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Writing tagged: ‘movies’

Seriously, Netflix…

…you have got to work on your recommendations algorithm.

Published 03-Jul-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: films, movies, technology

Not the droid you’re looking for

Okey-Banokey!

Published 18-Apr-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, dad, films, movies, star wars

Pitch battle

How would I have pitched ‘Thor Ranarok’ to a big-time movie mogul? What’s the one thing that would make anyonewant to go and see the film?

Published 09-Mar-2018
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cate blanchett, films, movies, star trek

The SATSASTSM button

SATSASTSM

I'm beginning to think we might be taking the ‘home cinema’ concept a bit too far.

Published 26-Jun-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cinema, films, movies, technology

Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)

Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar. Not once. Not for Eyes Wide Shut. Not for Knight and Day. Not even for Mission: Impossible 2. He has come tantalisingly close a few times. Like when he played opposite Oscar-scooping Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. And when his first ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, won an Academy Award… Continue reading Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)

Published 29-Nov-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: films, movies, reviews

Blimey, Nicole Kidman's let herself go!

Movie-poster shock!

Published 23-Oct-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: films, movies

Lynch mob

BBC Culture poll of 177 film critics around the world puts David Lynch’s 2001 Mulholland Drive in top spot. What planet do these people come from?

Published 23-Aug-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cate blanchett, films, jen, movies, stense

Beam me up, Luke!

In which Jen confuses Star Trek and Star Wars.

Published 20-Aug-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: films, jen, movies, star trek, star wars

Watching ‘The Bourne Identity’ with my dad…

‘Did she just say she was Mr Kane's pregnant sister?’

Published 11-Feb-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations, dad, films, movies

My super-hero name

I don't think helping Tony Stark cook paella for his super-hero friends and S.H.I.E.L.D. colleagues quite qualifies me for enrolment in the Avengers Initiative, but I do now at least know what my own super-hero name is.

Published 18-Sep-2015
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: comics, dreams, films, food, movies, scarlett johansson, superheros

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