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100 Years Of Christopher Lee

Few actors have had an impact on so many generations in the way that Christopher Lee did. The tall, dark and enigmatic actor’s deep baritone voice meant that he sounded as iconic as he looked and he had a career which saw him enter the Guinness [...]

May 27, 2022

Book Review: GUILLERMO DEL TORO – THE ICONIC FILMMAKER AND HIS WORK

Ian Nathan’s book, Guillermo Del Toro: The Iconic Filmmaker And His Work is a brilliant way to learn about the acclaimed director’s life and career. Nathan’s book might be unofficial and unauthorised, but this isn’t a cheap [...]

October 9, 2021

Remembering The Great Christopher Lee

May 27, 2021

Game Over! On Set Images Of Steven Spielberg Making READY PLAYER ONE

If anyone was going to direct an adaption of Ernest Cline’s Ready Play One then it had to be Steven Spielberg. Cline’s book is a love letter to ’80s movies and pop culture and Spielberg produced and directed some of the decade’s most iconic [...]

July 5, 2020

The Career Of Nicholas Hoult

The talented British actor Nicholas Hoult has already amassed an impressive career since his breakthrough role in About A Boy at just aged 11. Since then, his career has gone from strength to strength, with acclaimed roles independent films and [...]

May 1, 2019

The Career Of Lily Collins

English-American actress Lily Collins has had an impressive career to date, with a breakthrough performance in the 2009 film The Blind Side which she starred in alongside Academy Award-winner Sandra Bullock. Since then, she has played a variety of [...]

May 1, 2019

Blu-ray Review: Peter Jackson Returns To Middle-Earth With THE HOBBIT Trilogy Extended Edition

In retrospect it was never going to be easy for Peter Jackson to replicate the success of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. Jackson’s epic adaptation of J.R.R Tolkien’s masterwork was a mammoth undertaking and a risky gamble that managed to pay off [...]

December 5, 2015

Obituary: Christopher Lee 1922 – 2015

<> on August 7, 2013 in Locarno, Switzerland. Christopher Lee died on 7 June 2015 from respiratory problems and heart failure. He was 93 years old. Few actors have had an impact on so many generations in the way that Lee did. The tall, dark [...]

June 11, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT Trilogy Is Long But Enjoyable

Peter Jackson’s screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy is one of the few fantasy film series that managed to cross over from geeky entertainment to award-winning, record-breaking, blockbusting prestige pictures. [...]

April 20, 2015

Blu-ray Review: Die Hard In A School With TOY SOLDIERS

The success of Die Hard led to a bevy of copycat movies which saw terrorists take over a location (a building, a boat, a train, a plane) only to be thwarted by an unlikely hero. 1991’s Toy Soldiers sees a group of Colombian terrorists take over a [...]

March 23, 2015