In my last post I promised that I'd start sharing with you my writing projects. But today I thought I would literally share one of them with you - as a way of saying thanks for following and reading my blog over the past few months. Like Beast, I'm coming out of the shadows...
Curious about something in particular..?
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Tuesday, 8 August 2017
Reach For The Sky: How Disney Inspires Me To Aim Higher With My Writing
It’s no mystery to you that I love writing. The fact that I blog speaks for itself. And in my post on Disney LA some months back now, I did touch briefly on how its magic helps bolster my creativity, too. But why does it inspire me so much, and how? And how can it help do the same for you - assuming of course you love writing, too. I’ve come to realise that I’ve not spent an awful lot of time talking to you about my writing and my projects in this blog, but now it’s time for a change. It’s time I shared my learnings with you, and also gave a little insight as to what inspires me.
Monday, 7 August 2017
Never Grow Up: Why Disneyland Is Better For Adults Than It Is For Kids
It wasn’t so long ago that I last
talked about my love for Disney, having visited Disneyland LA during my
three-month trip, and all. But after suffering from the post-trip blues (sniff) –
which we’re still very much suffering from - Sian and I typically decided to
visit our favourite place in the world, Disneyland Paris, along with our friend,
Ben.
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Flash Reviews: Baby Driver, Cars 3, Dunkirk And 47 Metres Down
Baby Driver
Baby is a
getaway driver who relies on his collection of retro tracks to do his job – or
at least in style. But when his latest task goes horribly wrong, he must figure
out a way of hitting the road with his waitress love-interest and starting anew
before his violent teammates figure out what he’s up to. With plenty of groove,
solid storytelling and charm in its engine,
Baby Driver is the most stylistic and soulful wheel-based flick since 2011’s
Drive, and with an opening chase so
wonderfully-choreographed, you’ll realise it’s not all about being fast and furious.
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
The House Definitely Doesn't Win...
The comedy movie. It's a tough nut
to crack. Hell, it's probably easier to scare the audience than it is to make
them laugh, and even that is no easy feat. And of course there have been
countless comedies that have failed miserably in this way. But never - at least
not that I can recall - have I ever seen one that is as
groundbreakingly-unfunny as Will Ferrell's latest.
Monday, 17 July 2017
War For The Planet Of The Apes Review: All Of Cinematic History Has Led To This Moment
“The best and most groundbreaking film
since Jurassic Park”
There can’t be
a human being alive who isn’t familiar with Planet of the Apes, whether it’s the classic 1968
original starring the late Charlton Heston and the late Roddy McDowall, along with its four sequels and 70’s TV spin-off, or
Tim Burton’s hugely-panned 2001 remake starring Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham
Carter, or now Rupert Wyatt/ Matt Reeves’ groundbreaking trilogy. Add to all of that the animated
series, the video games, the graphic novels and all the old-school cosplay that
has populated comic conventions the world over since the dawn of ape, and you
have a franchise that rivals the likes of Star
Wars and Star Trek, but one which
speaks to the audience on a deeper level with its commentary on our society as
well as our treatment of primates not so deep within its subtext.
Monday, 10 July 2017
It Comes At Night Review
Paul (Joel Edgerton),
his wife Sarah and their teenage son Travis,
live in a cabin in the woods during a seemingly post-apocalypse, the
unseen outside world having apparently been ravaged by a deadly virus. Their
survival depends on a set of airtight rules, which is made clear from the
offset when they are forced to shoot dead and then burn Sarah's father having discovered he is infected. But when stranger Will tries to break in one night, Paul is forced to make some new rules.
The Mummy 2017 Review
When Universal Pictures very
prematurely announced that The Mummy would be the first in
their cinematic universe named, ahem, Dark Universe, my eyes – like many
others’ – rolled. I’ve nothing against shared cinematic universes. Hell, I’m
all for it. Look at the incredible job the MCU has done, with the DCEU being
taught lessons by Wonder Woman and her lasso, and even this year’s Kong:
Skull Island breathing some much-needed fire into Warner Bros. and
Legendary's new monster franchise. But those guys? The
Wolfman, Swamp Thing, Frankenstein, Dracula et al? Really? But if
the filmmakers really think it’s going to work – and they surely do given such
an early promise of a shared universe, and it’s got Tom Cruise
- I’ll make the effort to go watch this new reiteration of The
Mummy even if it does seem overly action-focused and starring a very
out of place Tom Cruise, and see what it is they've done. And that’s just what
I did.
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming Swings Into Action This Week: And Here's The Review...
Spider-Man, Spider-Man... Where do we start? In 2002 with
Toby Maguire? Or 2012 with Andrew Garfield, just five years after Maguire
webbed up the suit? Or last year with Captain
America: Civil War, just two years after Garfield was, like Maguire, forced
to do the same? In just fifteen years we've seen - including the latest movie -
six Spider-Man movies (or seven if
you include Civil War) which include three separate incarnations. To call
them all sinister, though, would be an insy winsy lie.
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Snatched Review
When down-on-her-luck and newly dumped Emily Middleton (Schumer) realises her life is going nowhere, she turns to the only true friend in her life; her much less-spontaneous and retired mother, Linda (Hawn). After much persuasion, Linda accompanies her daughter to a resort in Ecuador, South America, but before long things go even souther when they’re both kidnapped by a violent gang who demand a ransom from their annoying and agoraphobic brother/ son Jeffrey (Ike Barinholtz). Luckily they escape, but through much less luck they wind up lost in the jungle with the merciless gang hot on their tail.
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