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Playing Netflix catch-up: The Rain

 A few days ago I talked about falling behind on TV shows due to the sheer amount of content that’s being pumped out by all the streaming services at the moment. Today I’m attempting to rectify this a little by working my way through some of the shows on my Netflix playlist. I’ve started with…

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Avengers: Infinity War just took a huge step forward

 Wow. Just wow. Avengers: Infinity War has entered the All-Time Box Office Top Ten. Correction: Avengers: Infinity War has just launched itself into the All-Time Box Office Top Ten. The movie has just surpassed Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), Black Panther (2018), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Avengers: Age of…

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Who won Eurovision 2018?

 Twenty-six countries performed, a lot of time was filled with misjudged comedy and the UK entry was kind of ruined by a stage invasion – or at least that’s the excuse we will be using to explain away our failure this year – but who won Eurovision 2018? Good question! The winner of Eurovision 2018 is…

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Eurovision 2018: Live blog

 It’s time for Eurovision 2018. I’m live blogging throughout the show (you may need to refresh from time-to-time). This could be epic. It could be insane. It will be Eurovision! 8:02pm – It begins! 8:04pm – The wine is poured. Extra wine is on hand. I might need it. 8:06pm – The drum beats were…

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Review: Breaking In

 These past couple of weeks have been an odd time for cinema. With Avengers: Infinity War soaking up all the spare cash right now, movie studios have wisely chosen to move their new releases as far away from the Marvel behemoth as possible – and quite right too. The result? The last few weeks has…

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Let’s talk Obi-Wan…

 All day there have been persistent reports that an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie is in the works. These reports originated from Star Wars news site, Fantha Tracks who claim that Lucasfilm is currently in pre-production on the project, with filming to begin in 2019 for a 2020 release. Is the report true? No one knows for…

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Solo the initial movie review reactions

 Last night, Disney/Lucasfilm held press screenings for Solo: A Star Wars Story – which just happened to be on the same night as screenings of Deadpool 2. I just published a post with the initial reactions to Deadpool 2, so below is the response to Solo. As a reminder, the review embargo is still in…

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Deadpool 2 the initial movie review reactions

 Last night, 20th Century Fox held press screenings for Deadpool 2 – the same night that Lucasfilm/Disney held screenings for Solo: A Star Wars Story (whoops). While reviews of both movies are currently embargoed, the initial reactions to each have been posted online. In this post, I am rounding up the initial reactions to Deadpool…

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Watch: Deadpool apologises to Beckham

 Just when you thought you’d seen all the Deadpool 2 videos that could possibly be released prior to the movie’s big screen debut…. along comes another one. And this time, Deadpool is making an apology to David Beckham. Can Deadpool market a movie or what? As marketing campaigns go, over the last two weeks Ryan Reynolds…

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