WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Ryan Reynolds is typically known as the comedic actor who genuinely does not take himself seriously, which in truth makes Deadpool the perfect role for him. It is for this reason that I have decided not to cover any of his comedy films and show you all a different …
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Actor to Singer: Jared Leto
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Writing this article, I was given a little bit of a shock. I believed that any of Jared Leto’s acting followed the beginning of his band Thirty Seconds to Mars but actually it turns out that he was acting before this! I know for some people they may only …
Anton Yelchin (1989-2016)
Born: 11th March 1989 Died: 19th June 2016 (27 years) Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now St Petersburg, Russia) and was raised in America from six months. His parents were figure skaters for the Leningrad Ice Ballet in Russia and became ice skating coaches upon their move to America …
Whisky Galore! 1949 vs 2016
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers A book was once born out of the true story of the S.S Politician running aground on the rocks of the Island of Eriskay. From that book came a film in 1949 of the same name, Whisky Galore!. To me, it comes across as a rather strange style of …
Live or Die: You Decide
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers This is another one of my ‘Tackling the Trope’ articles, I just felt that adding that into the title would have made it a little too long. So, everyone has their own opinion on whether they prefer the protagonists to survive the film or whether they are happy for …
Fright Night 1985 vs 2011
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers From the mind of Tom Holland (no, not that one) came the story of Charley Brewster and the vampire next door. It seems that when choosing to remake this film, Craig Gillespie believed that not enough death took place. So, here’s my opinion on who told the story better …
Tackling the Trope: Death by Sex
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’m sure you’ve all heard Randy’s rules for surviving a horror film in Scream right? Well, I wanted to look at one of them a little more in depth – specifically rule one: Never have sex. BIG NO NO! BIG NO NO! Sex equals death, okay? (Couldn’t resist the …
Burt Kwouk, OBE (1930-2016)
Born: 18th July 1930 Died: 24th May 2016 (85 years) Herbert Tsangtse Kwouk was born in Warrington, Lancashire to Chinese parents who happened to be touring Europe at the time. He was raised in Shanghai until the age of 17 when he left to study in the U.S. After his time in America he toured …
Battle of the Prequels
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers It is very rare for two versions of a prequel film to be include in a film’s anthology. I’m being serious, both Dominion and Exorcist: The Beginning are included in the DVD boxset. It does make you wonder if one is a deliberate remake of the other or if …
Singer to Actress: Rihanna
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born in Barbados, it seems that Rihanna has decided to become a jackie-of-all-trades. Unfortunately, she has only ended up being mistress of a few. As a teenager, before my music tastes began to change, I was a big fan of Rihanna’s. So much so that I owned her first …