yet too see whether its story, based around 300 spartans defending themselves against a million strong Persian war machine, will have enough content to back up how good it’s going to look.

Still with an awesome Nine Inch Nails tune on the trailer, it’s easily enough to get us all at Quench film dangerously excited. This is Sparta…

This Week

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Issue 52 - Front Page

The Gig-goer

Nick leans on the bar, pint in hand; his head nodding slightly to the music. His face is masked by long, greasy strands of hair, (he tells people that he hasn’t had it cut in over a year with a sense of pride). At last the headlining band come on stage, and Nick downs his pint and lurches forward into the crowd.

Angus Mcbean

McBean was one of the most prominent portrait photographers of the

Bright Eyes - Cassadaga

Snotty Nose

In Review: M.A.C.H

Modified Air Combat Heroes Is an acronym that has blatantly been reverse engineered by twatty marketing types. People who get to wear their own clothes to work and use phrases like ‘edgy’ and ‘bling’ far too much.

Space

The final frontier for humanity,or a distraction from life on Earth?

Life of Si

Film Si fills you in on whats going on in his film infested mind

K-Day

Fashion Desk takes on the crowds in Queen Street to battle it out for a piece of the most over-hyped collection of the year

Diversions

Exposure sees Diversions return to the stage with a new triple bill for 2007. Each of the dances is remarkably different from the others and it’s this variety that draws audiences back to see the dance company time and again.

Love Is All

Watching Love is All tonight is rather like eating an ice cream too fast.

Maroon 5 - Makes Me Wonder

Upbeat and commercial, so unlikely to be popular with students. But thedistinctive sound of Levine’s voice makes a welcome comeback; he is, after all, the best thing since sliced bread.