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Winter Wrap-Up
While the UK is preparing the battle stations for storm Jorge, having not quite recovered from storms Ciara and Denis, it is hard to believe that March marks the beginning of Spring. So when you’re chasing your recycling bins down the street, try and remember that warmer days are on their way. Anyways, let the…
Movie Links #34
The last of my Oscar themed link ups looks at the BIG awards, aka Best Picture and Best Animated Feature. Toy Story 4 is Pixar’s tenth, yes TENTH, Best Animated Feature winner which is a remarkable achievement, and with two new films coming out in 2020, chances are they’ll be taking home the award next…
Movie Links #33
The second of my Oscar theme link ups features our Best Actor and Best Actress winners; Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger. Phoenix received his first Oscar win for his take on the iconic villain, Joker, whereas Zellweger received her second Oscar win for her portrayal of musical legend, Judy Garland. Joaquin Phoenix was in Joker…
Movie Links #32
It’s been a while since I’ve done a movie link-up but the Oscars buzz has rubbed off on me and I thought it would be fun to do a few Oscars themed link ups showcasing some of the winners. Let’s start with the winners for the supporting roles, both of whom received their first Oscar…
Series Review: Cheer (2020)
Cheerleading is not something that the typical Brit is totally familiar with, with most of our impressions made from watching cheerleaders portrayed in movies. And lets be honest, cinema doesn’t exactly play cheerleaders in the most positive of lights, they are usually pretty, privileged bitchy white girls whose biggest concern is dating the star quarterback…
Oscars 2020 – Best Actress
The 2020 Oscar ceremony is just around the corner, it’s time to take a look at this years shortlist for Best Actress. And the nominees are… Cynthia Erivo – Harriet In this film from director Kasi Lemmons, Cynthia Erivo plays the titular character, Harriet Tubman, a woman who escapes from slavery and becomes an American…
Oscars 2020 – Best Actor
The 2020 Oscar ceremony is just over a week away! We’ve already had a little look at the nominees for Best Animated Film and Best Picture, now it’s time to have a gander at the shortlist for Best Actor. Antonio Banderas – Pain & Glory In Pain and Glory, Antonio Banderas plays a groundbreaking gay…
Oscars 2020 – Best Picture
Brush away those January blues, it’s awards season and the nominee’s for the most coveted award in cinema have been released. Let’s have a little look at the 2020 nominees for most coveted award of them all, Best Picture. Ford Vs Ferrari (Le Mans ’66) This biographical drama from director James Mangold tells the story…
Oscars 2020 – Best Animated Film
Brush away those January blues, it’s awards season and the nominee’s for the most coveted award in cinema have been released. Let’s have a little look at the 2020 nominees for Best Animated Feature Film. How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World In the final installment of the trilogy, Hiccup and Toothless must find…
Top Twenty… Turning 20 in 2020
Christmas is over so while we recover from overstuffing ourselves lets look forward into the new year. As we prepare to say goodbye to the 2010s and head on in to a brand new decade, I wanted to create a post that celebrates the coming year by looking back and making us realise just how…
Top Ten… Worst Films of 2019
It may be a lack of cinema visits this year but I struggled a lot with this post, mainly with actually coming up with ten films that I didn’t like. Not that this year has been full of masterpieces but predominantly because my main consideration when reviewing a film is not necessarily the technical aspects…
Top Ten… Favourite Films of 2019
For someone who writes a movie blog, I have been woefully poor at watching films this year, missing out on some critically acclaimed films such as Ad Astra, Le’ Mans 66 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Even when I’ve turned to Netflix to get my movie fix, I’ve not watched the widely anticipated…
Goodbye 2019: End of an Era
Not only did the end of 2019 see us say goodbye to the 2010’s but also to a great many shows and film franchises, here’s a little round-up of some of those that we lost going into the new decade. I tell you something though, 2020 has got some big shoes to fill… Star Wars…
Movie Links #31
Happy Christmas Eve! I hope you all have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year. To round of my little series of festive link-ups, I’ve saved the best until last, the big man himself – Father Christmas!! Particularly, Richard Attenborough (Miracle on 34th Street) and Jim Broadbent (Arthur Christmas). Don’t forget to leave Santa…
Movie Links #30
Happy Wednesday! Christmas is only one week away, so here’s a little bit of fun to help you get through the endless wrapping, carolling and Christmas card writing. This week, we’re celebrating two iconic Christmas humbugs; the Grinch (Jim Carrey) and Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine). Jim Carrey was in How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)…
Love Popcorn Milestone: 1st Birthday!!
I can’t quite believe it but my blog is a year old today!! It has been hard work and I have lost motivation at times, especially when there is a lot of other stuff going on but I have genuinely enjoyed every minute of it. Here’s a little round up of my first year of…
Movie Links #29
Happy Wednesday! It’s now only two weeks until Christmas, who else has overstocked their cupboard with enough food to last a month?! This week’s festive link-up features Santa’s favourite little helpers – his elves! We’ll be starting with Tony Cox from the 2003 film Bad Santa and finishing up with, arguably, the most famous elf…
Movie Links #28
Happy Wednesday Everyone! I hope you’ve all started your Christmas shopping because the countdown has well and truly begun. It’s only three weeks until we’ll all be opening our presents and so for the next few weeks, my movie link-ups will have bit of a festive theme. This week, we’ll be celebrating some famous snowmen:…
November Wrap-Up
What a month! November saw me go from a Miss to a Mrs, spend a couple of nights sleeping in a treehouse in Wales and getting in touch with my inner princess at Disneyland Paris. Considering I wasn’t organised enough to schedule myself some posts, I’m quite happy with my productivity this month, managing to…
About Me… Best Day Ever!
As you may know, I took a mini hiatus at the beginning of this month, partly because we had a couple of trips planned but mainly because Mark and I, after eight years of dating, finally tied the knot. That’s right, I’m now a Mrs!! I wasn’t going to write a post about our day,…
Movie Links #27
Happy Wednesday Folks!! My brain’s been so scattered lately, I haven’t done one of these link-ups for ages! We’ll start with Frozen 2 considering it’s super successful, £271 million, opening weekend which is the biggest debut for an animated film. To finish up, we’ll celebrate the passing of the Bond torch, as Daniel Craig has…
October Wrap-Up & November Targets
Well, I think it’s pretty fair to say that October was slightly more productive than September. I had some good stats on my blog and published twelve posts, with several more in the pipeline. All I can say is ‘Thank God for Netflix’ because we only managed to make it to the cinema once this…
Top Ten… Zombie Movies
I really wanted to do a themed top ten post for Halloween but, as you may already know, horror is not one of my preferred movie genres, so I was pretty stuck with what topic to go with. However, considering I’ve recently watched Night of the Living Dead (1968) and the long-awaited Zombieland sequel, I…
Movie Links #26
Happy Wednesday!! This week we’re carrying on with the Halloween theme* and looking to link up some famous witches; Emma Watson (Hermione Granger – Harry Potter), Sandra Bullock (Sally Owens – Practical Magic) and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina Spellman – Sabrina: The Teenage Witch). If you missed it, check out my Dracula themed link-up. Here…
Movie Links #25
I’m a day late this week so happy Thursday everyone, hope you are all having a great week so far. The next three link ups leading up to the end of the month, will have a bit of a Halloween theme, with this week’s post featuring three actors who have all appeared on screen as…
About Me… My Neck Of The Woods
Early on in my blogging days, I wrote a post looking at places in my local area that have been used as filming locations, you can read it here. I thought I would do a follow up post, that looks at some famous movie people who come from ‘my neck of the woods’ (Somerset, UK)….
Movie Links #24
Let’s put a smile on your Wednesday!! This week I’m celebrating the Clown Prince of Gotham with a Joker themed link up, following the release of Joker, which is awesome by the way, so check it out. For this epic link up, we’re going to take a look back through the various actors that have…
September Wrap-Up & October Targets
September is over, the summer is now a long distant memory and the Christmas stock has hit the shelves. Is anyone else a little freaked out by how quickly this year has gone? Normally, at this point in the month, I give you guys an overview of the previous month along with some targets for…
Movie Links #23
Happy Wednesday Everyone! If you haven’t yet heard the news, the original trio are set to join the cast of Jurassic World 3 (source), so of course I had to do a link up with them all. Bear with me, this is long one. Sam Neill was in The Vow (2012) with…. Rachel McAdams, who…
Movie Links #22
Happy Wednesday! This week’s link-up celebrates a couple of the current big UK cinema releases; Brad Pitt’s Sci-fi flick Ad Astra and Sylvester Stallone’s final outing as Rambo in Rambo: Last Blood. Here we go… Brad Pitt was in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) with…. Tilda Swindon, who was in Only Lovers Left…
Movie Links #21
Happy Wednesday Everyone!! I can’t believe we are almost halfway through September already, honestly where has this year gone?!? This week’s link-up takes inspiration from the latest episode of Peaky Blinders which was a total doozy (S05E04). Just before a surprising and dramatic end, don’t worry I won’t spoil it, there was a very brief…
Movie Links #20
Happy Wednesday!! It’s that time of the week again, this week we are looking the link up Joaquin Phoenix and ‘The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ as there has been much hype for both over the last week or so. The final trailer for Phoenix’s depiction of the joker has dropped and people are getting…
August Wrap Up & September Targets
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…
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…
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…
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…
Movie Links #15
Happy Wednesday! With Jon Favreau’s The Lion King currently smashing it at the box office, and the new, much talked about, Cats trailer being released, this week’s ‘Movie Links’ post takes on a musical feline theme, linking music sensations Beyoncé (Nala – The Lion King) and Taylor Swift (Bombalurina – Cats). Beyoncé was in Austin…
Blogger Recognition Award 2019
Forget the Oscars, it feels as though awards season has come early! Over the last few weeks, I have been lucky enough to receive nominations for three different blogging awards, which is incredibly humbling. It’s amazing to know that people read and like my stuff enough to consider me, especially when there are SO MANY…
Liebster Award 2019
Just knowing that people read your blog is amazing, so receiving an award of any kind is definitely the cherry on top. For this award, I was nominated by the lovely Charli over at Life With Charli, so get on over there and check her blog out. So, what is the ‘Liebster Award’? The Liebster…
Movie Links #14
Happy Wednesday! It’s time for another movie link-up. There has been an awful lot going on in the world of film over the last week or so, what with the likes of San Diego Comic-Con and the announcement of this year’s Emmy nominations, and it is these two events that have inspired this week’s post….
Mystery Blogger Award
If you are a member of the blogging community or you have read my Sunshine Blogger Award post then you will already know that there are awards given to bloggers, by bloggers, in recognition of their work. And trust me, there is a lot of time and effort that goes into creating and maintaining a…
Movie Links #13
It’s that time again… Happy Wednesday. The number thirteen may be unlucky for some but this week it will have some time in the spotlight. For my thirteenth movie link post, I will be linking up the movies; Apollo 13 and Ocean’s Thirteen. Apollo 13 (1995) stars….. Ed Harris, who was in Stepmom (1998) with……..
Series Review: Bodyguard (2018)
The British thriller series, Bodyguard, has been on my must-watch list since it first aired on the BBC back in August of last year but it always seemed to take a back seat. This weekend, we finally got around to watching it on Netflix and I’ll be honest, it had me hooked from the beginning,…
Series Review: Stranger Things Season 3
Typically, I am usually a little late when it comes to catching new series; I didn’t get into Game of Thrones until just before the fourth season, I did a massive binge-watch of Vikings ready for season 5 and I hadn’t even heard of Peaky Blinders until last year. But Stranger Things is one that…