At the time of writing, the 2016 Oscars are happening this weekend. With the rise in Social Media, we’ve seen nothing but posts about what should or shouldn’t win, this year the Oscars are under a cloud due to the horrific #Oscarssowhite scandal. We want to gloss over that and think of Best Picture, some great choices and includes big box office far for a change in Mad Max: … [Read more...]
We Miss This From The Movies Thanks to Modern Day Advances
We have spoken before, that with the download age we live in, we do worry that hard copies of films on DVD or BluRay days are numbered. This is why we embrace the limited edition releases such as steel books or releases with art cards for example, as we hope they can keep them going a bit longer. One of the things that has gone from my youth is the single from Vinyl; … [Read more...]
Bringing New Life To Animated Favourites
Over the last couple of months, we have seen images revealed for Disney’s new version of The Jungle Book directed by Jon (Iron Man) Favreau This is a live action version of the 1967 animated film of the same name, and this seems to be the newest Hollywood trend as this will not be the first. CGI animals will be used using motion capture VFX and it has a very impressive … [Read more...]
Is Zoolander still in fashion?
I saw the original Zoolander way back when it was released in 2001, directed and starring Ben Stiller, it became one of my favourites, and prior to watching the recently released sequel, I still found it very enjoyable. So 15 years later, I was excited at the chance to see Ben Stiller return as Derek Zoolander, especially as he was also bringing back Owen Wilson as Hansel … [Read more...]
The Hunger Games: Good things come to those who wait!
http://amzn.to/2115X1B In 2011, I used to have a long commute to work so would read many books on my train journey to work, one of the books that was recommended to me was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It was a great recommendation as I read it in no time and quickly devoured its two sequels Catching Fire and Mockingjay! I read with anticipation that the first book … [Read more...]