Revisiting the producing credits of JJ Abrams
by Mark Harrison | Mar 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Following the news that JJ Abrams is producing a Superman reboot, we reflect on his earlier producer-only work, from Cloverfield to Morning Glory....
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Film Quiz Friday: All Over The World
by Mark Harrison | Feb 26, 2021 | Feature, News
This week’s film quiz flies the flag for the foreign-language films that wound up getting American remakes, plus other movie trivia bits....
The odd story of Alien 3’s misleading teaser trailer
by Mark Harrison | Feb 25, 2021 | Feature, News
“In 1992, we will discover on Earth, everyone can hear you scream” - how the first teaser for Alien 3 promised an entirely different film....
Film Quiz Friday: Testing the Walters
by Mark Harrison | Feb 19, 2021 | Feature, News
Welcome to the best and only Julie Walters-themed film quiz on the internet this weekend - here’s your weekly serving of 30 film-related questions....
The King Arthur cinematic universe that never was
by Mark Harrison | Feb 17, 2021 | Feature, News
Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword was supposed to launch a cinematic universe - but things didn't go to plan....
Film Quiz Friday: Love On The Big Screen
by Mark Harrison | Feb 12, 2021 | Feature, News
Keep yourselves entertained this Valentine’s weekend with a fresh film quiz, featuring 30 questions ranging from romance to robots....
News Of The World review – Hanks and Greengrass’ western drama lands on Netflix
by Mark Harrison | Feb 11, 2021 | News, Reviews
Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel headline Paul Greengrass' rolling-news western, News Of The World, now on Netflix UK - here's our review....
Film Quiz Friday: Objects From Space
by Mark Harrison | Feb 05, 2021 | Feature, News
As Greenland arrives on Amazon Prime Video, this week’s film quiz covers space rocks in the movies, along with the usual, more Earthbound cinematic t...
Film Quiz Friday: This Time It's Personal
by Mark Harrison | Jan 29, 2021 | Feature, News
This week’s film quiz covers the usual array of movie-themed trivia, including first lines, closing shots, and assorted title characters....
How Paramount missed out on making Twilight
by Mark Harrison | Jan 28, 2021 | Feature
Paramount Pictures was originally set to adapt Twilight with Bella Swan as a vampire-hunting, jet-skiing star athlete - here's what went wrong....
The Batman movie regular who’s third in line to the US presidency
by Mark Harrison | Jan 26, 2021 | Feature, News
If you don’t know US Senator Patrick Leahy’s name, you may know his screen work from the Dark Knight trilogy and various other Batman movies....
Film Quiz Friday: Indiana Jones And The Quiz Of Doom!
by Mark Harrison | Jan 22, 2021 | Feature, News
“You call this archaeology?” No, we call it this week’s weekend film quiz, which features several questions about the adventures of Indiana Jones...
Film Quiz Friday: The Rule of Three Edition
by Mark Harrison | Jan 15, 2021 | Feature, News
Fancy another Friday film quiz? Here’s another three rounds on various movie subjects, including a bunch of movies with three-letter titles....
Film Quiz Friday: Famous First Questions
by Mark Harrison | Jan 08, 2021 | Feature, News
Our first regular film quiz of the year covers real-life rulers, mystery numbers, and movies that open with questions, among other cinematic trivia...
The Film Stories Quiz of the Year – 20 questions about 2020
by Mark Harrison | Dec 23, 2020 | Feature, News
What kind of year has it been? For our final film quiz of 2020, we’re looking back at the last 12 months in movies, from news to new releases....
Revisiting the performance-capture animated films of Robert Zemeckis
by Mark Harrison | Dec 21, 2020 | Feature, News
The Polar Express, Beowulf, and Disney’s A Christmas Carol brought with them divisive performance capture work - here's the story of them....
Film Quiz Friday: It Feels Like Christmas
by Mark Harrison | Dec 18, 2020 | Feature, News
Are you hanging up your stocking on your wall? This week’s festive film quiz offers 30 questions about movies from Christmases past, present, and y...
It’s A Wonderful Life, and the 2015 sequel that never was
by Mark Harrison | Dec 15, 2020 | Feature, News
An announced sequel to It’s A Wonderful Life ran into legal problems in the 2010s - we examine the rights situation surrounding Frank Capra’s Chr...
Film Quiz Friday: The DC Comics Edition
by Mark Harrison | Dec 11, 2020 | Feature, News
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nah, it’s just your weekly film quiz, which includes some questions about Wonder Woman and other DC Comics on screen....
Remembering The Forgotten Toys: The Night After Christmas
by Mark Harrison | Dec 10, 2020 | Feature, News
Before Toy Story, there was ITV's The Forgotten Toys, an animated short voiced by Bob Hoskins and Joanna Lumley - we take a look back....
Film Quiz Friday: What's In The Box???
by Mark Harrison | Dec 04, 2020 | Feature, News
There’s more than just Se7en questions in this week’s David Fincher-themed film quiz – we’ve got 30 whole brainteasers about all kinds of movies....
The Muppet Christmas Carol and its three lost musical numbers
by Mark Harrison | Dec 02, 2020 | Feature, News
‘Tis the season for singing songs from Disney’s The Muppet Christmas Carol, but what about the three numbers that didn’t make it into the theat...
Film Quiz Friday: Once More, With Feeling...
by Mark Harrison | Nov 27, 2020 | Feature, News
Play the music, light the lights, and let’s begin this week’s film quiz, which includes 30 questions on movies, musicals, and more....
Cobra Kai – celebrating Netflix’s Karate Kid sequel series
by Mark Harrison | Nov 26, 2020 | Feature, News
With Season 3 coming to Netflix next year, here's a spoiler-lite look at how streaming sequel series Cobra Kai has modernised the Karate Kid franchise...
Film Quiz Friday: 30 questions, 'To Infinity & Beyond' edition
by Mark Harrison | Nov 20, 2020 | Feature, News
Welcome to our weekly film quiz: we’ve got no Soul, but we’ve still got 30 film-related questions, including a round on Pixar animated features....
Film Quiz Friday: The Prequelizer!
by Mark Harrison | Nov 13, 2020 | Feature, News
Just before you thought it was safe to go back in the water, your weekly film quiz covers prequels, double bills, and various other movie-related...
The videogame adventures of Daniel Craig's James Bond 007
by Mark Harrison | Nov 12, 2020 | Feature, News
Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007 has coincided with an industry-wide decline in movie tie-in games - here are the James Bond videogames that made it....
Film Quiz Friday: Hail To The Chief (the US President edition)
by Mark Harrison | Nov 06, 2020 | Feature, News
Can you tell your Harrison Ford from your Gerald Ford? This week’s film quiz covers movie US presidents, plus lots of other transatlantic trivia....
The lost Jumanji sequel set in the White House
by Mark Harrison | Nov 04, 2020 | Feature, News
Jumanji 2 was originally set to feature the President of the United States unleashing hybrid animals in Washington DC - here's the story of the lost...
Film Quiz Friday: Happy Halloween!
by Mark Harrison | Oct 30, 2020 | Feature, News
Celebrate Halloween with a horror-themed film quiz, in which the only thing more terrifying than the last 10 questions is the first 20....
Exploring Hammer Films' in-development horror projects
by Mark Harrison | Oct 29, 2020 | Feature, News
Since the success of Let Me In and The Woman In Black, we’ve seen fewer new Hammer horror movies - we explore the studio’s in-development feature sla...
Film Quiz Friday: As Seen On TV!
by Mark Harrison | Oct 23, 2020 | Feature, News
As Borat 2 grabs headlines, this week’s movie quiz covers various British telly-to-film adaptations and a host of other cinematic bits and bobs....
