Boy oh boy wasn’t Avengers Infinity War the funniest movie ever?! I mean, what a thigh-slapping, rib-tickling laughfest of galactic proportions! It was all I could do not to … OK, really, this was one GRIM, I say again, GRIM film and you were a cold person indeed if Continue Reading
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I’m gonna be! Join YouTube user The Usual Suspect and walk 500 Miles through 127 films
SNAPSHOT Bradford, UK film critic Ross Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect has created a wonderfully edited video of The Proclaimers classic song “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” being sung using clips from 127 movies. (synopsis via Laughing Squid) One of the most infectiously-catchy songs I’ve heard is “I’m Gonna Continue Reading
Movie review: Mission: Impossible – Fallout
All hail the saviour of the modern blockbuster action spy thriller! It may seem a bold claim to make in an age when James Bond and Bourne have proven you can have thrills and international spills and still say something, however fleetingly expressed, that’s meaningful and insightful about the Continue Reading
Are we going to back to Stars Hollow for more Gilmore Girls? Don’t pack your bags just yet
It has oft been said that you can’t go back, and while that’s true in lots of instances, it’s increasingly not the case when it comes to old TV shows. Why even Frasier might be coming back to our increasingly-crowded screens! Of course, Gilmore Girls has already returned to Continue Reading
Retro movie review: The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming
We are an easily frightened species it seems. While we like to cloak ourselves in the spirit of the enlightenment and speak to our embrace of reason and logic – not everyone, of course, as current events in certain countries give confronting testimony to – it doesn’t take much Continue Reading
You can ask Saoirse Ronan 73 questions! Well, vicariously anyway
SNAPSHOT While packing for an Ireland-bound flight, Oscar-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan answers 73 questions from Vogue. Saoirse talks about her famously difficult first name, the causes closest to her heart, and best advice she’s ever received. (synopsis via Laughing Squid (c) Conde Nast Entertainment) You only have to see Continue Reading
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies – the ultimate superhero film?
I love cartoons, yes even as an adult, and I love inventive parodies, so it mystifies me how I managed to miss a single episode of the hit Cartoon Networks’ show Teen Titans, an animated superhero series created by Glen Murakamia based on a series of 1980s comic books, Continue Reading
The short and the short of it: Romance is undeniably alive and well in A Date in 2025
SNAPSHOT In the year 2025, a young man’s super-intelligent AI system tells him that he must go on a date or face certain suicide from loneliness. (synopsis via Vimeo) Going online has really made a huge change to the way we find the love of our life. (Exhibit A Continue Reading
Movie review: The Breaker Upperers
We live in an age where pretty much everything is outsourced. IT, phone services, shopping, even essay writing if you’re an unscrupulous uni student; so why not breaking up with someone, which I think we can all agree is of the worst things anyone ever has the misfortune to Continue Reading
Tons o’ #SDCC trailers: Origins, FTWD, Nightflyers, Disenchantment, SHAZAM! + lots more (bonus The Good Place gag reel)
As always lots of pop culture goodness came cascading out of San Diego Comic Con wrapped up just under a week ago. This intro is far too short a beast to capture it all which is why you check out Den of Geek’s excellent round-up which has all the Continue Reading