After a rather slow start, August turned out to be a pretty great month. I was given offered my first collaboration piece, writing a review of the little indie film ‘Woodstock or Bust‘ for TriCoast Entertainment. I started work on my newest feature, catching up on some of the old classics that I have yet…
Month: August 2019
Love Popcorn Milestone: 100 Posts
When I first started this blog, I had no idea how it was going to go. Would I have anything interesting to say? Would I run out of ideas? Could I balance blogging with life and working full time? Luckily, I kept it up and a couple of days ago, nine months after starting my…
Movie Links #19.5
Happy Wednesay Everyone! This was going to be my orginial link up for this week but it was actually a super easy one so I thought I would give it to you as a little bonus post. This one links up two Tom’s: Holland and Hollander. As is usually the case, I have taken a…
Movie links #19
Happy Wednesday! This week sees us linking up Emma Stone with Ewan McGregor, following some big Disney news this week. First off, we’ve had our first glimpse of Emma Stone as Cruella de Vil in the 2021 (!) film, Cruella. Now I absolutely love Emma Stone anyways but it’s pretty safe to say that she…
Top Ten… Pixar Movies
The recent influx of live-action remakes of animated films has helped to increase my appreciation for the art form, I just keep my fingers crossed that they leave Pixar’s movies well and truly alone. As a way to show my appreciation of the skill and talent that goes into making an animated movie, I wanted…
Movie Links #18
Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another movie link up, this week features Michael Rooker and Keanu Reeves. Rooker has been announced as a last minute addition to the Fast & Furious franchise and will appear in the next film (source) whereas Reeves, who let’s be honest has become one of the hottest commodities in Hollywood…
Film Review: Woodstock Or Bust (2019)
It’s the summer of 1969 and two aspiring teenage singer-songwriters Meryl (Meg DeLacy) and Lorian (Willow Shields) are frustrated by their lack of prospects, tired of playing at retirement homes and birthday parties, the two best friends are looking to get some bigger gigs. An advert for Woodstock Music Festival inspires a road trip to…
Pippin: The Most Pivotal Character In Lord of the Rings
For my latest post, I thought I would do something a little different , I am going to explain to you all, why I think that Peregrin ‘Pippin’ Took is the most pivotal character in the Lord of the Rings (film) franchise. Now this might seem like a bit of a hard sell considering that…
Film Review: The Great Hack (2019)
At risk of making myself sound like an old Grandma on her rocking chair, I am of an age where I can remember how new the internet was. That awful dialling tone when I wanted to do research for homework, chatting to school friends on MSN, and waiting FOREVER if you wanted to download or…
Film Review: The Lion King (2019)
In the past I have moaned a lot about the sheer number of remakes, reboots and unnecessary sequels that are being churned out at the moment, and it seems that Disney are one of the worst culprits. The thing is, as frustrated as I am by this fact, I, along with everyone else, will trudge…
Movie Links #17
Happy Wednesday, it’s time for a new movie link up. This week is inspired by the first post in my new feature ‘Retro Reviews‘ and the BBC finally announcing the release date for season 5 of Peaky Blinders, so will see us linking up Robert De Niro to Cillian Murphy. Robert De Niro was in…
Film Review: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
Who could have possibly imagined that a simple film about street racing would lead to a franchise spanning eighteen years, and counting! Admittedly, there was a rocky patch following the third film, Tokyo Drift, but the F&F franchise shifted gear (eh!!) and came back stronger than ever. I can’t immediately recall the last film to…
Retro Review: Taxi Driver (1976)
You may remember that last month I teased the start of a new feature: Retro Reviews. While it does exactly what it says on the tin, here’s a quick reminder as what my rules are. Should be a first time viewing. More than 5 years since original release Must watch in full The honour of…
Movie Links #16
Happy Wednesday Everyone! This weeks chain sees us linking up actor, Andy Serkis, who has recently been announced as the director of the next Venom film (source), and the classic 1990 Christmas movie, Home Alone, rumoured to be lined up for a remake following Disney’s acquisition of 120th Century Fox (source). *Yep, you read that…
July Wrap-Up & August Targets
Another month is over, the kids have broken up for the Summer holidays and we’ll soon be talking about Christmas. Can you believe how quickly this year is going? Although I am not completely happy with how productive I have been this month, it is a definite improvement on June, and I even managed to…