Death and Children’s Entertainment

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Even though everyone has to experience it at some point, the death of someone is a subject often tip toed around when talking to children about. Many feel their developing minds will not… Continue reading

Catalogue of Freaks: Batman’s New Foes

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Since the death and subsequent return of Bruce Wayne Batman has encountered a new gallery of enemies. Whilst people like The Joker, Clayface and The Penguin where far from normal the new batch… Continue reading

The 10 Biggest Superhero Movie Fails

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Us geeks live in a golden age for seeing our superheroes come to live. We have seen pitch-perfect cinematic renditions of Batman, the X-Men, Iron Man…even the legends of the industry such as… Continue reading

As Bad As You Thought?: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace

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There are times when I think George Lucas feeds off the cries of pain he creates over the internet, but it was not always that bad. There was a time at the end… Continue reading

Le Chat Du Rabbin (The Rabbi’s Cat)

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The Rabbi’s Cat is what I would call a pleasant surprise; I went into this film blind. I had no idea other than it was an animation, of what it was about or… Continue reading

Classic Scene: La Marseillaise

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La Marseillaise from Casablanca by Michael Curtiz in 1942 The Scene: The visiting Nazi party decides to celebrate at Rick’s club, by starting a chorus of Die Wacht am Rhein much to the chagrin of everybody… Continue reading

Why Pendleton Ward Is Probably Insane: a note about Adventure Time.

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This journey behind the looking-glass is brought to you by Hedge. I love animation. I’m a big fan of The Clone Wars animated series, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Transformers in… Continue reading

Top 10 TV Shows That Were Stupidly Cancelled

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It’s not often that television producers are willing to take a risk with a new, unique or unorthodox property. One the few occasions that they do push ahead with something unfamiliar they run… Continue reading

‘Tales From Development Hell’ Book Review

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Author: David Hughes (Note to our Australian readers – not THAT Dave Hughes!) Publisher: Titan Books ‘Development Hell’ is a term used in film circles to describe a movie that has gotten bogged… Continue reading

‘Drive’ Blu-Ray Review

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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Byran Cranston, Albert Brooks, Christina Hendricks, Ron Pearlman Plot: Not much like The Fast and the Furious at all. Review: Having put the low… Continue reading