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To celebrate the release of The Darkest Hour on Friday, we’ve teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox to give away five goodie packs of T-shirts and shot glasses. The film follows the plight of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack, and [...]

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As Bristol desert rock group Goan Dogs work on completing their debut album, we caught up with them to find out how the past year has gone and what their hopes are for 2012… How did Goan Dogs begin? Luke: Dan and I started doing our own little thing between us and after a couple [...]

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