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...]
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...]
10 Original films we want to see 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 have created a separate list of them, and these are the 10 films we are looking forward to in 2024 that are new to the big screen. THE WATCHERS We have recently read the book that the film … [Read more...]
Our Mid Year Top Ten Films of 2023
As we pass the halfway point of 2023, we look back on the films we have watched for the first time this year and share our top ten of the year so far. We start with some honourable mentions which didn't quite make our top ten: Elvis - A first time watch of this great biopic about the relationshop between the famous singer and his manager Colonel Tom Parker. Plane - … [Read more...]