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June 20, 2019

J. J. Abrams is co-writing Spider-Man

Earlier in the week Marvel Comics took to social media to post a series of teasers for a forthcoming Spider-Man project. The teasers began with the image of the number four in the shape of a spider web. The image made many believe the project being teased was Spider-Man 4 – the unmade Sam Raimi/Tobey…

June 20, 2019

Watching When Harry Met Sally (1989) for the first time

I have never watched When Harry Met Sally (1989). To some, this statement is perhaps sacrilegious. I am aware that When Harry Met Sally is considered ‘a classic’, but I will be honest, I have never been too bothered about watching the movie. I really like Billy Crystal – one of the leads in When…

June 19, 2019

Marvel makes one final play for the Endgame

Yesterday I published a post discussing the box office battle between Avengers: Endgame and Avatar – noting there is now just $45 million between the two movies. However, with Endgame‘s box office returns slowing to a crawl, in order for the movie to become the highest grossing film of all time it will need one…

June 18, 2019

The gap closes between Avatar and Endgame – but will it be enough?

As previously noted on It’s A Stampede!, Avengers: Endgame is doing exceptionally well at the worldwide box office. So well in fact, the movie has been inching nearer and nearer to matching the box office take of 2009’s Avatar. As of today, there is now just $45 million between the two movies. When it comes…

June 16, 2019

Watching Road House (1989) for the first time

Road House (1989) has been on my “to watch” list for longer than I care to remember. It is one of those films that I should have watched by now, but for one reason or another it’s just never happened. Today I am going to check it out, and make a few comments along the…

June 16, 2019

I have good news and bad news about Are You Afraid of the Dark?

This is a good news/bad news story. Let’s start with the good first. Nickelodeon is currently working on a TV revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark?. The TV project is in addition to the forthcoming Are You Afraid movie. The show will be a three-episode mini-series directed by Dean Israelite and written by…

June 15, 2019

Disney reveals Chip ‘n’ Dale reboot – The internet gets angry

And the winner of today’s reason why the internet is angry is… *Drum roll* Chip ‘n’ Dale – Disney’s cartoon chipmunks who never did anything bad to anyone. So why is the internet angry with Chip ‘n’ Dale? *Sigh* Because the internet is always angry – at some point it had to be the fault…

June 15, 2019

Review: Men in Black: International

The summer blockbuster season continues this week with *rolls dice* Men in Black: International – the fourth entry in the MIB series. A series which dates back to 1997 and was previously spearheaded by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. This time around, Smith and Jones are out and Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are…

June 15, 2019

I revisited What’s Up Doc? after 27 years – it was a bumpy journey

Excuse the imagery in this post. I’m about to discuss a show that is 27 years old and the screen grabs are as good as it’s going to get I’m afraid. As previously mentioned on It’s A Stampede!, I recently started re-watching episodes of Saturday morning TV show, What’s Up Doc?. Every episode of the…

June 14, 2019

The Banana Splits Movie is a horror film?

SYFY has released a trailer for The Banana Splits Movie. And it is not what you expect. According to SYFY Wire, “The beloved children’s show is back… with a vengeance, a horrible, bloody vengeance.” Be afraid. Be very afraid. The Banana Splits have been turned into a horror movie. Here’s the trailer… Thoughts? I know…