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Paramount+’s first season of Halo is a shaky but promising start

Paramount’s new streaming service, Paramount+, launches in the UK this week and amongst its launch titles is the first season of Steven Kane and Kyle Killen’s live-action Halo series – which stars Pablo Schreiber as legendary UNSC Spartan, Master Chief. Whilst Halo is an adaptation of the titular successful video game franchise, the showrunners decided that the series would deliver a fresh story…

JumpCast: Episode 53 – Tenet

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cs7gvvBaqWilhnNAbTQZh?si=WJmmzZWiT9yyOz9-z_YxJw

This week Nick, Rhys and Sam sit down to talk about Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster, Tenet. Or has it already happened?

[Major spoilers in this episode]

Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Podbean,  Podtail + Stitcher

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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan Star In First Trailer For Francis Lee’s ‘Ammonite’

1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.

Ammonite is heading to US theatres 12th November, with a UK date TBA

Directed by: Francis Lee

Written by: Francis Lee

Cast:…

REVIEW: The Tax Collector (2020)

“I’ll ride with you till the wheels fall off…”

Three years since Bright hit Netflix, David Ayer is behind the camera once again for his latest film, The Tax Collector. If you’re familiar with Ayer’s filmography then you’ll probably think that the plot of this revenge thriller sounds right up his street.

David Cuevas (Bobby Soto) works as a gangland ‘tax collector’ for a crime lord…

JumpCast: Episode 45 – The 1960s

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4f9eKPjMMRotImb8wwQWzb?si=qf6lZDKcRKCSf_N95H7q0w

Audrey is back this week for another trip down the lanes of film history, and this time she’s joined by Fiona and Jeff to talk all things 1960s cinema.

Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Podbean,  Podtail + Stitcher

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JumpCast: Episode 44 – Disney Classics: Cinderella

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RWv3AQH2NZO8iByDKGnmf?si=lOUHicW2TeGFCRrAxZi_BQ

Find your glass slipper and head to the ball with Sarah and Barry as they discuss another Disney classic, Cinderella. 

Available on: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor, Podbean,  Podtail + Stitcher

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UK DVD & Blu-Ray Chart: Top 10 – 26/07/20

Military Wives couldn’t hold on to the top spot this week as Sam Mendes’ war epic 1917 fights it way back into first place. The data presented below is gathered from Official Charts and includes UK sales of DVDs, Blu-rays, other physical formats.

This week sees 5 films return to the Top 10 following a very quiet week of new releases. Rian Johnson’s whodunnit Knives Outjust missed out making…

UK Home Film Chart: Top 10 – 19/07/20

In what I hope will be a new feature from yours truly, I will be exploring the UK home film chart each week to see what films people are watching at home – and they may just inspire your next watch. The data presented will be gathered from Official Charts and will include UK sales of DVDs, Blu-rays, and digital downloads. So, let’s begin!

Military Wives dethrones Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible…

REVIEW: Loving Vincent (2017)

If you asked someone to name a famous painter off the top of their head, there’s  very high probability the name they’ll say is that of Vincent van Gogh, the Dutch post-impressionist painter who is one of the most famous and influential artists. Sadly, Van Gogh took his own life at the age of 37 after years of suffering with mental illness, poverty, and being shunned by the people in his local…

Slow motion running? Check. Sexy lifeguards? Check. A soundtrack to rival ’22 Jump Street’? Check.

I’ll hold my hands up and say that I wasn’t ever really excited for this film. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a huge comedy fan, but as Patrick mentioned in his brilliantly worded article, comedy just seems to have lost it’s mojo over recent years, and they’ve become rather predictable. I watched the…

REVIEW: Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge (2017)

In 1967 a ride opened at Disneyland, California by the name of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’, which was based around legendary pirates and pirate folklore. Fast forward 36 years and Walt Disney Pictures released the film ‘The Curse of the Black Pearl’, which would kick-start the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ franchise as we know it today. ‘Salazar’s Revenge’, also known as ‘Dead Men Tell No Tales’ in…

Through my teenage years I remember repeatedly watching ‘The Mighty Boosh’ after being introduced to it by a friend. Its ridiculous humour and low-budget sets and costumes often brought me close to tears of laughter. Julian Barratt took this same essence and feel that he brought to The Boosh and produced something just as beautiful. Barratt teams back up with Simon Farnaby to write the screenplay…

REVIEW: The Fate of the Furious (2017)

I’m fairly new to the ‘Fast and Furious’ universe, having only watch the original film, which was released in 2001, in January this year in preparation for this 8th installment. The trailer, if i’m being honest, looked bat-shit insane and so much fun, so I thought it was about time I watched the films to see what all the fuss was about. I grew up with friends who all loved the films but I just…

REVIEW: Fist Fight (2017)

Last year we witnessed some of the most iconic exchanges of fists in cinema history, first with Captain America taking on Iron Man in ‘Civil War’,  and then we saw Man take on a God in  Batman vs Superman. This year we witness ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ writer and star Charlie Day duck and dodge former N.W.A member (and the meanest looking character in any film he’s in) Ice Cube’s fist, …

REVIEW: The Space Between Us (2017)

If this film taught me anything, it’s to maybe do a little reading up on the plot of a film and not just watching 1 trailer before going and wasting 2 hours of my life that I’m never going to get back. The trailer gave off a real sci-fi vibe and whilst it did also give off the impression of a slight romantic edge to the film, I thought this would be a sideline to the sci-fi aspect of the film.…

REVIEW: The Founder (2017)

McDonald’s can be found in 118 countries across the globe, with 36,615 restaurants currently in operation. But did you ever wonder just how the McDonald’s franchise came to be? Or who came up with golden arches that are instantly recognisable to almost everyone? The trailer for ‘The Founder’ promised to fill us in on these details by telling the story of Ray Kroc and how he built up the…