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[11 Aug 2009 | 17 Comments | ]
Planet Doha

Can our intrepid explorer Dale McCarthy travel all the way round the world without ever leaving Doha? Join him and his guide Shafeer on the Indian leg of his journey for a feast of exotic sights and tastes.

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[10 Aug 2009 | 6 Comments | ]
Shukran Al Basha

What keeps Adabisc going through the day? Is it our love for the work we do? Our inner-drive? Our desire to scale new peaks of advertising greatness? Maybe. But a tasty bite of Al Basha – our favourite food delivery joint certainly helps us get going in the morning! This film honours their tireless work, dough in dough out.

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[7 Aug 2009 | One Comment | ]
Off course in Qatar – Dalla Showroom for Car Auction

Part 1 – Dalla Showroom for Car Auction
Doha is a photogenic city. Not in the way Paris or Cape Town maybe, but it has a haphazard charm that loves the lens. I’ve lived in the city all of six weeks, and driven an abused Mitsubishi for a week, so losing my bearings started soon after pulling out of my compound. This was a good thing, considering my mission, which was to get lost as quickly as possible.
It was late on a Friday afternoon, midsummer in the Gulf, and the skies …

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[6 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]
Pat recommends

A MOVIE YOU’D LIKE OTHERS TO SEE:
Grand Torino

DESCRIBE IT IN FIVE WORDS:
Moving. Badass. Intense. Gripping. Hopeful
PERFORMANCE THAT BLEW YOU AWAY:
Clint Eastwood was really something. In fact it’s my favourite Clint movie.
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE FILM?
“It is a strong, compelling film and an incredibly moving story. It’s got great characters and the relationships between them are complicated and realistic. Throughout the movie you have no idea what’s going to happen. Clint is totally cool. And it’s got a neat, but unique twist on the Kung Fu mentor-student type dynamic; even …