WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Anyone who knows me will attest to the fact that I may have a mild obsession with serial killers, which probably all started when I learned about Jack the Ripper. Give me a true crime documentary on any of them, and I’m hooked. So, I thought it would be …
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Miracle on 34th Street 1947 vs 1994
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers So it’s that time of year already, and what better question to ask than – is Santa Claus real? Well, here are two films that ask this question in, for me anyway, very different ways. Rivalry and Reputation This, for me, is the biggest killer of the remake. …
Arachnophobia
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I know I’ve referenced spiders in horror films previously when writing the Creepy Crawlies article – but there’s enough films that include them that it seemed to be worth writing them an article of their own. Not that I am in anyway comfortable with watching these films as I …
Richard Pryor (1940-2005)
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Born: 1st December 1940 Died: 10th December 2005 (65 years) Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III was born and raised in Illinois. His mother was a prostitute and his father was a bartender, boxer and World War II veteran. His mother abandoned him when he was a child and …
Groot AKA Vin Diesel
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I think this is the first character where Vin Diesel actually plays an out-and-out hero. Put it this way, Xander Cage = criminal, Richard B.Riddick = murderer and Fast and the Furious = not so clean cut either. I don’t know how many of you know this, but he …
Beginning with Bumblebee
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers In order to watch this article, I watched Bumblebee for the first time, but I had to make myself suffer through Transformers for the second time. I put it this way because the film was just as bad as I remembered. Now, that’s not saying that Bumblebee was a …
Last House on the Left 1972 vs 2009
WARNING: This Review May Contain Spoilers So here we are again, the proof of a lack of imagination in the noughties film industry meaning that they decided to remake old horror films. Today’s victim is straight from the 1970s and the mind of one Wes Craven’s (not for the first time and, I’m sure, probably …
Singer to Actor: Jamie Foxx
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers I’ll be honest, I was never drawn to Jamie Foxx as a musician, especially as it seems he was only ever a featuring artist. The only song I think I even like of his was Gold Digger which is technically a Kanye West song (yes, Kanye West – I’m …
Susan Storm AKA Kate Mara
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers Normally I would start off by talking about the character of Susan Storm themselves, however I wanted to make a little confession. I didn’t realise, until recently, that Kate Mara was the sister of Rooney Mara – actress who plays Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. …
Shakespeare Adaptations
WARNING: This Article May Contain Spoilers It may have become seemingly obvious to those in the know that have the understanding to decipher the inspiration for many of the sections for this blog – that I am a fan of Shakespeare and it feels like I’m possibly one of the only ones of my generation. …