Manga UK 20th Anniversary Party June 16th 2011 “Manga has cultivated the international theatrical market for Japanese animated feature films. Since 1994, Manga has distributed critically acclaimed and award winning anime features including The Wings of Honneamise, Patlabor 1 and 2, and the smash anime sci-fi feature Ghost in the Shell, bringing top-quality anime to the … More Manga UK 20th Anniversary Party
Pinewood Studios – A Brief History Saw an article on Variety and just had to blog it about it (I’m not usually subject to this sort of spontaneous blogging) and this also seems to have coincided with me watching The Spy Who Loved Me, one of my favourite Bond films. I’m a big fan of anything to do … More Pinewood Studios – A Brief History
Scott Pilgrim Vs The World Certificate: 12A Release Date: 2010 Director: Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim’s life is totally sweet. He’s 23 years old, he’s in a rock band, he’s between jobs and he’s dating a cute high school girl. That’s what the blurb on the back of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Volume 1 … More Scott Pilgrim V’s The World
Dan Aykroyd Born: 1st July 1952, Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada I’ve been meaning to do a mid week mini on Dan Aykroyd for a while now, but once again I got myself bogged down in the huge amount of information on this talented comedian, writer, and actor to name but a few professional titles this man … More Mid Week Mini: Dan Aykroyd
The Avengers Release Date: May 4th 2012 Just had to post this video of The Avengers lineup at the San Diego Comic-Con 2010! Actually excited about this, especially the Joss Whedon part! Love the different levels of cheering for each person during this, you get the feeling Robert Downey Jr is really embracing his Tony … More The Avengers (2012)
Frank Welker Born: 12 March 1946, Denver, Colorado, USA Job: Voice Actor I have the utmost respect for voice artists, who are the talented individuals who we never really seem to hear much about (ironically), and don’t seem to be as recognised in the public eye as on-screen actors, even though they bring as much talent, hard work and … More Mid Week Mini: Frank Welker
Jackie Chan Born: 7 April 1954, Hong Kong Birth Name: Kong-sang Chan “I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan” I’m a pretty big fan of all things Jackie Chan, especially his early films, from odd appearances as a stunt man to his … More Jackie Chan
I know what you’re thinking, Highlander? He has to be joking? I’m afraid not people, Highlander is indeed one of my all time favourite films (next to Ghostbusters) so if you are of a weak disposition regarding this awesome movie please turn to another blog post now. First time I watched Highlander was in the … More Movie Review: Highlander
Avatar Directed and written by: James Cameron Released: December 2009 Cast: Sam Worthington – Jake Sully, Zoe Saldana – Neytiri, Sigourney Weaver – Dr. Grace Augustine, Stephen Lang – Colonel Miles Quaritch Admittedly with most new films, and especially ones I feel are being over sold and hyped up too much, I tend to steer clear of … More Movie Review: Avatar
Film History Ealing Studios 1939 – 1949 I’ve decided to take a slightly different slant on this weekend’s blog on movies. A new category for this has been created under ‘Film History’ and will usually cover a studio, director and film in its content. This weekend I will look at Ealing studios and Michael Balcon 1939 – 1949 and … More Film History: Ealing Studios 1939 – 1949
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