Every so on a book comes along that will appear everywhere, many a train journey I had where everyone was reading a Harry Potter book, whilst not so obvious now due to the Kindle, the last book sensation would have been the Fifty Shades of Grey books. Prior to that the biggest bestseller that I can recall was Dan Brown’s The DaVinci code, so like everyone else I got onboard … [Read more...]
The New Action Figures You Won’t Want To Lego!
When I grew up, toys wise we had Action Man or Barbie/Sindy; Playmobil; Lego and the one that really captured my childhood, from a genius marketing move from George Lucas, Star Wars Action Figures! The floodgates since my youth have of course now opened, and figures come with many of the movie blockbusters. I myself have action figures of Bruce Campbell as Ash from the Evil … [Read more...]
When Movies See Into The Future
We were wowed the other day to see Google were working on a universal translator to fit in the ear! An idea very much like the Babelfish, made famous in The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (Article via Gizmodo ) But it got us thinking of other film suggested ideas, that have become real, and incredibly there are many. Driverless cars of films such as Logan’s Run or the … [Read more...]
The Girl With All The Gifts: Coming From Page to Screen
When we heard about a new film coming called The Girl With All The Gifts we were intrigued about it. Finding it was based on a book of the same name by M.R. Carey, we quickly added it to our reading list. If the film is half as good as the book it could be a real must see! It is provisionally set for a September 2016 release. The book which is set in the future has the … [Read more...]
We Miss Original Blockbuster Movies!
We were looking at the latest film times online, planning our next trip and we are clearly now in Blockbuster season. Proven by the fact that we definitely look like heading out to see Captain America: Civil War, for our next choice. But whilst there, we noticed tickets are now also available for X-Men: Apocalypse, which will highly likely be our next choice. We then felt a … [Read more...]