Wednesday 13 November 2019
Canary Duty - The War of the Worlds (BBC) Episode One
No-one would have believed, in the last year of the 2010s, that humanity would witness two separate versions of the ur-text for alien invasion narratives come to the television screens, in the form of mini-series. And yet, across the production offices of the worlds, both Fox and the BBC regarded the text as it came into the public domain, and slowly (very slowly in the case of the Beeb!), but surely, they drew their scripts together...
Sunday 10 November 2019
Trailer of the Week - Pink Floyd's The Wall
Do you have a film that you're really sure if you like or not? One of those ones where you keep coming back to it, keep giving it chances, but are still unsure if you really enjoyed, or felt satisfied by the experience? We all like to think our opinions about movies are clear cut, that something either "good", "bad", or "meh", but c'mon, we all of one of these! Well, for me one case is Alan Parker's film of the legendary Pink Floyd concept album The Wall.
Friday 1 November 2019
October Horror Movie Challenge 2019 – Round Up & Awards
First of all, NOOOOOOO!!! I missed the last day of Blogtober! My achievement ruined! How will I cope? Oh yeah, with this mindset. Thanks Windsor!
Anyhoo, with the month finished, that's it for another year of my October Horror Movie Challenge! Another October gone by, and yet more reasons for me to question why I am a fan of this genre at all. Still, I've actually achieved a new record this year; last year was my previous best with 49 titles watched, this year I made it to 52! W00t! Now, whether I deliberately try to exceed that next time or not, I'll need to think about, this year was a bit exceptional with the Twilight and Halloween marathons. I suppose it will depend if in charity shop hunting this year I find something that would make for a good marathon then. Still, now it's time to have one last plug of the JustGiving appeal (which is already my most successful one to date!), and have a quick wrap up of my final thoughts on the films, giving out a few awards.
Anyhoo, with the month finished, that's it for another year of my October Horror Movie Challenge! Another October gone by, and yet more reasons for me to question why I am a fan of this genre at all. Still, I've actually achieved a new record this year; last year was my previous best with 49 titles watched, this year I made it to 52! W00t! Now, whether I deliberately try to exceed that next time or not, I'll need to think about, this year was a bit exceptional with the Twilight and Halloween marathons. I suppose it will depend if in charity shop hunting this year I find something that would make for a good marathon then. Still, now it's time to have one last plug of the JustGiving appeal (which is already my most successful one to date!), and have a quick wrap up of my final thoughts on the films, giving out a few awards.
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