Star Wars and Hunger Games fans are aplenty and these franchise fans will be out in droves for the new instalments arriving on our screens soon. Currently in cinemas, a huge following of fans of the James Bond franchise have made Spectre another box office smash. If we love a film on screen, it is more than likely we will see it return. This can be especially seen in the … [Read more...]
Would Streaming end Pound Movies?
The other day we wrote a blog about streaming of movies, due to the Mail running an article that claimed the DVD format was facing the end. This was because a DVD rental by post service was putting its prices up! VHS died out previously, but I for one hope that DVD does not follow. I’ve said before that streaming has issues, such as lack of subtitle options, unable to … [Read more...]
UK Film Magazines! Which is your favourite?
When it comes to film magazines in the UK, there are 2 clear leaders: Empire: Established June 1989 Total Film: Established later in 1997 Both can be comprehensive for features on the upcoming movie releases, set reports etc. It would at present, appear that Empire is the best seller in the UK, yet I subscribe to Total Film, as they had a giveaway price, looking for … [Read more...]
Leave Streaming to Ghostbusters, we want a DVD
It has recently been announced that Amazon/Love Film service is to have an overhaul of all its disc by posts services. Link to story from the Daily Mail here http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3298269/Amazon-customers-horrified-price-hike-customers-paying-FIVE-TIMES-films-delivered-post.html It saddens me that the Mail have heralded this as the death of DVD, I get the … [Read more...]
Celebrate a Bad Film With Laughs!
We were reminded that on this day (October 11th) in 2007 that we finally saw our second Jaws film at the cinema. We had seen the first Jaws at a charity event raising funds for surfers against sewage but this time we were jumping to the final film Jaws: The Revenge! Now, we obviously have all 4 of the films on VHS/DVD although only the original on BluRay (sort it out Universal … [Read more...]