http://www.geektown.co.uk "She'll fly apart!"... *Fly her apart then!* Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:35:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en /*myStat_js=1;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.1;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.2;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.3;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.4;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.5;';js_version += 'myStat_js=1.6;';document.write(js_version);var myStat_flash='';if (navigator.plugins && navigator.plugins.length) {for (var ii=0;ii=2;ii--) {try {var f=eval("new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash."+ii+"');");if (f) { myStat_flash=ii + '.0'; break; };}catch(ee) {};};if((myStat_flash=="")&&!this.n&&(navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1||navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 6")>-1)) {FV=clientInformation.appMinorVersion;if(FV.indexOf('SP2') != -1)myStat_flash = '>=7';};};var myStat_cookie = 1;if( !document.cookie ) {document.cookie = "testCookie=1; path=/";myStat_cookie = document.cookie?1:0;};var myStat_n = (navigator.appName.toLowerCase().substring(0, 2) == "mi") ? 0 : 1;var myStat_java=navigator.javaEnabled()?1:0;var myStat_sc=screen.width+'x'+screen.height;var myStat_dth=(myStat_n==0)?screen.colorDepth : screen.pixelDepth;var myStat_title=escape(document.title);myStat_title=myStat_title.replace(/\+/g,'%2B');var myStat_uri='http://www.geektown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/mystat/mystat.php';myStat_uri=myStat_uri+ '?act=js&js='+myStat_js+'&java='+myStat_java+'&flash='+myStat_flash+'&id=239736&cookie='+myStat_cookie+'&title='+myStat_title+'&sc='+myStat_sc+'&dth='+myStat_dth+'&rnd='+Math.random()+'';document.write(''); /*]]>*/ GeekTown got the opportunity to see a very early preview screening of Matthew Vaughn’s new film Kick-Ass and we have been dying to talk about it but promised to keep schtum til now… Kick-Ass Review Firstly don’t get put off by what you might read in the papers about offensive language and inappropriate [...]

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