Film Quiz Friday: The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl
by Mark Harrison | Nov 25, 2022 | News
Matilda: The Musical is the latest screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s stories – this week’s film quiz highlights some of the others. O...
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Film Quiz Friday: Adams Groove
by Mark Harrison | Nov 18, 2022 | Feature
“Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.” Amy Adams is in the spotlight for this wee...
Film Quiz Friday: Let's Make A Movie
by Mark Harrison | Nov 11, 2022 | Feature
This week's film quiz offers up 30 movie questions on subjects including villains, geography, furniture, and most of all, filmmakers....
The unspoken horrors of Disney’s Santa Clause trilogy
by Mark Harrison | Nov 10, 2022 | Feature
Tim Allen played Santa Claus in three Disney movies between 1994 and 2006. Mark's been overthinking their complex legal ramifications......
Film Quiz Friday: Four By Film4
by Mark Harrison | Nov 04, 2022 | Feature
As Channel 4 and Film4 celebrate their 40th anniversary, this week’s film quiz covers some of their contributions to cinema…...
The two 1990s Warner Bros movies that were supposed to star George Clooney
by Mark Harrison | Nov 02, 2022 | Feature
Here's the story of two movies George Clooney didn’t make earlier – 1998’s Jack Frost and 1999’s Wild Wild West… Consid...
Film Quiz Friday: What’s Your Favourite Scary Movie?
by Mark Harrison | Oct 28, 2022 | Feature
It’s almost Halloween and that means 30 questions about spooky doings on screen, including the return of the dreaded title mashup game!...
Film Quiz Friday: They Call It F.Q.F.
by Mark Harrison | Oct 21, 2022 | Feature
How well do you know your movie initialisms? This week’s film quiz separates the MIB from the CODA…...
Doctor Who: celebrating Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor
by Mark Harrison | Oct 20, 2022 | Feature
This weekend’s Doctor Who special sees Jodie Whittaker hang up her sonic screwdriver. We salute her performance as the Thirteenth Doctor....
Film Quiz Friday: Black Adam Goes Forth
by Mark Harrison | Oct 14, 2022 | Feature, News
Can you smell what this week’s film quiz is cooking? Here are some questions about animated duos, TV Doctors, and the movies of Dwayne Johnson....
Film Quiz Friday: Sequelizer III – With A Vengeance
by Mark Harrison | Oct 07, 2022 | Feature, News
Third time’s the charm – naming sequels is hard to do, but can you identify the famous subtitles in this week’s film quiz?. O...
James Bond at 60 – where does 007 go from here?
by Mark Harrison | Oct 06, 2022 | Feature, News
There’s been a lot of speculation about the next James Bond film, but on the series’ 60th anniversary, what can it learn from past revamps and oth...
Film Quiz Friday: We'll Always Have Paris
by Mark Harrison | Sep 30, 2022 | Feature, News
Well, if it’s good enough for Mrs Harris - this week’s film quiz has a lot of questions about Paris in movies....
No Time To Die, one year on - a James Bond finale
by Mark Harrison | Sep 29, 2022 | Feature, News
One year on from the oft-delayed No Time To Die, we remember the long run-up to something quite unprecedented in the James Bond series – a finale....
Film Quiz Friday: First-Take Directors
by Mark Harrison | Sep 23, 2022 | Feature, News
In cinemas this week, Don’t Worry Darling is Olivia Wilde’s new movie, and this week’s film quiz focuses on various actors who have sat in the direc...
James Bond, Spectre, and the trouble with a retcon
by Mark Harrison | Sep 22, 2022 | Feature, News
With spoilers, we examine 2015's Spectre and the drive to retroactively bring continuity to Daniel Craig’s James Bond 007 films....
Skyfall – resurrecting and retro-fitting James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Sep 20, 2022 | Feature, News
2012’s Skyfall gave James Bond a billion-dollar blockbuster in his 50th year on screen - but are the old ways really the best?....
Film Quiz Friday: Quick Stop Quizzing
by Mark Harrison | Sep 16, 2022 | Feature, News
"I'm not even supposed to be here today!" This week's film quiz centres on the movies of Kevin Smith and also covers topics including singers,...
Clerks III review: everything must go...
by Mark Harrison | Sep 14, 2022 | Reviews
Kevin Smith returns to the Quick Stop for a nostalgia-heavy trilogy topper about mortality and moviemaking - here’s our review of Clerks III....
Film Quiz Friday: Whodunnit?
by Mark Harrison | Sep 09, 2022 | Feature, News
Don’t spoil the ending! As See How They Run and Bodies Bodies Bodies both land in UK cinemas, this week’s film quiz is about movie mysteries....
Quantum Of Solace – revisiting Daniel Craig’s difficult second James Bond film
by Mark Harrison | Sep 08, 2022 | Feature, News
2008’s Quantum Of Solace is the black sheep of Daniel Craig’s largely well-received era, but never mind “what went wrong” – isn't it overdue a reasses...
Three Thousand Years Of Longing review – an epic of wishful thinking
by Mark Harrison | Sep 08, 2022 | Reviews
Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba star in George Miller’s latest, Three Thousand Years Of Longing – a bold, bittersweet, and bloody weird fairytale rom...
Film Quiz Friday: Inside Number 10
by Mark Harrison | Sep 02, 2022 | Feature
Our end-of-the-week film quiz includes a few questions about UK politics and prime ministers on screen: 30 questions await....
Casino Royale, and the art of disarming and reloading James Bond
by Mark Harrison | Sep 01, 2022 | Feature, News
The James Bond series went 40 years without a reboot and then along came Martin Campbell, Daniel Craig, and 2006's Casino Royale....
Film Quiz Friday: Party Like It’s 1990 – 99
by Mark Harrison | Aug 26, 2022 | News
Here’s one for the 1990s kids – this week’s film quiz covers taglines from every year of the decade and more general movie knowledge from all over...
Die Another Day, and James Bond as his own worst enemy
by Mark Harrison | Aug 25, 2022 | Feature
2002’s Die Another Day is far from James Bond’s finest hour, but Pierce Brosnan’s final outing as 007 caps off a self-critical yet conservative era.....
Film Quiz Friday: Clash Of The Titles
by Mark Harrison | Aug 19, 2022 | Feature, News
Titles will clash! In this week’s film quiz, 30 questions on all sorts of subjects, including old favourites, new releases, and some movie mashups....
The World Is Not Enough and the “Bond girls” of the 1990s
by Mark Harrison | Aug 18, 2022 | Feature, News
The James Bond franchise's modernisation of its female lead roles comes to a head in 1999's The World Is Not Enough – meet Elektra King and Dr C...
Film Quiz Friday: Questionable Quotables
by Mark Harrison | Aug 12, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week’s film quiz, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk? Good luck. OUR...
Tomorrow Never Dies - a James Bond film ahead of its time?
by Mark Harrison | Aug 11, 2022 | Feature, News
James Bond battles a rolling-news media empire in Tomorrow Never Dies, but with its topical plot and quick turnaround, was it a tad premature?....
Film Quiz Friday: Pitt Stop
by Mark Harrison | Aug 05, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's film quiz, ABC is for Always Be Chewing, as we explore the films of Brad Pitt, as well as various other morsels of movie trivia....
GoldenEye and the “Now That’s What I Call James Bond” package
by Mark Harrison | Aug 04, 2022 | Feature, News
Pierce Brosnan finally got to be James Bond in 1995’s GoldenEye, a film which has its cake and eats it too when it comes to the series’ checklist of...
