There is a long history of movie monsters such as the Hammer Horror classics of Dracula and Frankenstein, to name but 2, but in 1978 an iconic movie monster would hit the screen’s in John Carpenter’s Halloween. That would be the unstoppable killing machine that was Michael Myers, and unlike the 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a franchise started immediately with Halloween 2 … [Read more...]
Film Review: Take Me Home Tonight!
This film, directed by Michael Dowse, who made BritCom It’s all gone a bit Pete Tong and the Ice Hockey comedy Goon, appeared in the TV schedule this week. It’s a film that had passed me by, but my interest was perked by seeing Hollywood Man of the Moment, Chris Pratt was in it. Being a RomCom, I took to the sofa with the wife and gave it a go. The story centres around Matt … [Read more...]
From the Cinema to TV: The New Trend to Turn Films Into TV shows
Over recent years, TV has been talked about as the new cinema, due to the storytelling of such shows as Game Of Thrones, The Wire and our personal favourite, Breaking Bad. However, it appears this has now come full circle with our cinematic favourites now being turned into the new TV! Of course this idea is not new and can work, one of our favourite TV show’s started its life … [Read more...]