Batman vs. Superman… The Dark Knight vs. The Caped Crusader… As most people know, in late March we will see the release of Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice. This will see the first live action screen meeting of the two superheroes and is expected to launch a DC comics equivalent of the Marvel Avengers franchise with a two
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The final day of the Alphabet Challenge and of course for ‘Z’ we turn to the 2001 comedy ‘Zoolander’ both starring and directed by Ben Stiller (and in fairness part written by him as well), and the subject of a sequel currently in cinemas. Derek Zoolander may not be much of a thinker but is a superstar male model and
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For the penultimate day of the Alphabet Challenge, we turn to ‘Y’ and the 2013 ‘The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet. This is adapted from the book ‘The Selected Works of T.S.Spivet’ and follows a young boy from Montana. T.S. is a prodigy who is obsessed with analysing patterns and maps. He lives on a ranch with his father
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For the Xth day of the Alphabet challenge, the film is ‘X + Y’, a 2014 film by the director Morgan Matthews. The film is based around a young boy called Nathan (played by Asa Butterfield – ‘Hugo’, ‘Enders Game’ and ‘Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang’). Nathan is a gifted mathematician however struggles with social skills and has a
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Day ‘W’ of the Alphabet challenge and to Wayne’s World we go. This 1992 comedy was originally based on a recurring sketch from Saturday Night Live, featuring Mike Myers (Austin Powers) as Wayne Campbell, and Dana Carvey (Clean Slate, Trapped in Paradise) as Garth Algar. Between the two, they host a regular TV show on a public network called ‘Wayne’s
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The latest film by british director Stephen Frears (My Beautiful Laundrette, High Fidelity, Philomena) is ‘The Program’, the 2015 film about cyclist ‘Lance Armstrong’. It’s screenplay is by John Hodge (Transporting, Shallow Grave, Trance). For anyone that doesn’t already know, although they’re few and far between at this point, Lance Armstrong is a cyclist that won the ‘Tour De France’
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Trumbo is the new film from director Jay Roach, (whose previous work includes ‘Meet the Parents’, ‘Borat’ and ‘The Campaign’) and writer John McNamara. The film recounts the true story of Dalton Trumbo, played in the film by Bryan Cranston (TV’s Breaking Bad, and films including ‘Godzilla’ and ‘Argo’), who was a member of the ‘Hollywood Ten’ – a group
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For Day ‘V’ of the Alphabet challenge, its to Japanese Anime ‘Vexille’ from 2007. Vexille is a futuristic tale set in 2077, about the US based ‘Sword’ defence group that are conducting an investigation into Japan and the Daiwa Heavy Industry corporation. In recent years, Japan has increasingly withdrawn from engagement with the rest of the world, at the same
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Alphabet Challenge – Day ‘U’. Today sees us shift back to 1989 and the world of writer / director John Hughes for the family comedy ‘Uncle Buck’. In this film the late, great John Candy plays Buck Russell brother to Bob and uncle to Bob’s three children. Upon the news that Bob’s wife Cindy’s father has had a heart attack,
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As the Alphabet Challenge begins to approach the final few days, we’re taken to the Marvel Universe for ‘T’ – ‘Thor’. In this 2011 comic book action tale, we are transported from Eath into the land of Asgard and a tale based comics set in Norse Mythology. Where brothers Thor (played by Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston), have grown up
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