The A-Z Movie Challenge – D

This one is easy. Very easy. Die Hard. Die Hard is to many the quintessential 80s action movie. It’s the movie that propelled Bruce Willis to superstardom and the movie that gave us a delicious performance from the late, great, Alan Rickman as bad guy Hans. Without Die Hard, we’d lack the famous phrase ‘yippie […]

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A – Z Movie Challenge – C

Moving on quickly from B, we have C – and because it’s literally the first film starting with C to occur to me, let’s take a look at Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s first Bond adventure. I struggle with this film being released all the way back in 2006. It’s hard to imagine that we should […]

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A – Z Movie Challenge – B

B… B… Gotta admit, I’m struggling for a movie beginning with B that I’ve seen… Oh wait, eureka moment! Blade Runner. Now, I’m fully aware this 1982 film has cult status. It’s heralded as a sci-fi masterpiece. I for one, just don’t get the appeal. It’s not a bad film, but it’s not anything particularly […]

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A-Z Movie Challenge – A

I’ve hijacked this from The Confusing Middle, but I’m several days late, so time for a quick catch-up – A: Ant-Man. I promise that not every movie will be Marvel Cinematic Universe related. There’s a fair chance there’ll be quite a few entries, but not every last single movie… ahem. So, Ant-Man – released in […]

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This is not a Game

So, we’ve had one weekend of nice weather. It’s been warmer, it’s been brighter, it’s generally been far more pleasant than it’s been lately – and about time too. However, in the middle of the covid-19 pandemic, the advice has been to maintain social distancing and avoid the temptation of gathering together. Unfortunately, a significant […]

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