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January 22, 2024

Recurring characters in the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World movies

Everyone knows the Jurassic Park movie series is packed with lots of dinosaurs; ranging from the T-Rex and the velociraptors, to the Dilophosaurus and the Indominus Rex. But in addition to the dinos, the film series also includes plenty of human characters too. In fact, the films are crammed with them. Each ‘Jurassic’ movie introduces a succession of new…

January 22, 2024

Zorro movies in order

Created by American pulp writer, Johnston McCulley, Zorro (Spanish for ‘fox’) is a masked vigilante known for battling corruption and standing up for the oppressed. Dressed from head-to-toe in black and always found carrying a rapier, the good-natured hero is known for his cunning, his skillset, and his signature mark – a letter ‘Z’ which…

January 22, 2024

How many Tom Ripley movies are there?

In 1960, French crime thriller Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon) arrived in cinemas. The film – directed by René Clément – was an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s popular 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and proved popular with critics. Plein Soleil followed the story of handsome young American, Tom Ripley, who becomes fixated on a wealthy…

January 21, 2024

How to watch The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman in order

In 1973, the sci-fi adventure television movie, The Six Million Dollar Man: The Moon and the Desert made its debut. The film introduced viewers to Colonel Steve Austin – an astronaut who is badly injured in an accident and given bionic limbs. Due to the success of The Six Million Dollar Man: The Moon and the Desert,…

January 21, 2024

What is the order of the Hayley Powell Mystery books?

In 2011, author Lee Hollis published the book, Death of a Kitchen Diva. The novel focused on Island Times employee, Hayley Powell, who found herself in the middle of an intriguing murder. In the novel, single mother Hayley is given a new assignment by her boss, to take over the food column of the newspaper…

January 19, 2024

Review: The Kitchen

In The Kitchen, it is the near future and in London all social housing has been eliminated. The closest accommodation to social housing is ‘The Kitchen’ – a rundown housing community which gets raided by the police. One of The Kitchen’s residents is Izi. When Izi isn’t referring to his home as a “shit hole”, he’s…

January 19, 2024

Review: Sixty Minutes (2024)

New to Netflix from today is the German action thriller, Sixty Minutes (aka 60 Minuten). The movie – directed and co-written by Oliver Kienle – stars Emilio Sakraya, Dennis Mojen, and Marie Mouroum, and tells the story of a father who faces various challenges while desperately attempting to reach his ex-partner’s house to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. In…

January 18, 2024

What is the order of the Jack Reacher books?

In 1997, author Lee Child (Jim Grant), published the crime thriller, Killing Floor. The book followed the story of fictional ex-army major, Jack Reacher, and proved to be popular with readers. Due to the success of Killing Floor, Child published a second Jack Reacher book the following year. This was followed by a third a…

January 18, 2024

Review: Maboroshi

Following an explosion at the local steel factory in the town of Mifuse, time has mysteriously stopped and the townsfolk have become cut off from the outside world. In the hope that one day things will return back to normal, the people of Mifuse are forbidden from changing, and for now they remain as they…

January 18, 2024

Review: Mean Girls (2024)

Twenty years after the 2004 teen comedy, Mean Girls burst its way onto cinema screens, another Mean Girls movie is making its cinematic debut. This new film – also titled Mean Girls – is a teen comedy just like its predecessor, but this time around it’s a musical too! Based on the Broadway show of…