WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It’s funny to think that one of my favourite characters in the whole of the Guardians of the Galaxy films is voiced by an actor that I don’t exactly rate very highly. What’s interesting is that the films show a long friendship between Groot and Rocket which is true, …
Rom-Coms Through the Decades pt1
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ve always said that I don’t like Rom Coms but I started to wonder if the reason I don’t like them is that I’m not a fan of modern romantic comedies. So, why not go as far back as I can to see if I’m right and how the …
Albert Finney (1936-2019)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 9th May 1936 Died: 7th February 2019 (aged 82) Albert Finney Jnr (officially) was born in Salford, Lancashire, to Albert and Alice Finney. He was awarded a scholarship to RADA from which he qualified with a RADA Diploma at the age of 20. After RADA he joined the …
Suspiria de Profundis
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers So, you know how I’ve said before that I wasn’t doing anymore remake articles that were based on books? Well, I find it rather interesting that these films are actually based on an essay by Thomas De Quincey from 1845. Now, the 2018 remake is considered to be “inspired” …
A Horrifying Childhood pt.2
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Last time we discussed a horrifying childhood, we looked at the theme of the stories and nursery rhymes we would have grown up with. This time, I wanted to look at films that included things you, the reader, and I would have grown up with or around. As I’ve …
Singer to Actor: Awkwafina
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m going to be completely honest here and say that I had always known Awkwafina as actress as I had never really listened to any of her music, only seen her starring in films over the last few years. Well, here’s some of those films below – only one …
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 25th December 1899 Died: 14th January 1957 (age 57) Humphrey DeForest Bogart was born on Christmas Day 1899 to Belmont Bogart and Maud Humphrey. Paternally he was descended from the first female European Christian child born in New Netherland (now New York and New Jersey) and maternally he …
Cynophobia
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers You know how the Good Guy dolls in Chucky say “I’m your friend to the end”? Well, isn’t that the case for a dog – especially as there are stories of dogs waiting for their owners at stations because they don’t know they’ve passed away. On the flip side, …
Sprite AKA Lia McHugh
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It will be pretty obvious from the following article that Lia McHugh did very little before taking on the role of Sprite in The Eternals where she acted alongside some rather big names in the acting world. Funnily enough before the film, Sprite was depicted as male in the …
A Nightmare Christmas pt2
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers So, here we are again – it’s Christmastime (well it was 2 days ago but we all know Christmas lasts until New Year’s Day) and what better than to bring together one of my favourite times of year and my favourite genre of films…again… Sick For Toys This …