“GARTH I’M GOING TO BE FRANK.” “OK CAN I STILL BE GARTH?” Wayne’s World was released in American cinemas on the 14th February 1992, which is significant because Wayne’s World is a love story between two metalheads, Wayne and Garth, and a love of comedy for the writers and performers. Does it seem like it…
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“EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES TURNS TO EXCITEMENT!”
A PERSONAL HISTORY OF A SPY WHO I LOVE The year is 1976, it’s November 3rd, I am three years old and, as unbelievable as this may sound, I have just been introduced to the world of secret agent James Bond 007 via ITV broadcasting 1964’s Goldfinger for the first time on UK television. I…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Star Wars The Last Jedi Review
“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…
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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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Geek Force Presents the Best Films of 2016 (plus a few really bad ones)
It’s the end of the year and tis the season for inventories, stock taking and making lists. And, as a black and white Liam Neeson once said in some Steven Spielberg film a long time ago, “The List is life,” (or something to that effect). So, the high command at Geek Force have tasked me…
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Review – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
"Rebellions are built on hope." Since reading the official synopsis from Disney earlier in the year my expectations were high, as were my hopes: "Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it…
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Steven Spielberg Presents
The first thing I will say is even though I love the films directed by Steven Spielberg I probably love the films he produced and/or wrote, through Amblin Entertainment, a lot more. I shouldn’t say love more; but I love Spielberg for having this extra-curricular activity of producing films he wanted to see, it just…
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