Film Quiz Friday: Movies Have Layers
by Mark Harrison | Jul 16, 2021 | Feature, News
In this week’s film quiz, we’re taking a look back at the last 23 years of DreamWorks Animation, along with some live-action movie trivia too....
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Film Quiz Friday: A Study In Scarlett
by Mark Harrison | Jul 09, 2021 | Feature, News
Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson is the subject of this week’s film quiz, along with all the usual bits and bobs of movie trivia....
Film Quiz Friday: The $20m Or Less Edition
by Mark Harrison | Jul 02, 2021 | Feature, News
It’s time for another 30 movie questions, and this week’s film quiz covers killer queens, outer-space tyrants, and various Blumhouse productions....
Film Quiz Friday: Who Fast Who Furious?
by Mark Harrison | Jun 25, 2021 | Feature, News
“I don't have friends, I got family” - with Fast & Furious 9 now in cinemas, this week’s film quiz covers movies featuring the Fast famil...
Film Quiz Friday: Twice Upon A Time
by Mark Harrison | Jun 18, 2021 | Feature, News
What connects a Tom Cruise fantasy film and a Tom Hardy gangster movie? Well, it's this week's film quiz, with 30 new questions....
Rat Race at 20 – revisiting Jerry Zucker’s ensemble caper throwback
by Mark Harrison | Jun 17, 2021 | Feature, News
Jerry Zucker returned to directing comedy with 2001’s all-out, all-star caper Rat Race and they really don’t make them like this anymore....
Film Quiz Friday: It's Coming Home
by Mark Harrison | Jun 11, 2021 | Feature, News
Kick off your weekend with a Friday film quiz – this week's edition includes questions about football in the movies, famous sci-fi flops, and lots o...
25 years on, how the 1990s changed Dragonheart
by Mark Harrison | Jun 10, 2021 | Feature, News
The fantasy adventure Dragonheart was originally greenlit in 1990, but it took seven years and a lot of compromises to make it to the big screen....
Nobody review - the John Wick of dad-dancing
by Mark Harrison | Jun 09, 2021 | News, Reviews
It’s Better Call Saul’s Bob Odenkirk, but not as we know him - here’s our review of the jaw-dropping knockdown actioner, Nobody. Th...
Film Quiz Friday: The Horror Continues...
by Mark Harrison | Jun 04, 2021 | Feature, News
Can you tell your Freddy’s Dead from your New Nightmare? This week’s film quiz tests your knowledge of horror sequels and other movie bits....
Men In Black, 21 Jump Street, and the lost crossover movie
by Mark Harrison | Jun 03, 2021 | Feature, News
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller once developed a crossover between the Jump Street and Men In Black franchises - here’s why we never saw MIB23....
Film Quiz Friday: The Villain Takeover Edition
by Mark Harrison | May 28, 2021 | Feature, News
The week's film quiz is a villain takeover, including Disney baddies and other assorted demons and wrong’uns....
Film Quiz Friday: Let’s Go To The Movies
by Mark Harrison | May 21, 2021 | Feature, News
With cinemas open, this week’s film quiz is themed around big screens on screen, plus a pick-and-mix selection of other movie trivia....
Film Quiz Fridays: Pierce Films
by Mark Harrison | May 14, 2021 | Feature, News
It’s Friday and that means it’s time for 30 more film quiz questions, including a round on the works of Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan....
Film Quiz Friday: This Ain't No Game
by Mark Harrison | May 07, 2021 | Feature, News
“Get over here!” There’s a new Mortal Kombat movie out, so this week’s film quiz includes a round about movies based on video games. OUR...
Why Vin Diesel left and returned to the Fast & Furious series
by Mark Harrison | May 06, 2021 | Feature, News
Vin Diesel skipped 2 Fast 2 Furious to make The Chronicles Of Riddick, but it was also Riddick that brought him back to play Dominic Toretto again....
Film Quiz Friday: the Artificially Intelligent special
by Mark Harrison | Apr 30, 2021 | Feature, News
We showed a thousand questions to a bot and got it to write a Friday film quiz – unsurprisingly, it's given us some questions about robots and a...
The modern big budget western: the ones that hit big, the ones that didn't
by Mark Harrison | Apr 29, 2021 | Feature, News
As Martin Scorsese embarks on filming the $200m Western, Killers Of The Flower Moon, we revisit the recent history of mega-budget 21st-century...
The lost Robert Zemeckis remake of Yellow Submarine
by Mark Harrison | Apr 27, 2021 | Feature, News
Disney and Robert Zemeckis were once set to remake The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine as a 3D CG-animated movie for a 2012 release - here’s the story....
Film Quiz Friday: The Great Big Oscars Quiz
by Mark Harrison | Apr 23, 2021 | Feature, News
With the Academy Awards coming up this weekend, your weekly film quiz covers this year’s nominees and past winners....
20 years of the Best Animated Feature Oscar: a step forward, or effectively 'Best Family Movie'?
by Mark Harrison | Apr 22, 2021 | Feature, News
This weekend will see the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, but only the 20th Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Here’s how it started and how it’s goi...
When Arnold Schwarzenegger passed the action star torch to Dwayne Johnson
by Mark Harrison | Apr 20, 2021 | Feature, News
Before taking a break from Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger (not pictured) briefly appeared in Welcome To The Jungle alongside rising star Dwayne...
Film Quiz Friday: Dream Weaver
by Mark Harrison | Apr 16, 2021 | Feature, News
Sigourney Weaver is the specialist subject of this week’s film quiz, which also covers lost boys, found footage, and other movie trivia....
Film Quiz Friday: Getting The Band Together
by Mark Harrison | Apr 09, 2021 | Feature, News
Do you know your Stillwater from your Clash At Demonhead? This week’s film quiz covers some of the best bands the big screen has to offer....
Film Quiz Friday: Destroy All Monsters!
by Mark Harrison | Apr 02, 2021 | Feature
As Godzilla Vs Kong makes big footprints in cinemas and on VOD worldwide, this week's film quiz revolves around giant monster movies....
The Divergent Series and the finale that never was
by Mark Harrison | Apr 01, 2021 | Feature, News
Here’s the curious case of how the planned fourth and final film in The Divergent Series was nixed by the decision to switch to TV at the last m...
Film Quiz Friday: Shakespeare On Film
by Mark Harrison | Mar 26, 2021 | Feature, News
To be or not to be? That is not one of the questions in this week’s film quiz, but we have got some Shakespeare-related movie teasers to offer....
Mrs Doubtfire vs the BBFC – from 12 to PG and back again
by Mark Harrison | Mar 23, 2021 | Feature, News
Never mind the R-rated cut – here’s the story of how Mrs Doubtfire missed out on a requested PG certificate when it first came to UK cinemas....
Film Quiz Friday: The Version You’ve Never Seen
by Mark Harrison | Mar 19, 2021 | Feature, News
Unless you’re Ridley Scott, you only get one go at this week’s film quiz, which covers everything from original visions to “Ultimate Editi...
Revisiting Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
by Mark Harrison | Mar 17, 2021 | Feature, News
Before Zack Snyder’s Justice League, there was Richard Donner’s Superman II, released 26 years after the theatrical cut - here’s the story. Th...
Film Quiz Friday: The Threequelizer!
by Mark Harrison | Mar 12, 2021 | Feature, News
The curse of threequels looms over this week’s film quiz, which features three more rounds of questions about all things movie-related....
Film Quiz Friday: Murphy's Law
by Mark Harrison | Mar 05, 2021 | Feature, News
The films of Eddie Murphy are the theme of this week’s movie quiz, along with teasers about movie stars’ birthdays and 2021 Golden Globe winners....
