Thought I’d take a break from writing to put this together; a list I’ve been tinkering with for a few months now. Some film scenes are just fun to watch. Others hit with the kind of tension that’s been building for ages. The best showdowns aren’t only about sharp choreography or loud impacts – they’re […]
Read more "Top 30 Showdowns in Film"https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-prince-charles-cinema?bucket=other–28_1_2025_PCCexternal&source=web-share-api-button&utm_campaign=28_1_2025_PCCexternal&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=web_share_api&share=55d2a015-c84b-4475-946b-452f500731a9 Hi all, The following is taken from the campaign page above. Anyone who loves Film should be committed to making sure this great independent cinema is protected. It sits in the heart of the West End as a great sanctuary for classic and contemporary film. Please click the link to sign the petition and […]
Read more "Save The Prince Charles Cinema"Hi everyone, I’ve been wanting to get this post in the bag for some time now, since seeing the first film. I made some predictions when all this started about who I thought should be in the key roles. That’s all ancient history now and, suffice to say, I didn’t get any of them right. […]
Read more "Casting Dune – Part 2 Casting Wishlist"It’s been quite some time since I went to MCM Comic Con in London. I saw an opportunity come up to go to another event, this time up in Telford. Why go so far? Well, I was very interested to meet Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, the Admiral and the President respectively from Battlestar […]
Read more "A Trip to Wales Comic Con"Well, here we are. After so much time, I finally got to see it. I’ve been looking forward to this moment since long before the film was announced. I heard rumours years and years ago about the rights being passed around and I knew it would be only a matter of time before this happened. […]
Read more "Casting Dune – The Film! (spoilers)"Contains mild peril! This is the closest I’ve come to a horror film so far this October. It’s one of those films that I grew up with and haven’t seen for a long while. It cropped up on TCM a while ago and it’s been sitting in my Recordings for a good couple of months. […]
Read more "Tonight’s Viewing – Murder, She Said (1961)"Hi everyone, I thought I’d let the dust settle before I wrote anything about this. The Facebook groups have been alive with discussion since it was released. I saw the premiere on Twitter on my phone (again, don’t tell David Lynch, he wouldn’t approve!) I don’t remember how many posts I’ve written about this film […]
Read more "Casting Dune – Trailer Analysis"Hi everyone, It’s been ages since we had any news on Dune so it’s been a real thrill to get so much new stuff over the course of a couple of days. It gives us our first look at the actors in role. Obviously, these are prepared shots as opposed to stills from the film […]
Read more "Casting Dune – Vanity Fair First Look reaction"Hi everyone, I capped off a day out in the capital with a visit to the Prince Charles Cinema for a screening of this Roger Corman effort which I had some fond childhood memories of. I say childhood memories because I don’t think I had seen this film since I was about 10 years old. […]
Read more "Tonight’s Viewing – Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)"There was another promising addition to the IMDb listing today which I picked up on through a post on one of the Facebook groups. Lagos-born Babs Olusanmokun is now listed as playing the role of Jamis in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, which is currently filming. If you don’t know who Jamis is (maybe you’ve only seen […]
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