WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ll be honest, it’s really hard to find films that are specifically set on New Year’s Eve. So, I switched up my plan for this article a little bit – and decided to focus on parties as a whole because you know, who doesn’t love ringing in the New …
December 2021
Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
Born: 1st April 1932 Died: 28th December 2016 (aged 84) Mary Frances ‘Debbie’ Reynolds was an acting, singing, dancing powerhouse who started her screen career at the age of 16 alongside Bette Davis (although she was uncredited in this role). She went on to star with the likes of Fred Astaire and Lana Turner before …
Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
Born: 21st October 1956 Died: 27th December 2016 (aged 60) Born the daughter of a singer and actress it was no surprise Carrie Frances Fisher entered into show business at a young age. Age 16 she sang alongside her mother in the hit Broadway revival of Irene, but this Broadway experience interfered with her education …
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers Based on the children’s book by Dr Suess, a film was made back in 2000 starring one of my favourite actors. However, it seems that this is no longer suitable and a new version had to be made. Now, I don’t want to get into the debate on whether …
A Nightmare Christmas
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Last year I brought you an article about Unconventional Christmas Films. This festive season I wanted to take it another step further. In case it wasn’t obvious by previous articles, horror is my favourite genre – so this time I’ve compiled a bunch of horror films set around Christmas …
Vision AKA Paul Bettany
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers The beauty of casting Paul Bettany as Vision is that from Iron Man until Avengers: Age of Ultron, he was the voice of J.A.R.V.I.S (Just Another Rather Very Intelligent System, what an original name). For those who don’t know, he is the internal system in all of Tony Stark’s …
Singer to Actress: Cher
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Throughout her six-decade career, Cher seemed to go by many names. She was born Cherilyn Sarkisian but later became Cher Bono when she married Sonny in 1969. Before legally changing her name to Cher and following a second marriage, her full name was Cherilyn Sarkisian La Piere Bono Allman …