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June 29, 2021

Review: Disney+ ‘This Is Me’ Pride Celebration Spectacular

Pride month may be coming to an end for another year, but there is still much to celebrate, and don’t just take my word for it, take the word of Disney. Over the weekend, the Mouse House rolled out the rainbow carpet for a special one-off Pride celebration to highlight the LGBTQ+ community, and I’m…

June 28, 2021

Review: Freaky

As cinema attendance in the UK continues to pick up following all of the COVID-19 closures, and an increasing number of new movies are being released, things are starting to move in the right direction. Normality is peaking over the horizon, delayed films are now seeing the light of day, and the UK release schedule…

June 28, 2021

Best Hocus Pocus movie quotes

Since its release in 1993, the fantasy comedy, Hocus Pocus has built up a strong and loyal following. The movie – about a teenage boy who inadvertently resurrects three witches on Halloween night – has become a perennial favourite, and is regularly watched by legions of fans every October 31st. Filled with lashings of comedy,…

June 27, 2021

Review: Kindred

New to the UK this week is the British horror-chiller, Kindred. The movie tells the story of a young pregnant woman, who begins to suspect her boyfriend’s family may have sinister plans for her unborn child. In the movie, Charlotte and Ben are a young couple, who reside in England. Life is good, but they…

June 23, 2021

Review: Batman: The Long Halloween – Part 1 (2021)

New to Blu-ray, DVD, and digital this week is the animated mystery movie, Batman: The Long Halloween – Part 1. The feature-length film, based on the classic comic book tale of the same name by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, tells the story of Batman’s hunt for a serial killer, who murders victims around key…

June 22, 2021

Review: Spiral: From the Book of Saw

Seventeen years after Saw (2004) hit cinema screens, kick-starting a whole new horror franchise, and four years after Jigsaw (2017) seemingly brought that same franchise to a close, the Saw movie series gets a revival in the shape of Spiral: From the Book of Saw. The movie – directed by Darren Lynn Bousman – is…

June 21, 2021

How many times is the phrase “spared no expense”, said in Jurassic Park?

Everyone loves a good catchphrase, right? From the line, “I have a bad feeling about this”, which is used repeatedly in the Star Wars movies, to the oft-quoted phrase, “frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”, from Gone with the Wind, we love it when our favourite characters, in our favourite movies, utter our…

June 21, 2021

Here’s every time the kids almost made it home in Dungeons & Dragons

In the 1983 animated show, Dungeons & Dragons, six children board a rollercoaster ride at an amusement park. But what starts off as simple bit of fun soon turns into a nightmare, when the ride magically transports the children into a dangerous world known as The Realm. The Realm is a dark land, filled with…

June 20, 2021

Review: Fatherhood (2021)

New to Netflix this week – and landing just in time for Father’s Day – is Fatherhood. The movie – which is based on Matthew Logelin’s memoir, Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love – tells the story of a recently widowed husband and father, who has to bring up his child…

June 19, 2021

How many Alvin and the Chipmunks movies are there?

In 1987, following a successful career in music and television, Alvin and the Chipmunks took to the cinema for a big screen feature. The film, The Chipmunk Adventure, saw Alvin, Simon, and Theodore take centre stage in an animated musical about a hot air balloon and diamond smugglers. The film was a stand-alone title, but…