Louisa Mellor Dec 7, 2017
UK kids wouldn’t have survived the 90s without The Crystal Maze, Knightmare, Gladiators and more…
Remember boredom? Boredom was to a nineties childhood what stress is to modern adulthood – a constant and inescapable presence, relieved only by television.
See related Gotham season 4 episode 7 review: A Day In The Narrows
The difference is, even television could be boring in the nineties. Grown-ups exclusively watched One Man And His Dog, The Budget and Ballykissangel, the sort of programmes that gave you Sunday-night-dread any day of the week. Try as you might to escape border collies, Kenneth Clarke and priests having harvest festival scrapes in picturesque Irish villages, it simply wasn’t possible. There were no streaming services to come to your rescue. Video rental was a birthdays-only treat. What else were you supposed to do? Read?
Every so often, a bright light would shine through, illuminating the murk of Ground Force and Oh,...
UK kids wouldn’t have survived the 90s without The Crystal Maze, Knightmare, Gladiators and more…
Remember boredom? Boredom was to a nineties childhood what stress is to modern adulthood – a constant and inescapable presence, relieved only by television.
See related Gotham season 4 episode 7 review: A Day In The Narrows
The difference is, even television could be boring in the nineties. Grown-ups exclusively watched One Man And His Dog, The Budget and Ballykissangel, the sort of programmes that gave you Sunday-night-dread any day of the week. Try as you might to escape border collies, Kenneth Clarke and priests having harvest festival scrapes in picturesque Irish villages, it simply wasn’t possible. There were no streaming services to come to your rescue. Video rental was a birthdays-only treat. What else were you supposed to do? Read?
Every so often, a bright light would shine through, illuminating the murk of Ground Force and Oh,...
- 12/5/2017
- Den of Geek
Carley Tauchert Sep 12, 2017
With The Crystal Maze open for you to have a go in London and Manchester, we took on the challenge. Start the fans...
Open now in both Manchester and London is your chance to take on The Crystal Maze. It’s the kind of opportunity that almost seems to taunt those of us who sat and watched the show on its original run – and/or its current revival – and reckoned we could do better. But could we? Well, bluff called. And with a new batch of tickets going on sale today if you’re looking to try the Crystal Maze yourself, Carley went to have a look at what was in store.
There probably isn’t much in the way of TV game shows that I’ve sat and watched and thought you know what, I really fancy doing that (bar The Movie Game, Fun House or...
With The Crystal Maze open for you to have a go in London and Manchester, we took on the challenge. Start the fans...
Open now in both Manchester and London is your chance to take on The Crystal Maze. It’s the kind of opportunity that almost seems to taunt those of us who sat and watched the show on its original run – and/or its current revival – and reckoned we could do better. But could we? Well, bluff called. And with a new batch of tickets going on sale today if you’re looking to try the Crystal Maze yourself, Carley went to have a look at what was in store.
There probably isn’t much in the way of TV game shows that I’ve sat and watched and thought you know what, I really fancy doing that (bar The Movie Game, Fun House or...
- 9/11/2017
- Den of Geek
Horror Decor's Killer Carnival Punks Series 3 pillows kick off today's Horror Highlights. Also: Popcorn Frights Film Festival's Audience Award winners, Open Water 3: Cage Dive Blu-ray and DVD release details, and four Mountain Fever behind-the-scenes videos.
Horror Decor Free-Standing Pillows: "“Inspired by classic knock-down dolls, these creeps aren't just normal pillows, they are free standing! A bean bag at the base allows you to put them on your couch, a shelf, or even create an actual carnival game with them!
Just released by HorrorDecor this morning: Moss Man, Fun House Clown, and the Treasure Hunter. These new designs are the third release in the Killer Carnival Punk series, featuring artwork by Nik Holmes. The new punks join the collection of six other designs that were released in 2015 and 2016.
Each Killer Carnival Punk stands 14" tall and has a full fun fur back. They sell individually for $25. As part of the new launch,...
Horror Decor Free-Standing Pillows: "“Inspired by classic knock-down dolls, these creeps aren't just normal pillows, they are free standing! A bean bag at the base allows you to put them on your couch, a shelf, or even create an actual carnival game with them!
Just released by HorrorDecor this morning: Moss Man, Fun House Clown, and the Treasure Hunter. These new designs are the third release in the Killer Carnival Punk series, featuring artwork by Nik Holmes. The new punks join the collection of six other designs that were released in 2015 and 2016.
Each Killer Carnival Punk stands 14" tall and has a full fun fur back. They sell individually for $25. As part of the new launch,...
- 8/22/2017
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Even filmmaker Stephen Gaghan will admit it’s been far too long since he’s had a movie in theaters with the Oscar-nominated political thriller Syriana. It got him his second Oscar nomination after winning an Oscar for writing Stephen Soderbergh’s Oscar-winning Traffic a few years earlier.
He’s finally back with Gold, a movie loosely based on the real-life Bre-x gold scandal with Matthew McConaughey playing Kenny Wells, a man struggling to keep his father’s mining business alive after his passing. A vision of there being gold in Indonesia, puts him in contact with geologist Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramirez) who believes that he can help Wells find that gold. After a trying start where Kenny almost succumbs to malaria, Acosta finds evidence of gold, which gets many investing in their company, but as with the Bre-x scandal, things weren’t what they seemed.
Unlike Syriana and Traffic,...
He’s finally back with Gold, a movie loosely based on the real-life Bre-x gold scandal with Matthew McConaughey playing Kenny Wells, a man struggling to keep his father’s mining business alive after his passing. A vision of there being gold in Indonesia, puts him in contact with geologist Michael Acosta (Edgar Ramirez) who believes that he can help Wells find that gold. After a trying start where Kenny almost succumbs to malaria, Acosta finds evidence of gold, which gets many investing in their company, but as with the Bre-x scandal, things weren’t what they seemed.
Unlike Syriana and Traffic,...
- 1/19/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
At the beginning of his latest music documentary, Jim Jarmusch makes explicit his position on the absolute superiority of the legendary proto-punk band The Stooges, with onscreen text dubbing them “the greatest rock and roll band. Ever.” He’s not exaggerating; the movie is the work of someone who’s clearly already made up his mind. What follows that opening is a melange of rock doc conventions and half-hearted attempts to subvert them, a surprisingly tame tribute to a group whose work was never even-keeled.
Read More: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Paterson’ And ‘Gimme Danger’: How Two New Films Speak to the Artistic Process — Nyff
“Gimme Danger” charts the steady rise and fall of The Stooges, from the high school days of The Iguanas for iconic frontman Iggy Pop (née Jim Osterberg) through The Stooges’ days with the outspoken members of MC5 and Iggy’s eventual recruitment by London hitmakers.
Read More: Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Paterson’ And ‘Gimme Danger’: How Two New Films Speak to the Artistic Process — Nyff
“Gimme Danger” charts the steady rise and fall of The Stooges, from the high school days of The Iguanas for iconic frontman Iggy Pop (née Jim Osterberg) through The Stooges’ days with the outspoken members of MC5 and Iggy’s eventual recruitment by London hitmakers.
- 10/28/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Castle, “The Blame Game“ is a solid episode. Finally! It has a few things that need to go, but Castle Season 8 episode 12 is one that gets most of it right! The Set Up How Castle, “The Blame Game” starts out is…okay. The symbol on the mirror is intriguing and the shadow of the gunman as she sees him in the mirror is scary. Then comes the overkill. (Sorry, but writing about a show that thrives on puns and double entendre, it had to be said.) The viewer gets to see the body crumpling to the floor and the blood
Castle, “The Blame Game” is a Scary Fun House Deja Vu...
Castle, “The Blame Game” is a Scary Fun House Deja Vu...
- 2/24/2016
- by Joy D'Angelo
- TVovermind.com
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