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“THE WOLVES ARE RUNNING. PERHAPS YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING TO STOP THEIR BITE?”

How a classic Christmas BBC children’s drama became an annual tradition I have vivid recollections of 1984, mainly because it was the year that I began secondary school. It was a year that stands out in my mind as people kept talking about a certain book by George Orwell which at the time, even as…

Keith Floyd – The Original Celebrity Chef

HELLO DEAR GASTRONAUTS It is hard to believe that it is 35 years since Keith Floyd exploded on our screens with Floyd on Fish on the 14th November 1985. It made an overnight superstar of Floyd and although there had been cooking programmes pre-dating this from the 1950s, with the likes of Fanny Craddock and…

With a Twist of Lemon – The Making of a short film over a very long time.

I can’t remember exactly what made me write With a Twist of Lemon but I can remember a few things around the time that added to the story. Come with me if you will back to the end of 1996 in December, I was 19 years of age when Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix of…

Ghostbusters – Who you gonna call? – How Ghostbusters shaped my life!

I'm gonna go for broke. I am madly in love with you There are many films that you see that shape your life when you are growing up or even older. This particular film has given me a life-long love of many other films, actors and an American institution. That film was Ghostbusters. It was…

The Peter Cook Tribute – A beginner’s guide to a comedy genius

Part 1 – How it all began “I could have been a Judge, but I never had the Latin” In the February 1995 college magazine (Screever) I wrote a tribute article to Peter Cook. At the time I didn’t know much about Peter Cook to be honest. I’d gone home for lunch on the 9th…

THE POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NINTENDO GAMEBOY IN THE UK

The early 90s was a great time for gamers; the Video Games market crash of the mid-80s was now on the up. Most of the dead weight companies had been liquidated allowing new fresh ideas to enter the marketplace and consumers still had a hunger for video games. Nintendo riding the wave of their success…

“DON’T PANIC! DON’T PANIC!” DAD’S ARMY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

I always struggle to answer when anybody asks me my favourite of any movie, genre, book, author etc. However, this comedy show is definitely my all-time favourite. Dad’s Army is a classic sit-com featuring the weekly escapades of a bumbling and mismatched British Home Guard unit during World War II. It was broadcast by the…

Video Games: From Pixels To The Silver Screen, Is It Finally Working?

With the rise of the popularity of video games since the 80’s, Hollywood has jumped on the band wagon and tried to successfully, and in most cases unsuccessfully, to adapt them into movies. There were films based on the video game genre such as Tron and The Last Starfighter, but nothing of an actual video…

“THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO THE WAY YOU THINK” This review contains spoilers - lots of them. If you don’t want your enjoyment of The Last Jedi spoilt don’t read it. I will start by saying that this is my opinion – you don’t have to agree, you don’t have to like it. The…

A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – ROXANNE 30 YEARS LATER

Before I tell you why Roxanne is a perfect comedy film I’ll give you my brief history of how I first got into the work of Steve Martin. “WOULD YOU LIKE TO SMELL THE BOTTLE CAP?” The only film I’d seen Steve Martin in before 1990 was The Muppet Movie as the ignorant, arrogant, condescending…

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“THE WOLVES ARE RUNNING. PERHAPS YOU WOULD DO SOMETHING TO STOP THEIR BITE?”

Keith Floyd – The Original Celebrity Chef

With a Twist of Lemon – The Making of a short film over a very long time.

Ghostbusters – Who you gonna call? – How Ghostbusters shaped my life!

The Peter Cook Tribute – A beginner’s guide to a comedy genius

THE POWER IS IN YOUR HANDS: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE NINTENDO GAMEBOY IN THE UK

“DON’T PANIC! DON’T PANIC!” DAD’S ARMY CELEBRATES 50 YEARS

Video Games: From Pixels To The Silver Screen, Is It Finally Working?

Star Wars The Last Jedi Review

A WILD AND CRAZY GUY – ROXANNE 30 YEARS LATER

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