04 November 2019
11 December 2019
Boris Johnson and the Kingdom of the Crystal Fridge: UK faces an election tomorrow. So we are facing Indiana Jones..
When is a Fridge More than Just a Fridge? When a figure of cultural interest hides /escapes within said Chamber of Cold. ‘Nuke the Fridge‘ has displaced / replaced ‘jump the shark’ as the synonym for the point at which a brand / hero / series shifts from...
09 December 2019
Who Ya Gonna Call? GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE. The Trailer is now Haunting the Internet
GHOSTBUSTERS 2020 / AFTERLIFE. They came, they saw..but do they kick ass? Remaking old classics is quite popular lately in Hollywood. Some people like them, some people not, some remakes are quite good while some are not so good. Take The Princess Bride. The very idea of remaking THAT!...
20 October 2019
Dear James Bond ‘Fans’: You need to Give up Some Very Bad Habits. Tomorrow. Twice. Forever..
See what I did there? Yes. I did a ‘thing’: a JAMES BOND ting innit. Played on the titles they use. Geddit? I know. Not clever. How Original! Just like THESE Bad Bond Fan Habits..That MUST END.. 🙂 Speculating about the Next James Bond Daniel Craig is here...
08 October 2019
Casting THE BATMAN: Why Pierce Brosnan as Alfred and Jonah Hill as Penguin Make Great Sense!
Holy Casting Rumours, Batman! Are these simply fiendish fanboy fantasies? Or is there both Truth AND Logic at Work? Ok. So Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN is speeding its way through the paces of pre-production. Casting rumours fly everywhere as with ALL Batman movies. Remember years back when Robin...
29 September 2019
‘Climb Every Mountain’: Is it Time to Fear the March of Media Language over Legal Objectivity in England’s War of Words?
When I said..DON’T use WW2 imagery to endure Brexit? Maybe I was wrong. Perhaps it has become even more relevant than ever! Remember that bit where Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer escaped at the end of The Sound of Music? Or Steve McQueen valiantly defying the baddies...
