We are big fans of the Planet of the Apes movie series, but it wasn’t always that way. 🦍 It was one of those things we were aware of, mainly from its TV series and Cartoon in the Seventies, when growing up. But if we saw the movies, we had no real memory of them. In fact we didn’t really discover the movies, until the late Eighties, when we saw the brilliant … [Read more...]
I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts….New Ghostbusters Movies, maybe!
In 1984, as a 13 year old I was so excited by a movie called Ghostbusters. My schoolbooks were covered with the stickers that came in my cereal box (Shreddies from memory). I owned the storybook, so I could relive their adventures over and over, and hoped that I would see the crew again. And then Ghostbusters 2 came in 1989, the wait had been helped by a hugely … [Read more...]
How A TV Show Inspired us to Start ‘Foster Friday’s’
Recently we watched True Detective: Night Country, the fourth season of the popular True Detective series. It was a much-needed return to form for the show, and in part that was because of a superb performance from Jodie Foster. Ever since we first saw her in the Silence of the Lambs, our opinion remains that she is one of the greatest actresses of all time, if not the … [Read more...]
10 SEQUEL/SPIN OFF FILMS WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2024
When we sat down to see what films we were looking forward to seeing in 2024, it was rather sad to see how many where sequels or spin offs to already existing movies. So, we created this separate list of them, and these are the 10 films we are looking forward to in 2024 that are franchises coming to the big screen. We have to be honest, sequels can be a mixed bag and a … [Read more...]
Is it A Christmas Film without the Ho Ho Ho’s?
As yesterday was the first of December, the question most media outlets and film fans ask, is that age old question is Die Hard a Christmas film. Personally, I didn’t know there were rules as to what contributes a Christmas film, do they really need to be about family and feature Santa; reindeer; elves and the like? Definitely would not seem the case as the highest … [Read more...]